John D. Murnane

Representative Matters

• Representing Otsuka against generic companies in litigations concerning patents related to the kidney disease treatment JYNARQUE^®
• Defended Columbia University by obtaining dismissal of a case against the university involving anti-amyloid antibodies
• Represented Amgen in litigations against more than 20 generic companies involving a patent covering the Sensipar® pharmaceutical composition for treating hyperparathyroidism and carcinoma
• Represented Columbia University against Illumina in a patent litigation involving DNA sequencing products
• Defended GAF against Roof N Box in design patent litigation
• Represented Amgen against Complex Innovations in a USPTO inter partes review proceeding on a patent covering cinacalcet pharmaceutical formulations in Sensipar^® for treating hyperparathyroidism and carcinoma
• Represented JVL Ventures as an intellectual property advisor in mobile commerce agreements and patent litigations
• Represented Amgen and Brigham & Women's Hospital against Teva and Barr in litigation on patents covering the calcimimetic Sensipar^®, for treating hyperparathyroidism and carcinoma
• Represented Otsuka against Apotex, Teva, Barr, Sandoz, Sun, and Synthon in litigation concerning the patent covering the antipsychotic drug Abilify^®
• Represented Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb against Apotex, Dr. Reddy's, Teva, Watson, and Cobalt in litigation concerning patents covering Plavix^®, a leading anti-thrombotic agent
• Defended Elk Corporation against CertainTeed in a case involving roofing products patents
• Defended NovoNordisk against American Home Products in a case involving a patent on hormone replacement therapy
• Represented NovoNordisk against Genencor in litigation concerning a patent covering mutated subtilysin enzymes in detergents
• Represented Elk Corporation against GAF in litigation concerning a patent covering roofing products
• Represented Lenzing AG against Courtaulds in litigation concerning a patent covering the process for making Lyocell fibers
• Defended C.H. Patrick Co. against Sequa Chemicals in a case involving a permanent press resin patent
• Defended Carrier Corporation against J.T. Falk & Co. in a case involving a commercial air conditioning patent
• Defended Laboratoires Sarget against Pfizer in a case involving a doxycycline patent
• Represented Elcor Corporation against Enron in litigation concerning a patent covering hydrocarbon gas processing
• Defended Dillards Department Stores against Randolph Rand Corporation in cases involving a patent license dispute
• Represented Elcor Corporation against Union Texas Petroleum in litigation concerning a patent covering hydrocarbon gas processing
• Represented Elcor Corporation against Oxy Inc. in litigation concerning a patent covering hydrocarbon gas processing
• Represented Elcor Corporation against Transok in litigation concerning a patent covering hydrocarbon gas processing
• Represented Hexcel against EuroComposites in a trade secret case involving aramid fiber products
• Represented Elk Corporation against Owens Corning Fiberglas in litigation concerning a patent covering roofing products
• Represented Pratt & Whitney Canada against the United States in litigation concerning a patent covering helicopter engines
• Represented Ortloff Corporation against Tenneco and Gulsby in litigation concerning a patent covering hydrocarbon gas processing
• Represented United Technologies Corporation against General Electric in litigation concerning a patent covering jet aircraft engines
• Represented Masco Corporation against Baldwin Hardware in an unfair competition case involving home furnishings
• Represented Masco Corporation against Globe Union Industrial Corporation in an unfair competition case involving Delta^® faucets
• Defended Thompson-Hayward Company against Rohm & Haas in a case involving a propanil patent
• Defended University of South Carolina against Great Basins Petroleum Company in a case involving a patent covering catalyzed hydrogenation reactions

Representative Clients

• Amgen
• Columbia University
• GAF
• Lenzing AG
• Michelin
• Otsuka Pharmaceuticals
  
   

Education

• J.D. The George Washington University Law School 1979
• B.S. cum laude University of Notre Dame 1975

Bar Admissions

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

Court Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• 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
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

• The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2014 – 2022
• Managing Intellectual Property, IP Star, 2013 – 2020, 2023
• Super Lawyers, New York Metro, 2006 – 2023
• Euromoney Magazine’s Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Experts, 1997 – 2020 (Selected as a top intellectual property law practitioner)
• IAM Patent 1000, The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, 2013 – 2019
• LMG Life Sciences, 2012 – 2020
• Who’s Who Legal, Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers, 2010 – 2015
• Legal 500, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage, 2012 – 2013
• Guild of Catholic Lawyers of the Archdiocese of New York, Charles Carroll Award, 2018 (Received in recognition of more than 30 years of pro bono work)