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Jason Murata is an associate in the firm’s Hartford office.  He is a member of the firm’s intellectual property litigation group.  His practice focuses primarily on patent and trade secret litigation, with a particular emphasis in the mechanical, chemical and pharmaceutical arts, including patent litigation and consultation arising under Section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.  Examples of recent or ongoing cases handled by Mr. Murata include: 

• Tyco Healthcare Group LP, et al. v Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 07-cv-1299 (D.N.J.) and Appeal No. 2010-1513 (Fed. Cir.) (obtained summary judgment of invalidity that asserted patent was obvious, which was affirmed by Federal Circuit)
• In re Gabapentin Patent Litigation, MDL No. 1384, Master Civil Action No. 00-2931 (D.N.J.) (patent infringement dispute involving gabapentin)
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. v. Sun Pharma Global Inc., et al., Civil Action Nos.  09-cv-00325 & -05179; Civil Action No.: 2:09-cv-5179-JAG (D.N.J.) (patent infringement dispute involving fexofenadine and fexofenadine / pseudoephedrine products)
• Roche Palo Alto LLC. v. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Civil Action No. 10-cv-00261-GMS (D. Del.) (patent infringement dispute involving valganciclovir hydrochloride)
• United States Gypsum Co. v. Lafarge North America, Inc., Lafarge S.A., et al., Civil Action No. 03-CV-6027 (N.D. Ill. 2003) (theft of confidential, proprietary and trade secret information and patent infringement involving gypsum drywall manufacturing)
• Pall Corp. v. Entegris, Inc., Civil Action No. 07-CV-1869 (E.D.N.Y. 2007) (infringement dispute concerning filter media packing and capsule design)
•  Pall Corp. v. Entegris, Inc., Civil Action No. 05-CV-5894 (E.D.N.Y. 2005) (patent infringement dispute involving filter assembly methods and pre-wet packaging)
• Entegris, Inc. v. Pall Corp., Appeal Nos. 2004-1440, 2005-1265, -1266, 2006-1374 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (appeal from preliminary injunction and contempt order in patent infringement dispute concerning filter assembly)
• AstraZeneca AB, et al. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., Appeal No. 04-1100 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (appeal in pharmaceutical case relating to generic extended-release felodipine tablets)
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp. v. Zinkan Enterprises Inc., et al., Civil Action No. C2 03 174 (S.D. Ohio 2002) (patent infringement dispute involving treatment of wastewater from coal mining) 

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut
• Illinois
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois

Professional Activities

• American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association