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English
Bar Admissions
New York
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
Michael Cottler joined Gemini Law as a partner in 2023. Michael has over 17 years of experience handling and managing IP litigation and strategy in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector.
Michael brings a unique commercial perspective to Gemini. Previously, Michael was Global Head of Litigation at Alvotech, a multinational biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and manufacture of biosimilars for global markets. There he directed the company’s global prelitigation, litigation, and dispute resolution strategy, including BPCIA litigation, as well as advising on legal risk and strategy associated with global supply chain and market entry. He also gained deep knowledge concerning the development, manufacture, regulatory approval, and commercialization of biologics.
Prior to Alvotech, Michael was a partner at Goodwin Procter, where he focused on the life sciences sector and oversaw all aspects of patent litigation, from prelitigation strategy through trial and appeal, as well as contract dispute resolution.
He has published and spoken extensively regarding biotech/pharma patent litigation. While at Goodwin, he was also a Senior Editor of the firm’s treatise, Guide to Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S. (published by Thomson-Reuters).
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in Biologics Sciences (with a neuroscience focus) from Cornell University.
Speaking Engagements
- Second Use Patents and Skinny Label, Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Europe (Amsterdam), January 2024
- Overview of Key Legal Developments Impacting the Pharmaceutical Industry, Managing IP’s 11th Annual Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit (NYC), September 2023
- Will Skinny Labelling Work for Biosimilars?, 14th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics (Boston), June 2023
- Biologics Patent Litigation: Biosimilars Launch, Preliminary Injunction Relief and Section 112, Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Europe (Amsterdam), January 2023
- Litigation Strategy, IAM Connect: Patent Policy and Litigation USA (remote), November 2022
- An In-House Perspective on Managing Outside Counsel, NYIPLA CLE (NYC), November 2022
- Patent Eligibility and the Life Sciences Industry – What Next?, IPWatchdog Life Sciences Masters (Ashburn, VA), October 2022
- Ethics Discussion, 14th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics (Boston), June 2022
- Overview of Key Legal Developments Impacting the Pharmaceutical Industry, Managing IP’s 10th annual Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit (New York City), May 2022
- Biologics and Biosimilars, Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Europe (Amsterdam), March 2022
- J.D., Albany Law School (Union University), Magna Cum Laude, 2006
- B.S., Biological Sciences, Cornell University, 2002
- Senior Editor of Goodwin’s Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S., 2020-2021 ed.
- Senior Editor of Goodwin’s Guide to Biosimilars Litigation and Regulation in the U.S., 2019-2020 ed.
- Biosimilar Patent Litigation May Be On The Rise In 2020, Law360, 2020
- Union Of Tech, Life Sciences And Health Care Is Here To Stay, Law360, 2019
- Turning Tide On Diagnostic Method Claims, Intellectual Property Magazine, 2018
- The CAFC Split Non-Precedential Decision In Exergen v. Kaz Raises Interesting Issues About Eligibility Determinations, IPWatchdog, 2018
- Does Indication-Specific Pricing Fit Generics With Carveouts?, Law360, 2017
- The Ongoing Debate About Disclosing Manufacturing Process Information In The Patent Dance, Bloomberg Law: Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences News, 2018