Inge Osman advises domestic and multinational clients on their highest-stakes intellectual property litigation, including before federal district and appellate courts, as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Combining sophisticated technical knowledge and significant trial experience, Ms. Osman helps clients achieve their desired outcomes in complex patent litigation. She has successfully represented clients in matters involving a range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, antibodies, medical devices, semiconductors, liquid crystal display technologies, biometric scanning devices, information technology, and call processing systems.
Ms. Osman draws on her scientific training and prior experience clerking for the Federal Circuit to identify the most successful arguments in patent disputes. She received undergraduate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. Ms. Osman previously clerked for Judge Kimberly A. Moore of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Ms. Osman’s broad-based trial work includes arguing in court and before the PTAB, deposing key fact and expert witnesses, and managing fact and expert discovery. She brings particular experience litigating patent matters in federal courts and in post-grant proceedings before the PTAB. Ms. Osman also regularly coordinates parallel proceedings — including matters brought to both a district court and the PTAB, as well as disputes spanning multiple jurisdictions.
She is a member of the PTAB Bar Association’s Appellate and Diversity Committees and a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
District of Columbia
US Patent and Trademark Office
Virginia
Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 2010
BSE in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 2005 magna cum laude
Two Latham teams were recognized for securing a rare DOJ declination on behalf of Lifecore Biomedical Inc. and a Patent Trial and Appeals Board win for CoStar Realty Information Inc. and Duolingo Inc.
Two Latham teams were recognized for knocking out a securities class action against our client Skillz Inc., and for a rare win at the PTAB for our client InductEV.
Latham successfully represented Unified Patents in a patent challenge where the US Patent and Trademark Office Director vacated the PTAB's decision, finding that adding tech giants as real parties in interest wasn't necessary to conduct the review.
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