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Gabrielle E. Higgins
Partner




Ropes & Gray
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East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284

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Practice

Gabrielle Higgins is a partner in Ropes & Gray's Intellectual Property Group. She joined Ropes & Gray as a result of its 2005 merger with Fish & Neave. Gabrielle's focus is intellectual property litigation, in particular patent infringement actions.


Professional Experience

Gabrielle litigates IP cases in all key technological areas.  Representative matters include:
  • OPTi, Inc. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. –  Counsel for Advanced Micro Devices in patent infringement actions involving chipsets.
  • Worlds.com v. NCsoft Corp – Counsel for NCsoft in patent infringement action involving multiplayer online games.
  • Transmeta Corp. v. Intel Corp. – Counsel for Transmeta in patent infringement action involving microprocessors.
  • Ampex Corporation v. Eastman Kodak Company; Ampex Corporation v. Sony Corporation – Counsel for Ampex in District Court and ITC proceedings involving digital still cameras.
  • Texas Instruments v. Linear Technology Corp. – Counsel for Linear in patent infringement action involving integrated circuits.
  • Linear Technology Corp. v. Maxim et al. – Counsel for Linear in patent infringement action involving switching voltage regulators.
  • PostX v. docSpace – Counsel for docSpace in trademark infringement action.
  • Organon Teknika v. Becton Dickinson – Counsel for Becton Dickinson in patent infringement actions involving blood culture systems.
  • General Electric Company v. Norton Industrial Ceramics, Inc. – Counsel for GE in patent infringement action involving vapor deposited diamond.
  • Schering-Plough Corp. v. Interferon Sciences, Inc. – Counsel for Schering in patent infringement action involving alpha interferon.


Presentations & Speeches



Memberships & Affiliations

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • California Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  • Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association
  • International Trademark Association


Bar Admissions
  • California
  • New York
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office


Courts
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York


Education
  • 1989, J.D., Fordham University School of Law
  • 1985, B.A. (Premedical Studies, English), College of the Holy Cross



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