Brenda Danek, PhD is a partner in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.
Brenda represents clients in patent litigation, with particular focus on antibody, biotechnology, and Hatch-Waxman litigation. She has extensive experience in litigating patent matters before both district court and proceedings before the US Patent and Trademark Office. She has counseled clients in devising strategies for parallel proceedings before the district court and Patent Office. She has significant trial experience, including in managing fact and expert discovery, deposing and cross-examining key expert witnesses, and arguing before district courts, the Patent Office, and in arbitrations. She has successfully represented clients in in the following technologies:
Brenda has also provided counseling on intellectual property licensing, trade secret, and antitrust issues.
Brenda is also involved in pro bono matters, working with the National Immigrant Justice Center and Heartland Alliance to represent asylum applicants.
Brenda's representative experience includes:
Latham honored for a huge trade secrets win for LG Energy Solution at the US International Trade Commission, a significant patent trial victory for Astellas, and the strength of the firm's global Private Equity Practice.
Partners Brenda Danek, Inge Osman, and Elizabeth Richards named “Women Worth Watching in STEM 2020.”
Partner Brenda L. Danek talks about increasing diversity in STEM, closing the gender gap barriers in STEM, and moving women forward in STEM.