Peter Sandel

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Professional Experience

: Current; Applera Corporation|Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group|Applera Corporation and other Applera entities (“Applera”) Enzo Biochem Inc., Enzo Life Sciences Inc. and Yale University v. Applera Corp. and Tropix Inc. Obtained summary judgment in a patent case filed by plaintiffs Enzo Biochem and Yale University, alleging that Applera's DNA sequencing products were covered by a series of Enzo and Yale patents. Court entered judgment in favor of Applera on all asserted claims.

: Current; Yeda Research and Development Company Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen, Inc. Weil Gotshal obtained summary judgment in the trial court, eliminating a critical challenge to client Yeda’s ownership claims to the patent covering Amgen’s blockbuster biotech drug Enbrel®. On appeal, Weil Gotshal’s appellate team secured the Federal Circuit’s affirmance. more

: Current; Yeda Research and Development Company Yeda Research v. ImClone Systems, et al. In a trial victory that Fortune magazine called “unequivocal,” Weil Gotshal obtained an order directing that the named inventors on the patent protecting ImClone’s billion-dollar cancer drug, Erbitux™, be replaced with Yeda’s scientists. more

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