McDermott IP Focus 2024 | Session 1: The Weaponization of Prosecution Laches

William (Bill) Gaede is known as one of the foremost intellectual property litigators for the life sciences and medical device industries. He serves as lead counsel for a wide range of companies and research institutes and has extensive experience in litigating life science technologies such as antibodies, proteins, small molecules, and diagnostics.

In addition to his substantial jury trial experience, Bill has argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He further provides risk management guidance on freedom to operate issues.

Before entering the private sector, Bill served as the temporary deputy district attorney for the City and County of San Francisco.

Bhanu Sadasivan focuses her practice on patent litigation, with an emphasis in the life sciences industry. She has experience litigating patent cases concerning recombinant DNA technology, pharmaceutical formulation, computer hardware and software.

Prior to law school, she received her PhD in Immunology from Yale University and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and was a recipient of the Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Bhanu is the co-author of several scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.