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Sharon E. Roberg-Perez


Practice Groups

Experience

  • Represents medical device manufacturer in patent infringement suit involving spinal implants.
  • Represents medical device manufacturer in patent infringement suit involving implantable cardioverter-defibrillator technology.
  • Represents research and development company involved in novel drug development technologies.
  • Member of trial team that litigated patent on web browser technology.

Other Experience

  • Developmental molecular neurobiologist

    – Doctoral research on the development of the Drosophila visual system, M.I.T. (1989-1996)

    – Postdoctoral research on the development of sensory neurons in avian embryos, Caltech (1996-2000)
  • Scientist at research and development company working as part of a team using molecular biology and zebrafish to identify novel proteins for drug discovery.
  • Assistant Editor/Scientific Curator at company that built internet-accessible, databases of scientific literature and genomic information.
  • United States Attorney's Office, Law Clerk (Summer 2003)

Selected Results*

Counsel for Quest Diagnostics in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc., U.S. District Court, San Diego, California, in which all claims were dismissed.  Patent case involving genotyping technology.

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Minnesota State Bar Association
  • Hennepin County Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association

Civic Associations

  • University of St. Thomas School of Law Alumni Advisory Board, Board Member

Bar Admissions

  • Minnesota
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Minnesota

Education

  • University of St. Thomas School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude (2005), University of St. Thomas Law Journal, Notes & Comments Editor (2004-2005), Associate Editor (2003-2004)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Biology (1996), National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
  • Wellesley College, B.A., magna cum laude (1989)

Books and Articles

  • What CEOs Should Know About Licensing
    Executive Counsel, Vol. 4 No. 6 (with Jan Conlin and Katie Crosby Lehmann) (November/December 2007)
  • Willfulness Standard: Is There a Bright Line?
    BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 74, No. 1827 (July 20, 2007)

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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