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McDermott Will & Emery LLP
28 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MA 02109-1775
MASSACHUSETTS
United States
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Position

Edward (Jed) A. Gordon serves as the head of McDermott’s IP Transactions practice within the firm’s fully integrated IP Practice Group.

 

Jed provides transactional counseling in relation to intellectual property issues that arise in a wide range of corporate transactions.  Leveraging a deep understanding of intellectual property law and commercial sensibilities across a variety of industries, Jed advises clients on stand-alone licensing arrangements, the acquisition and sale of privately and publicly owned companies, and the formation of joint ventures and technology collaborations within the United States and across borders.  Clients regularly call on Jed to lead the complex negotiations of IP provisions necessary to implement these transactions and to manage the related diligence processes.  He has supported deals across a wide range of industries, including in the automotive, nuclear power, medical device, computing and telecommunications, health care, and consumer products industries.

Jed also advises clients regarding strategic patent portfolio development and counsels them in relation to patent enforcement strategies and defense against threatened patent infringement litigation. Jed has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of computer networking, wireless networking, video displays, medical devices, speech processing, MEMS devices, business methods, semiconductor processing, optical devices, video surveillance and software.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)

Silicon Valley-based intellectual property head William Gaede, Chicago-based patent prosecution head Ahsan Shaikh, who leads on a number of the team’s prominent matters, and Boston-based IP transactions and licensing head Edward Gordon , are key leaders of the team at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, with Silicon Valley’s Judy Mohr particularly focused on pharmaceutical and medical device matters, developing and defending portfolios for clients in these industries. The team continues to represent major clients such as Meta and related platforms, Panasonic and EA, with Boston’s Jenny Chen and Michael Siekman leading on key matters, an example being the multi-jurisdictional life sciences patent prosecution matter regarding a number of CRISPR Therapeutics’ lead programs. Partner Margaret Sampson notably joined the team in Austin, Texas from Baker Botts L.L.P. in July 2022.