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 infringement 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.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Peter J. Cuomo
- Eastern District of Texas Holds Willful Infringement Knowledge Requirement May Be Satisfied by Informing Non-Party of Infringement Claims Before Adding That Party as a Defendant - (Posted On Wednesday, October 19, 2022)
- Judge Albright Holds Willful Infringement Pleading Does Not Require Allegations of Egregious Infringing Behavior - (Posted On Friday, July 22, 2022)
- Judge Alsup Certifies Two Hot Button Issues on Standard for Pleading Willful Infringement for Interlocutory Appeal to the CAFC - (Posted On Friday, March 25, 2022)
- D. Del. Says ANDA Specification Trumps All Else in Infringement Analysis - (Posted On Thursday, February 17, 2022)
- California District Court Sides with Majority Position, Dismissing Willful and Induced Infringement Claims that Relied on Original Complaint for Knowledge of Asserted Patent - (Posted On Tuesday, February 08, 2022)
- Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Hatch-Waxman Defendants for Lack of Venue and Failure to State a Claim - (Posted On Friday, November 12, 2021)
- Federal Circuit Clarifies that Willful Infringement Does Not Require Egregious Conduct - (Posted On Tuesday, October 26, 2021)
- Federal Circuit Reiterates Requirement under § 287 that Alleged Infringers have Notice of Specific Alleged Infringement - (Posted On Thursday, September 09, 2021)
- Patent Owner Tip #17 for Surviving an Instituted IPR: Alternatives to Motions to Amend in IPR Proceedings - (Posted On Thursday, September 02, 2021)
- Nonobviousness of Commercially Successful Designs: Mmm, Mmm, Not So Fast - (Posted On Tuesday, August 31, 2021)