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Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 NORTH LASALLE
CHICAGO, IL 60654
ILLINOIS
United States
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Position

Jay Emerick is an intellectual property partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jay focuses his practice on patent infringement cases in district court, the International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and on appeal at the Federal Circuit. Jay’s cases have involved pharmaceuticals, mechanical devices such as heart valves, electric motors, heat exchangers, and beer dispensers, and software for communications and financial transactions.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)

The intellectual property practice group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP is highly active in the International Trade Commission, representing complainants and respondents. The team is experienced, frequently seeing success in ITC proceedings, with particular knowledge of specific procedural rules and challenges facing parties based in the ITC. The team works on matters spanning industries, recently successfully representing Pegasus Partners’ company Global Value Lighting in industry-wide patent litigation. Also of interest are mutli-disciplinary matters, including competition-related issues, reflected in the firm’s offensive and defensive patent representation for iFit. In Washington DC, Paul Brinkman is a key lawyer in the team, with a track record of success at the ITC. Also of note are Gregory Arovas in New York, Gregg LoCascio, and Chicago-based Jay Emerick.