Morrison Foerster

The life sciences, food and agribusiness, and high-tech industries are focus areas for Morrison Foerster‘s ’fantastic’ patent prosecution group which is equipped to handle high-value and often cross-jurisdictional work. Michael Ward who works between Boston and San Francisco oversees the practice and harnesses a niche specialism in crop protection and plant IP work, as well as impressive experience handling patent portfolios and securing protection for new plant varieties. Also standouts in San Francisco are Jie Zhou and Anita Choi. Biopharma and tech are areas of particular focus in an IP context for Catherine Polizzi in Palo Alto. In San Diego, Karen Potter is focused on assisting companies with patent preparation, prosecution, and strategic counselling. Potter and Polizzi, along with San Francisco-based Jie Zhou, are described as ‘exceptional patent practitioners’. Boston-based Jonathan Bockman leads the practice on the East Coast; Bockman has noteworthy capabilities handling domestic and international level portfolio management, prosecution, due diligence and validity determination cases, as well as related litigation.