Peter’s practice involves intellectual property enforcement and defense, and client counseling on issues related to IP rights. Peter's primary focus is in patent litigation where he has experience in every phase from pre-suit investigations through appeal, including, initial evaluation and case initiation, fact and expert discovery, pre-and post-trial motion practice, and trials and appeals. In addition to suits centered on the assertion and defense of infringement claims, Peter has experience with the successful resolution of multiple inventorship disputes and related misappropriation claims.

Peter has represented clients across a wide range of technologies such as biotechnology inventions, automotive parts, medical and mechanical devices, consumer products. He has also worked on numerous high-stakes Hatch-Waxman litigations for major pharmaceutical companies through trial and appeals. In addition to patent litigation, Peter has experience in disputes involving breach of contracts, unfair competition, trademarks and trade secret misappropriation claims.

Peter is a registered patent attorney licensed to practice and argue before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to representing clients in US District Courts and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, he has experience in multiple post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and its predecessor. He also provides patent and product analyses, and evaluations of prior art related to noninfringement and invalidity opinions.

Prior to joining the firm, he practiced in the intellectual property litigation practice in the Boston office of another international law firm. Peter also previously worked in and supervised an academic laboratory focused on researching infectious diseases. He is a co-author on multiple scientific papers and spent time in Zambia investigating the co-infection of measles and HIV. During law school, Peter was an editor on the Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law and worked as a research assistant in intellectual property and the Health Law Department.
Representative Matters

Defense of Multiple IPRs – Pharmaceuticals (IPR2015-01069, IPR2015-01647, IPR2015-01648): Representing Kowa Company in defense of three inter partes reviews filed by Mylan and Sawai. Petitioners are defendants in Hatch-Waxman cases asserting Kowa’s patent rights related to the drug product Livalo.
Validity Challenge in IPR Proceeding – Bed Spring (IPR2014-01119): Represented ACE Bed Co., Ltd., in an inter partes review proceeding that resulted a final decision invalidating all of the challenged claims of a patent assigned to Sealey Technology LLC relating to bed springs.
Validity Challenge in IPR Proceeding – Recombinant proteins (IPR2016-00258): Representing Green Cross Corporation as the petitioner in an IPR proceeding challenging the validity of patent claims on a recombinant therapeutic enzyme.
Validity Challenge in IPR Proceeding – Vehicle Headlights (IPR2016-00193): Representing SL Corporation as the petitioner in an IPR proceeding challenging the validity of patent claims on an automatic control system for vehicle headlights.