Adda C. Gogoris

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New York Office
767 Third Avenue
23^rd Floor
New York, NY 10017

ph: 212.223.6520
fax: 212.223.6521

Assistant:

Randall Douglas
rdouglas@merchantgould.com
212.223.6522

Education

Bar Admissions

Publications

Adda Gogoris' practice spans a broad range. It involves complex U.S. patent prosecution (including appeals, reissues, reexaminations, interferences) as well as global patent procurement and patent opposition management. On the counseling side, it involves development of patent and lifecycle extension strategies and consideration of Hatch-Waxman issues (such as patent term extension and Orange Book listing). Ms. Gogoris also has considerable experience in IP due diligence investigations and in agreement drafting and negotiation. But perhaps Ms. Gogoris is best known for her exculpatory and pre-assertion legal opinions in the areas of pharmaceuticals (including new molecular entities), biomolecules, and diagnostic systems.

Her technical experience includes organic molecules and synthetic pashways (in areas such as antihypertensives, lower urinary tract modulators, microtubulin inhibitors, protease inhibitors, ion channel modulators and CNS drugs); drug delivery systems, complex protein structure and architecture, cellular signaling, and multiplex assay systems.

Ms. Gogoris, who has a degree in chemical engineering but got involved in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals early on, has represented of U.S. and international clients, from startups and research institutions, through drug development and translational research firms to Fortune 500 companies, including Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Apotex Inc., AutoImmune Inc., Dompé Farmaceutici, Forest Laboratories, NicOx S.A., Novartis, NovoNordisk, Novozymes, Purdue Frederic, New York University, Recordati S.p.A., Sandoz Inc., GlycoZym Inc., Institut de Myologie, and Valio Ltd.

Ms. Gogoris is an active member of many professional organizations including AIPLA, NYIPLA, AIPPI and AUTM. She is a member of the Patents Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She also writes and speaks frequently in the U.S. and abroad on various intellectual property topics. Since 2006, she has co-chaired an annual three-day seminar and clinic for the Practicing Law Institute.

Education

Cornell University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1975

Cornell University
J.D., 1978

Bar Admissions

New York
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Publications

Co-chair, Presenter and Clinic Instructor: Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing, June 2010

Presenter:The 1st Pearl River International Biopharmaceutical Forum & 14th CBA Annual Conference, Biosimilars in the US Now: Strategic lessons from Amgen v. Roche Guangzhou, China 2009

Workshop Lecturer: Drafting An Effective IP Due Diligence Report, American conference institute Pharma/Biotech IP Due Diligence Conference 2009

Co-chair and Presenter: Pharmaceutical and Biotech Patent Opinion Writing, American Conference Institute, Boston and Atlanta, 2008

Research Tool Patents: Tips for Facing a 'Pay Up Now or Litigate' Ultimatum, Nature Biotechnology (November 2001).

Patent Due Diligence in Biotechnology Transactions, Nature Biotechnology (February and March 2001)