Delphine Knight Brown, Partner
☎ CONTACT
E: dkbrown@hechtpartners.com
T: (646) 762-8868
PRACTICE AREAS
Intellectual Property Litigation and Counseling
Trademark Prosecution and Litigation
Copyright Litigation
Arbitration
Delphine Knight Brown is a Partner and experienced trial lawyer focused on Intellectual Property litigation and counseling with over twenty years of trial experience. Delphine's practice focuses on complex intellectual property and technology cases, with extensive experience in the life sciences industry.
Delphine has served as lead counsel for several global pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman litigation and trials involving dozens of drug products, dosage forms and delivery systems. Delphine’s lead counsel expertise also includes patent litigation involving biotech, medical device, computer hardware and software, design and business method patents, and counseling of established and emerging biotechnology companies regarding intellectual property, regulatory and litigation issues. Delphine has served as lead trial counsel in complex trademark and copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and unfair competition cases.
Delphine believes that the key to being the best lawyer is focusing on achieving both legal victory and strategic objectives in resolving disputes as quickly as possible to get the client back to running its business.
Delphine has three decades of experience representing both U.S. and foreign corporations in federal and state courts nationwide in pretrial proceedings, trials and appeals, and in arbitration proceedings. Delphine frequently publishes thought leadership and speaks on intellectual property issues.
Delphine received her bachelors degree from Princeton University and her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. In her spare time, she serves on the boards of several private foundations, and the CT Selection Committee for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, as well as a USA swimming official.
Delphine is a trusted advisor to life sciences companies on patent landscape, patentability, potential patent challenges, and IPRs, as well as regulatory hurdles, including the potential impact of FDA Citizen Petitions.
Delphine has served as lead IP counsel in licensing matters; joint venture, collaboration, research and development, supply, manufacturing, and confidential disclosure agreements; and intellectual property due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
Representative Matters
Lead counsel in patent litigations, including Hatch-Waxman litigation for several generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, handling notice letters, non-infringement and invalidity contentions, fact and expert discovery, preliminary injunction hearings, summary judgment motions, trials and appeals.
Lead litigation and trial counsel representing luxury and consumer goods manufacturers in connection with several patent, trademark and copyright cases.
Successfully defended a global pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare company in arbitration of a $91 million claim involving breach of contract and tort allegations.
Lead counsel in patent infringement cases on behalf of a foreign computer hardware patentee against a major U.S. smartphone and electronic device manufacturer, and a major computer manufacturer.
Brought patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets case on behalf of inventors, involving a portfolio of computer software, hardware and business method patents, against major online shopping platforms.
Represented a medical device developer and manufacturer in patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets cases in the U.S., Europe and Japan against global medical device manufacturer.
Memberships & Affiliations
American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association
New York Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, Patent Litigation Committee, and Women in IP Law Committee
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section and Litigation Section
Federal Circuit Bar Association
New York City Bar Association, Women Partners' Roundtable
National Association of Women Lawyers, Women in Fashion Law Group
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of New York
State of Connecticut
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
EDUCATION
J.D., St. John's University School of Law, with highest honors
B.A., Princeton University