Proskauer adds chair of life sciences patent practice

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Proskauer adds chair of life sciences patent practice

Siegmund Gutman has joined Proskauer as a litigation partner and chair of its life sciences patent practice, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office

He was previously at Bingham McCutchen.

In the life sciences area, Gutman concentrates his practice on developing and executing market exclusivity and freedom-to-operate strategies, including patent office and FDA regulatory strategies, for biologics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients. He has experience litigating biologic drug patent and Hatch-Waxman cases.

He also has experience in inter-partes patent office actions and providing strategic patent counselling.

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