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George M. Gould is the former Vice President of Licensing and Corporate Development and Chief Patent Counsel of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. and has served on the Board of Directors of a number of biopharma companies. Among Mr. Gould’s achievements is the development of the “two armed patent strategy,” whereby a company patents the purified natural peptides and proteins, as well as synthetic or recombinant versions of these molecules. Mr. Gould has extensive experience patenting inventions in the following technologies: protein biochemistry, recombinant DNA, monoclonal antibodies, antiviral drugs, and diagnostics. In addition, Mr. Gould has over 40 years of experience in the area of licensing, with large pharmaceutical firms as well as start-up biotech companies. He has served as a patent or licensing expert witness in more than 40 cases, including several renowned biotech litigations.

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Experience

Legal Work Highlights

Retained as an expert witness in the following matters for underlined party:
Qualified as expert and testified at hearing or trial (***)

Paine Webber Limited Partners v. Centocor (Licensing Expert—Delaware State Court)

Emory University v. Glaxo (Patent Expert—DC Atlanta, Georgia)

Amgen v. Johnson & Johnson (Licensing Expert—Arbitration)***

Boehringer Ingelheim v. Schering Plough (Patent Expert—DC Newark, NJ)***

Genentech v. Pharmacia-Upjohn (Licensing Expert—Arbitration)***

Genentech v. Pharmacia-Upjohn (Patent Expert—Arbitration)***

SmithKline Beecham v. Teva et al. (Patent Expert—DC Boston, MA)***

Genzyme v. Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (Damage Expert—DC Wilmington DE)

Repligen/University of Michigan v. Bristol Myers Squibb (Patent Expert—ED Michigan)

City of Hope v. Genentech (Licensing Expert—Arbitration)

Conopco, Inc./M.J. Woods, Inc./Pennie & Edmonds, LLC (Patent Expert—Arbitration)

Warner-Lambert v. Teva Pharm., Inc. (Patent Expert—DC Newark, NJ)

University of Rochester v. Pfizer, Pharmacia, et al. (Patent Expert—DC Rochester, NY)

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. et al., v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc. (Patent Expert—ND West Virginia)***

Eli Lilly and MIT and Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Licensing Expert—DC Indiana)***

In Re Relafen Antitrust Litigation, AT Plaintiffs v. SmithKline Beecham (Patent Expert—DC Boston, MA)

Sanofi et al. v. Apotex et al. (Patent Expert—SD NY)

Research Corporation Technologies v. Microsoft (Patent Expert—DC Tucson, AZ)

Eisai v. Dr. Reddy’s et al. (Patent Expert—SD NY)

Dastgheib v. Genentech, Inc. (Licensing Expert—ED PA)

GlaxoSKB v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Licensing Expert—U.S. Tax Court)

Yeda Research v. Imclone Systems and Aventis (Patent Expert—SD NY)***

AT Plaintiffs v. Schering Plough (Patent Expert—DC Newark, NJ) (K-Dur)

AstraZeneca v. KV Pharm., Andrx Pharm., and Eon Labs (Patent Expert—ED Missouri)

In Re Pineapples Antitrust Litigation, AT Plaintiffs vs. Del Monte (Patent Expert—SD NY)

Bristol Myers Squibb et al. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. et al (Patent Expert—SD NY)

Celgene Corporation, et al. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. (Patent Expert—DC NJ)

Affymetrix, Inc. v. Illumina, Inc. (Patent Expert—DC Delaware)

Zymogenetics,Inc. v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (Patent Expert– DC Delaware)

Repligen/Univ. of Michigan v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (Patent Expert– ED Texas)

Novartis v. Mylan (Patent Expert- DC Newark NJ)

AT Plaintiffs v. Glaxo (Patent Expert- ED Pennsylvania) (Wellbutrin SR)

Lannett Company v. KV Pharmaceuticals (Patent Expert- DC Delaware)

Sepracor v. Dey (Licensing Expert SD New York)

Celgene Corporation, et al. v. Abrika Pharmaceutical, Inc. et al. (Patent Expert DC NJ)

Celgene Corporation et al. v. KV Pharmaceutical Company et al. (Patent Expert DC NJ)

Celgene Corporation, et al. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. et al. (Patent Expert DC NJ)

AT Plaintiffs v. Glaxo (Patent Expert ED Pennsylvania) (Wellbutrin XL)

Abbott Biotechnology Ltd. v. Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. (Patent and Licensing Expert CPR Arbitration)***

AT Plaintiffs v. Astra Zeneca (Patent Expert DC Del) (Metoprolol XL)

Canadian Department of Justice – Tax Case – (Licensing Expert)

Medimmune, LLC v. Henry M. Jackson Foundation (Licensing Expert Circuit Court Mont. County MD)***

Tyco Healthcare Group LP et al v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co et al (Patent Expert DC NJ)

Lumas Pharma, Inc. v. The Avicena Group,Inc. et al (Patent and Licensing Expert DC TX)

Medimmune, LLC. v. Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts (Licensing Expert Circuit Court Montgomery County MD)

Served on arbitration panel as mediator or as neutral:

  • Fuisz Technologies and Mead Johnson (Mediator)
  • LifePoint and CMI (Neutral License Expert)
  • Cortech v. Ono (Arbitration Panel Member AAA)
  • Delta Pine Land v. Monsanto (Arbitration Panel Member AAA)

Education

Columbia Law School|Johns Hopkins University|New York University School of Law


J.D.|B.A.|LL.M.


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Courts

George is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

State of New York|Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit|Supreme Court of the United States|United States Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 20,970)


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Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

Named to IAM Global Leaders list – 2021

Named to IAM Patent 1000The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners

AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

Association of Corporate Patent Counsel, NJIPLA