Practices
Industries
Education
- Columbia Law School, J.S.D., 2005
- Julius Silver Fellow in Law, Science and Technology
- Johns Hopkins University, M.S., 2001
- Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1995
- Fulbright Scholar
- Harvard Environmental Law Review, Line Editor
- Osgoode Hall Law School, J.D., 1993
- Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Senior Editor
- Trinity College, University of Toronto, B.S., 1991
Judicial Clerkship
- Hon. John Sopinka, Supreme Court of Canada, 1993-1994
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Canadian Patent Office
- New York
- Ontario, Canada
- Massachusetts
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Natalie Derzko is of counsel practicing in the areas of intellectual property, strategic counseling, due diligence, patent prosecution, patent litigation, intellectual property policy and law reform. She procures patents and counsels clients on patent matters in a range of technology areas, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, nutritional supplements, food technology, industrial and consumer chemicals. She also counsels clients regarding regulatory issues arising under the Hatch-Waxman legislation and has earned a doctorate in law from Columbia in which her thesis focused on Hatch-Waxman issues. She has written and spoken to various audiences on general and specific patent matters.
Representative Matters
- Leading role in providing transactional and due diligence patent advice to a pharmaceutical company in its acquisition of certain animal health assets.
- Member of litigation team in a Hatch-Waxman patent litigation matter.
- Leading role on an extensive patent due diligence project for a pharmaceutical company that acquired an oncology pharmaceutical product line.
- Advice to varied pharmaceutical companies regarding Orange Book patent listing and patent term extension issues.
- Strategic patent advice and assistance on various pre-litigation assessments and litigation matters in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology areas.
- Patent policy analysis and advice in the Hatch-Waxman and follow-on-biologics areas.
Honors and Rankings
- Legal Elite, Washington SmartCEO (December 2009)
Pro Bono
- Advice to an educational foundation on intellectual property ownership and Bayh-Dole related issues.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Adjunct Faculty, Instructor at Johns Hopkins University, teaching "Legal Aspects of Biotechnology"
Publications and Speeches
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