John D. Carlin

Representative Matters

• Represented Adams Respiratory against Mutual Pharmaceuticals on patents related to Adams' highly successful Mucinex® product
• Represented Otsuka Pharmaceuticals against Teva Pharmaceuticals, Barr Laboratories, Apotex, Sandoz, and Sun Pharmaceuticals on patents related to Otsuka’s Abilify® anti-psychotic product
• Represented Sirona Dental Systems against Danaher on patents related to CMOS image sensors
• Represented IBM against Fair Isaac on claims of patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and copyright infringement involving IBM’s launch of its next-generation business process management software
• Defended IBM against allegations of patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, conversion, and unjust enrichment brought by Sky Technologies, related to IBM’s WebSphere® Commerce software products
• Represented AstraZeneca against Andrx, Genpharm, Dr. Reddy, and Schwartz Pharma on patents related to omeprazole and its formulations
• Represented Donnelly against Gentex on patents related to electrochromic rearview mirrors and associated electronics
• Defended Combe against allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, breach of express and implied contracts, and fraud, brought by Brandwynne
• Defended Intelidata against an allegation of patent infringement, brought by Portel Data Services, related to Intelidata’s desktop telephones
• Defended Mars against accusations of trade dress infringement and dilution, brought by Hershey Foods, related to the color orange, as used for candy packaging
• Defended Canon against an allegation of infringement brought by Solarex, related to solar panels

Representative Clients

• Dentsply Sirona
• Reckitt Benckiser
• Tudor Investment Corporation
• Virtec Bio

Education

• J.D. New York University School of Law 1992
• B.S.E.E. magna cum laude University of Michigan 1989
• Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu

Bar Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

• Super Lawyers, New York Metro, 2013 – 2019, 2020
• Managing Intellectual Property, IP Star, 2013 – 2020