Covington & Burling LLP | Biographies

Kevin Collins is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group and is resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Mr. Collins has represented clients in a wide variety of patent and trademark matters in various forums, including many federal trial and appellate courts. Mr. Collins is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has litigated patent matters before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences as well as before the International Trade Commission in Section 337 actions. Mr. Collins’ principal patent litigation experience is in the pharmaceutical and medical device area, but he also has extensive experience in disputes involving software, business method patents, semiconductor fabrication, and consumer leisure and personal care products.

Representative Matters

Successfully represented Agere Systems in litigation and arbitration to force Agere’s licensee to honor its obligations under a complex patent license agreement relating to semiconductor fabrication. Agere Systems Inc. v. Macronix International Co., Case No. 01-CV-7820 (S.D.N.Y.) & AAA Arbitration No. 50-T-133-00079-02.
Successful defense of Unilever in the district court and on appeal in the Federal Circuit from patent infringement claims brought by Kao related to Pond’s cosmetic pore strips. Kao Corp. v. Unilever, 441 F.3d 963 (Fed. Cir. 2006), aff’g 334 F. Supp. 2d 527 (D. Del. 2004).
Successful defense of a leading vaccine manufacturer against patent infringement claims brought by patentee on patents purporting to claim certain vaccine immunization schedules that minimize risks of autoimmune disorders.
Represented a leading sportswear company before the ITC in a 337 proceeding to enforce its patents to bar imports of knock-offs that infringed the company’s patents. In re Certain Ear Protection Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-518 (I.T.C.).

Previous Experience

Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mechanical Engineer (1987-1989)

Pro Bono

Mr. Collins maintains a very active pro bono practice representing numerous indigent defendants in criminal proceedings in various courts, including the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland.