Intellectual property
Based in Winston Taylor‘s Chicago office, George Lombardi focuses his attention on patent litigation in the pharma and medical fields, leveraging his strong experience in IP disputes. Recent work includes the defense of MSN Laboratories against claims from Exelixis that they infringed the patent of a cancer-treating drug. Additionally, he concluded a decade-long patent and trade secret lawsuit on behalf on Corning Inc., relating to alleged misuse of a cell-culturing technology, with the judge completely rejecting the plaintiff’s case and ruled for Corning on every issue.
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George Lombardi | Trial Lawyer Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, George’s skills have been widely recognized by a number of the leading legal directories. The American Lawyer (2014), named him a “Litigator of the Year”. He is described by IAM Patent 1000 as a “truly gifted lawyer and one of the finest trial lawyers anywhere in the world,” and recognized as 2026 IAM Global Leaders. George routinely serves as lead trial counsel in all types of litigation ranging from complex commercial disputes to mass torts to patent cases. He has handled and continues to handle various other patent cases involving telephone and computer technology, medical devices and instruments, and pharmaceuticals.
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