Damien N. Dombrowski

Partner
Dombrowski Damien

Damien Dombrowski is an experienced trial lawyer and patent litigator. Damien has litigated patents across life sciences and technology, for patent owners and accused infringers. He was lead counsel for an innovator pharmaceutical company in a Hatch-Waxman bench trial that prevented early generic entry. Damien has cross-examined a variety of technical experts in bench and jury trials, including the main non-infringement and invalidity expert in a $107 million (plus ongoing royalty) jury win for a pharmaceutical innovator. Damien also has experience with complex multiparty settlement/license agreements, trial of license/contract disputes, and diligence/opinion work.

Experience

Representative Matters

  • After a four-day bench trial and three and a half years of litigation on behalf of client Melinta Therapeutics against defendant Nexus Pharmaceuticals, Damien's team won on infringement and validity and obtained a permanent injunction preventing generic entry prior to the expiration of Melinta's method of treatment patents related to an improved intravenous formulation of a last-resort antibiotic
  • After a five-day jury trial and over four years of litigation on behalf of client Vectura against defendant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Damien's team obtained an $89.7 million verdict of infringement, willful infringement, and non-obviousness of a Vectura patent on inhalation formulation technology, which the district court increased to $107 million, and the jury further awarded an ongoing royalty on U.S. sales of GSK's infringing Breo Ellipta, Anoro Ellipta, and Incruse Ellipta inhaler products

Representative Clients

  • Astellas
  • Bausch Health, Bausch & Lomb
  • Canon
  • Gilead
  • LEO Pharma
  • Melinta Therapeutics
  • Merck
  • Sanofi
  • Vectura

Insights

Credentials
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Education

  • J.D. Fordham University School of Law 2008
  • B.S. Neurobiology University of Washington 2003
  • B.S. Biochemistry University of Washington 2003
    • Minors: Math and Chemistry
    • Phi Beta Kappa

     

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

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