Robert Frederickson

About Robert Frederickson

I am an intellectual property trial attorney with nearly 20 years of experience representing companies in the life sciences, technology, and medical device industries. I have won hundreds of millions of dollars in jury verdicts in patent and trade secret cases and have successfully defended companies accused of intellectual property infringement and misappropriation. A large part of my practice involves advising and representing companies in complex, commercial arbitrations involving technology and IP licensing and collaboration agreements. And I use that experience in court to help clients navigate complex, often contentious, business relationships involving technology and science outside of court.

Experience

1. Partner

   Goodwin

   Oct 2007 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Lead trial counsel specializing in intellectual property litigation and arbitrations for life sciences, technology, and medical device companies, including:* Co-lead trial counsel for Insulet Corporation in a trade secret misappropriation jury trial, in which the jury returned a verdict in Insulet\'s favor of $452 million in compensatory and punitive damages and the court entered a worldwide permanent injunction.* Lead counsel for Recentive Analytics at the district court and in the first decision by the Federal Circuit on the patentability of machine learning and artificial intelligence inventions.* Trial counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals in a three-week patent infringement jury trial involving Teva’s innovative biologic AJOVY®, in which the jury awarded Teva over $175 million in lost profits (both past lost profits and future lost profits) and reasonably royalty damages.* Trial counsel in confidential arbitration for a biotechnology company that developed and successfully brought-to-market a new class of drugs for the treatment of rare diseases.* Trial counsel in confidential, expedited commercial arbitration between gene editing biotechnology companies concerning a license agreement covering foundational IP rights.* Co-lead trial counsel for Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories in a patent infringement case relating to buprenorphine/naloxone sublingual films (Suboxone®). Secured a complete trial win in a first wave lawsuit involving five patents that was affirmed on appeal to the Federal Circuit. The second wave lawsuit settled favorably, with Dr. Reddy’s receiving $72 million from the innovator plaintiff.* Counsel for Teva Pharmaceuticals in widely publicized patent litigation involving the use of so-called “skinny labels” on pharmaceutical products.* Authored successful motion for summary judgment of non-infringement in a patent infringement case involving test methods for low molecular weight heparins under 35 U.S.C. § 271(g).

Education

• The George Washington University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA); Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics; Computer Science

  2000 — 2004

• Boston College Law School

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  2004 — 2007