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Evan Diamond is a partner on our Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation team. Evan focuses his practice on patent litigation matters, with an emphasis on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In federal court trials, inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and appeals before the Federal Circuit, he has substantial experience representing pharmaceutical and life sciences technology companies through trial victory or to favorable business resolutions for products with hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in annual sales.
Evan has been acknowledged by IAM Patent 1000 as one of the "World's Leading Patent Professionals," and has been recognized for the past five years as a “Top Ranked Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney” and a “Rising Star" by Super Lawyers. Evan speaks and writes extensively on new developments impacting life sciences patents and business concerns for the industry.
Evan brings to his practice a technical background in chemistry and biochemistry, having received an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania prior to entering the legal field.
Credentials
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law
PTAB Bar Association
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Recognition
Super Lawyers Rising Stars
2015-2017
News
Cases & Deals
March 25, 2020
Galderma Wins Federal Circuit Appeal Against Amneal, Affirming “Doctrine of Equivalents” Infringement Ruling for Key Oracea® Patents
In the News · Source: Law360 and Bloomberg Law
In the News · Source: Law360
October 8, 2019
Gerald Flattmann Jr., Evan Diamond and Vanessa Yen secure a victory for Galderma in its patent infringement dispute against Sun Pharmaceutical
Matters
In the first three Final Written Decisions for inter partes reviews in the Hatch-Waxman context, obtained rulings from the PTAB for client Galderma upholding all challenged claims on patents covering Oracea, a multi-million dollar drug for the treatment of rosacea
Obtained preliminary injunction and then permanent injunction against launch of a generic version of Oracea, which was upheld by the Federal Circuit on appeal
Obtained favorable claim construction in second-filer Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding Oracea, resulting in withdrawal of Paragraph IV challenge before trial
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Matters
In the first three Final Written Decisions for inter partes reviews in the Hatch-Waxman context, obtained rulings from the PTAB for client Galderma upholding all challenged claims on patents covering Oracea, a multi-million dollar drug for the treatment of rosacea
Obtained preliminary injunction and then permanent injunction against launch of a generic version of Oracea, which was upheld by the Federal Circuit on appeal
Obtained favorable claim construction in second-filer Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding Oracea, resulting in withdrawal of Paragraph IV challenge before trial
Obtained decision upholding validity of key patent in bench trial in District of New Jersey regarding Hatch-Waxman dispute for Merck's drug Emend for Injection, for nausea and vomiting due to highly emetogenic chemotherapy
Member of trial teams litigating toward favorable settlements preserving market exclusivity in cases regarding Lexapro (Forest Labs and Lundbeck), Namenda (Forest Labs and Merz), Targretin (Eisai and Valeant), and Amitiza (Sucampo)
Insights
Client Alert
April 3, 2020
D.C. Circuit Concludes that Serial Periods of Exclusivity May Be Available Under the Orphan Drug Act
Article · Source: Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
February 1, 2020
Federal Circuit Continues Trend of Finding Diagnostic Inventions to Be Patent-Ineligible
Article · Source: Law360
August 20, 2019
Fed. Circ.'s Arduous Legal Landscape For Diagnostic Patents
News
Cases & Deals
March 25, 2020
Galderma Wins Federal Circuit Appeal Against Amneal, Affirming “Doctrine of Equivalents” Infringement Ruling for Key Oracea® Patents
In the News · Source: Law360 and Bloomberg Law
In the News · Source: Law360
October 8, 2019
Gerald Flattmann Jr., Evan Diamond and Vanessa Yen secure a victory for Galderma in its patent infringement dispute against Sun Pharmaceutical
Matters
In the first three Final Written Decisions for inter partes reviews in the Hatch-Waxman context, obtained rulings from the PTAB for client Galderma upholding all challenged claims on patents covering Oracea, a multi-million dollar drug for the treatment of rosacea
Obtained preliminary injunction and then permanent injunction against launch of a generic version of Oracea, which was upheld by the Federal Circuit on appeal
Obtained favorable claim construction in second-filer Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding Oracea, resulting in withdrawal of Paragraph IV challenge before trial
See more
Close
Matters
In the first three Final Written Decisions for inter partes reviews in the Hatch-Waxman context, obtained rulings from the PTAB for client Galderma upholding all challenged claims on patents covering Oracea, a multi-million dollar drug for the treatment of rosacea
Obtained preliminary injunction and then permanent injunction against launch of a generic version of Oracea, which was upheld by the Federal Circuit on appeal
Obtained favorable claim construction in second-filer Hatch-Waxman litigation regarding Oracea, resulting in withdrawal of Paragraph IV challenge before trial
Obtained decision upholding validity of key patent in bench trial in District of New Jersey regarding Hatch-Waxman dispute for Merck's drug Emend for Injection, for nausea and vomiting due to highly emetogenic chemotherapy
Member of trial teams litigating toward favorable settlements preserving market exclusivity in cases regarding Lexapro (Forest Labs and Lundbeck), Namenda (Forest Labs and Merz), Targretin (Eisai and Valeant), and Amitiza (Sucampo)
Insights
Client Alert
April 3, 2020
D.C. Circuit Concludes that Serial Periods of Exclusivity May Be Available Under the Orphan Drug Act
Article · Source: Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal
February 1, 2020
Federal Circuit Continues Trend of Finding Diagnostic Inventions to Be Patent-Ineligible
Article · Source: Law360
August 20, 2019
Fed. Circ.'s Arduous Legal Landscape For Diagnostic Patents
News
Cases & Deals
March 25, 2020
Galderma Wins Federal Circuit Appeal Against Amneal, Affirming “Doctrine of Equivalents” Infringement Ruling for Key Oracea® Patents
In the News · Source: Law360 and Bloomberg Law
In the News · Source: Law360
October 8, 2019
Gerald Flattmann Jr., Evan Diamond and Vanessa Yen secure a victory for Galderma in its patent infringement dispute against Sun Pharmaceutical
Credentials
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member of the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law
PTAB Bar Association
Close
Recognition
Super Lawyers Rising Stars
2015-2017