Unlocking Value Through Method-of-Manufacture Patents: Strategic Litigation and Patent Claiming Considerations
LSPN Fall 2025
Oct
21
2025
Date: October 21, 2025
Location: Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
At this year's LSPN North America Fall 2025, Mintz Members Siegmund Gutman, Terri Shieh-Newton, and Alexander Trimble will be speaking as part of a panel on “Unlocking Value Through Method-of-Manufacture Patents: Strategic Litigation and Patent Claiming Considerations.” This session explores how method of manufacture patents can be strategically structured and leveraged, especially in biologics and small molecules, to block infringing imports, enhance enforcement, including through the ITC, and complement trade secret protection for life sciences companies that are shifting manufacturing abroad.
Speakers
Siegmund Gutman
Speaker
Siegmund Y. (“Sige”) Gutman is a nationally recognized patent litigator and counselor who serves as Chair of Mintz’s Life Sciences Litigation Practice and Co-chair of the firm’s Patent Litigation Practice. Drawing on his background and industry experience in molecular and cell biology and biophysical chemistry, Sige litigates cases involving biologic drug patents, life sciences innovations, and the Hatch-Waxman Act. He also develops and executes market exclusivity and freedom to operate strategies and handles inter partes patent office actions.
Terri Shieh-Newton, PhD
Speaker
Terri Shieh-Newton, PhD, is a Mintz Member who guides clients on portfolio management and landscape analysis. She's a trained immunologist with a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and she works with companies of all sizes in a wide range of life sciences and clean technology industries.
Alexander R. Trimble, PhD
Speaker
Alexander R. Trimble, PhD, is a Mintz Member and patent attorney who provides pharmaceutical companies with strategic legal and business advice. Alex evaluates matters related to patentability and freedom-to-operate issues.