Intellectual property is one of the most valued assets of life science companies. As such, founders can be strategic while planning to help minimize the risk of ever reaching the point of entering into an IP dispute. By identifying and managing potential IP disputes from the onset, companies can focus efforts on other growth matters, such as running a thriving business.
Lori Doyle
ldoyle@wsgr.comMaya focuses on strategic patent counseling for healthcare and other technology-driven companies.
Hin Au is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the patents and innovations practice. Hin provides IP strategy and counseling services to clients in a wide range of technical fields, including MedTech, digital health, biotech, medical/diagnostic devices, software, robotics, autonomous vehicle technologies, and clean energy. He has assisted many clients with building their patent portfolios and securing key strategic patents. Hin has hands-on engineering industry experience, having previously worked as an R&D engineer for six years at large U.S. semiconductor corporations. A native of Singapore, Hin is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
Kristina Hanson is a partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice primarily focuses on intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on pharmaceutical patent matters arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act. She has represented clients in a variety of pharmaceutical matters, from pre-trial strategy counseling through appeals.
Natalie Morgan focuses her practice primarily on patent litigation, and she has been trial counsel in jury, bench, International Trade Commission, and arbitration trials in patent cases. Her cases have covered diverse technologies, including life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals in Hatch-Waxman patent litigation, and medical devices, as well as software, graphical user interfaces, electronic trading, cellular and wireless telecommunications, and mechanical products in varied fields.
Deborah Smith is a partner in the San Diego office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She assists with the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.