Juliet DeFrancisco

/My focus

Patent Litigation

Leveraging my chemical engineering and chemistry backgrounds, I help clients resolve patent disputes across a wide range of areas, including small molecule, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical therapeutics, polymer and membrane technologies, medical devices, scientific instruments, green and nanotechnologies, water treatment, and design patents. I also have substantial experience in cannabis-related technologies, including the synthesis of cannabinoid derivatives, advanced growth systems, and retail packaging.

Trademark, Trade Secret, and Copyright Litigation

I help clients strategically manage and enforce their intellectual property portfolios, including management and enforcement of their trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. I also assist them in approaching claims of infringement and misappropriation, as well as unfair competition claims and related disputes.

Additionally, I advise clients on patent and trademark prosecution, including drafting applications and portfolio development, and I am experienced with due diligence and opinion work.

/Looking ahead

Enforcement actions tend to increase in times of economic uncertainty. This trend, coupled with the billions of dollars now being devoted to pandemic-related innovations and their protection, suggests that we may soon see a substantial uptick in patent litigation actions.

/Insights

• “Patent Opportunities Growing for Cannabis Businesses", Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, June 2022