Eric L. Saunders

Eric L. Saunders is a Senior Associate at Gemini. Eric has extensive experience in patent litigation, including Hatch-Waxman, BPCIA, and medical device patent litigation, Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, including inter partes review, pre-litigation strategy and advice. Eric is admitted to practice in both New York and the District of Columbia.

Eric spent the first years of his legal career as an IP Litigation associate at Willkie Farr & Gallager LLP in New York and Washington, D.C., gaining valuable experience in Hatch-Waxman litigation, including two District Court trials, as well as working on the first ever BPCIA case to go to a jury trial. Eric’s trial court experience extends beyond life sciences, including jury trial experience involving software patents and pre-trial litigation across a wide variety of technical fields, including medical devices, software, and patent-related antitrust issues.

Beyond patent litigation, Eric also has extensive experience in trademark strategy, prosecution, and enforcement. He has also advised clients regarding copyright strategy and registration. In addition to his litigation experience, Eric has advised clients on numerous major transactions, with a particular focus on intellectual property risk management and transfers of IP rights and obligations.

Eric earned his undergraduate degree from Hendrix College and a master’s degree from the University of Central Arkansas. Eric received his Juris Doctorate, with High Honors, from the George Washington University School of Law, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. At George Washington, Eric was a member of the executive committee of the Moot Court Board, the editorial staff of the George Washington University Law Revue, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Space Law Club.