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Akin Offices
TWO COMMERCE SQUARE, SUITE 2200, 2005 MARKET STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Dianne B Elderkin
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
Litigates intellectual property cases nationwide involving a wide range of technologies, especially biologic therapeutics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostic methods and devices and consumer products. Has successfully tried cases to the bench and to juries, represented clients in post-grant proceedings at the USPTO, and argued appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
To learn more about Ms. Elderkin, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/dianne-b-elderkin.html
Memberships
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; IPO; AIPLA.
Education
George Washington University Law School, JD with high honors (1978), Bucknell University, BS Chemistry (1975).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization