Bio

Timothy Cook is an accomplished litigator who represents life sciences companies in high-stakes intellectual property matters. He regularly represents innovators in “bet-the-company” cases that are closely watched by national and legal media. In addition to a core practice focused on life sciences patent litigation of all forms—including litigation between competitors, against non-practicing entities, and with generic and biosimilar manufacturers—Mr. Cook regularly tries licensing and contractual disputes involving life sciences technology. As a former scientist and chemistry teacher, Mr. Cook can deeply analyze the technical issues raised in life sciences litigation and communicate them to lay judges and juries. Indeed, a court recently praised a technology tutorial that Mr. Cook oversaw as one of the best it had seen. Mr. Cook has tried cases and handled challenging witness examinations involving a wide range of subjects, including gene therapies, drug formulations, purification methods for biological products, methods for HIV prevention, and many types of pharmaceuticals, including anticoagulants, antibiotics, antivirals, and several types of signal-transduction inhibitors. Mr. Cook’s courtroom experience includes appearances and trials in several federal district courts, the US Court of Federal Claims, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, and the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division. He has also represented patentees and accused infringers in inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and he has represented both parties and amici before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Cook also regularly advises on multi-jurisdictional disputes, working with foreign counsel to develop and execute strategies to protect clients’ IP rights around the world. Mr. Cook also maintains an active pro bono practice. He recently served as lead counsel in a Social Security redetermination of benefits hearing that, because of its unusual procedural posture, raised novel administrative and constitutional law questions.