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Gene W. Lee
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Ropes & Gray
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8704

T +1 212 596 9053
+1 212 596 9192 secretary
gene.lee@ropesgray.com




Gene Lee is co-head of Ropes & Gray’s IP litigation group. He is an experienced lead counsel in patent litigations involving a wide range of technologies, including computer systems and software, medical devices, telecommunications, financial services, chemistry, semiconductors, and geoscience. In addition to patent litigation, Gene regularly represents clients in patent licensing, reexaminations, interferences, portfolio management, and trade secret and copyright matters. He also works with the firm’s corporate department in advising clients on the IP-related aspects of corporate transactions. 

Representative Clients and Matters

  • Rydex Ltd. v. Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors America; Rydex Ltd. v. Discover Financial Services and American Express Company; (lead counsel in lawsuits involving fuel systems)
  • Auction Management Solutions v. Live Global Bid and ADESA (lead counsel in a lawsuit involving computer systems used in live auctions)  
  • Wi-LAN v. LG Electronics (litigation concerning CDMA and Wi-Fi technology)
  • Worlds.com v. NCsoft Corp. (litigation relating to videogame software successfully transferred out of the E.D. Texas)
  • TransAct Technologies v. FutureLogic (lead counsel in litigation concerning multi-port printers)
  • One of the world’s largest chemical companies v. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (litigation relating to chemical processes) 
  • Sofamor Danek v. Surgical Dynamics and U.S. Surgical (litigation involving spinal fusion devices)



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Education
  • JD, Cornell Law School, 1992
  • BS (Mechanical Engineering), Columbia University, 1989


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


Courts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York


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