Kourtney Mueller Merrill represents leading technology companies in high-stakes intellectual property matters, bringing focused experience in patent strategy and litigation, inter partes review proceedings and complex commercial disputes involving IP issues.
Kourtney is known for early and creative approaches to dispute resolution that help clients manage risk and reach favorable outcomes efficiently. She advises on and litigates patent and other intellectual property and related complex commercial disputes nationwide, appearing before federal and state courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and various arbitration bodies.
She is experienced across all phases of litigation in technically complex fields, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biologics and biosimilars, medical devices, software and high tech. Kourtney’s technical background in biological systems engineering allows her to effectively represent her clients in litigation and licensing negotiations.