James P. Doyle

Partner

Jim Doyle practices primarily in the areas of patent, trademark, trade-dress, unfair competition and products liability litigation, in various industries including pharmaceuticals, basic chemicals, retail packaging and internet domain-name disputes.  Mr. Doyle has an active intellectual property counseling practice, including opinion work, interference and reexamination practice, and patent and trademark prosecution.  He is a member of the firm's Patent Litigation and BioMedical Practice Groups.

Mr. Doyle's patent litigation experience includes representation of ExxonMobil Chemical Co., BASF Corporation, Emerson Process Management (Rosemount), Purdue Pharma, Mylan Laboratories and Boehringer-Ingelheim Corporation (Roxane Laboratories, Ben Venue, and Bedford Laboratories), Actavis Inc., Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., and Kiss Nail Products Inc.  A significant portion of his practice involves the defense of generic pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement actions brought pursuant to the Hatch-Waxman Act.  Representative examples of products involved in other patent cases include polyolefins, polymeric films, and polyurethane foams, low-power microwave radar devices, medical devices, sportswear and cosmetic products.

Mr. Doyle's litigation practice also includes trademark and copyright actions and many areas of complex litigation, including products liability, unfair competition and false advertising.  He has handled trademark cases for a major software company and products liability cases for Yamaha Motor Corporation.  His counseling practice includes working closely with clients to design and implement intellectual property strategies, including patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions. 

Matters Mr. Doyle has handled include:

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. v. Pharmaceutical Holdings Corp.,
    No. 2:06-CV-04418-PD (E.D. Pa.) (patent infringement)

Bamberger v. Cheruvu,
     Patent Interference No. 103,844 (USPTO, Board of Patent Appeals and
     Interferences)

Bove v. Yamaha Motor Corp.,
     No. 5:90-CV-00517-GLG (D. Conn.) (products liability)

Elsai Co. Ltd. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.,
     No. 2:06-CV-03613-HAA-ES (D. N.J.) (patent infringement)

General Latex and Chemical Co. v. BASF Inc.,
    No. 1:99-CV-00038-SLR (D. Del.) (patent infringement)

Kiss Nail Products, Inc. v. Entreat Corp.,
    No. 2:02-CV-02373-JS (E.D.N.Y.) (patent infringement)

Mahurkar v. Arrow International, Inc.,
    No. 1:99-CV-05711 (N.D. Ill.) (patent infringement)

Mobil Oil Corp. v. Exxon Corp.,
    No. 1:96-CV-01603-TSE (E.D. Va.) (patent infringement)

Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc. v. Roxanne Laboratories, Inc.,
     No. 2:03-CV-03357-DRD-MCA (D. N.J.) (patent infringement)

Premier Limousine Svc., Inc. v. Lindsey Limousine, Inc.,
    No. 3:06-CV-00980-JBA (D. Conn.) (trademark infringement, Lanham
    Act, CUTPA)

Production Research Group, LLC v. Martin Professional,
    No. 7:08-CV-06333-KMK (S.D.N.Y.) (patent infringement)

Production Resource Group, LLC v. SMG Technology,
    No. 7:08-CV-06331-KMK (S.D.N.Y) (patent infringement)

Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
    No. 00-CV-8029-SHS (S.D.N.Y.) (patent infringement)

Rosemount, Inc. v. Ohmart/Vega Corp.,
    No. 1:99-CV-00208-SLR (D. Del.) (patent infringement)

Shire LLC v. Colony Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
    No. 1:07-CV-00718-CCB (D. Md.) (patent infringement)

Takeda Chemical Ind., Ltd. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.,
    No. 1:03-CV-08250-DLC (S.D.N.Y.) (patent infringement)

Tyco Healthcare Group L.P. v. Pharmaceutical Holdings Corp.,
    No. 2:07-CV-01162-AB (E.D. Pa.) (patent infringement)

Tyco Healthcare Group L.P. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co.,
    No. 2:07-CV-01299-SRC-MAS (D. N.J.) (patent infringement)

Bar & Court Admissions

• Connecticut
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

• Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994 J.D. cum laude.
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1987 B.S. Chemical Engineering.

Professional Activities

• New York Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• American Bar Association
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Chemical Marketing & Economics Group, New York City
• The Chemists' Club, New York City
• Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association