Julie S. Goldemberg

Julie has been involved in some of the most high-profile recent cases involving 35 USC § 101, written description, and enablement before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the US Supreme Court. Julie has first chaired jury trials and directed and cross-examined fact and expert witnesses. At trial Julie offers an appellate perspective, focusing not just on winning the case but on winning the case in a way that will hold up on appeal, with an eye towards error preservation.

Her legal accomplishments have earned Julie recognition on the national stage, and she is currently the only lawyer in the country ranked by Chambers USA as “Up and Coming” in the category of Intellectual Property: Appellate. Julie has also been recognized as a Rising Star by Law360 (2021) and as a Lawyer on the Fast Track by The Legal Intelligencer (2020). For the past four years, she has been recognized as an IP Patent Star by Managing Intellectual Property. Prior to joining the firm, Julie clerked for Chief Judge Sharon Prost of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and Julie maintains a high profile at the court—via both her repeat appearances and her work as a committee leader with the Federal Circuit Bar Association.

Julie dedicates significant time to her pro bono work. Fluent in Spanish, she has worked to help reunite separated Spanish-speaking migrant parents and children while also providing legal advice in Spanish to detainees at the Port Isabel Detention Center near Los Fresnos, Texas. She received an Excellence in Pro Bono Award for her efforts. Julie also co–first chaired a federal jury trial in conjunction with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s Prisoner Civil Rights Panel. She holds two bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and economics.

Trials

• A jury trial in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; co–first chaired, directed, and crossed fact witnesses and provided closing argument
• A bench trial in the Court of Chancery in Delaware; co–first chaired, directed, and crossed key expert witnesses and presented post-trial argument
• A trade secret misappropriation arbitration before the American Arbitration Association; directed and cross-examined technical and damages fact and expert witnesses and led the briefing efforts, resulting in a take-nothing defense-side award
• A trade secret misappropriation trial at the US International Trade Commission involving commercial trade secrets; directed and crossed forensic expert witnesses
• An Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) matter in the District of Delaware involving 11 patents related to a pharmaceutical product and associated delivery system; the district court ruled that half of the asserted patents were invalid and the other asserted patents were not infringed, resulting in a complete victory for the client
• A patent trial related to a step for use with a boat in the Eastern District of Virginia; argued in the claim construction proceedings, successfully persuading the judge to adopt several proposed constructions, and later argued a Rule 50(a) motion, successfully persuading the judge to grant judgment as a matter of law as to one-third of the asserted claims
• A trial involving patents for network monitoring in the Eastern District of Texas
• A trial involving inventorship, trade secret misappropriation, and patent ownership in the US District Court for the District of Colorado

Appeals

• Successfully argued many cases before the Federal Circuit
• Lead drafter on more than 100 briefs at the Federal Circuit, resulting in several notable trial reversals and affirmances, including the affirmance of a $268 million award
• Lead drafter on the briefs of an expedited interlocutory appeal that persuaded the Federal Circuit to find that a Northern District of Illinois judge had abused his discretion in granting a preliminary injunction; later served as a lead drafter on the briefs of the merits appeal in the same case that persuaded the Federal Circuit to vacate a jury verdict valued at almost $20 million
• Lead drafter on briefs before the Federal Circuit in an appeal from an ANDA litigation, resulting in an affirmance of the trial court’s decision that opened the door to generic competition for an expensive name-brand drug that provides life-saving treatment for newborns with severe breathing issues; the firm received the Hatch-Waxman Impact Case of the Year award for this victory at the 2020 LMG Life Sciences Awards
• Lead drafter on the first two writs of mandamus filed at the Federal Circuit requesting guidance on the issue of venue following the Supreme Court’s decision in TC Heartland
• Contributing drafter of the merits brief for a case before the Supreme Court that challenged the constitutionality of an administrative review proceeding
• Contributing drafter of the certiorari petition for a high-profile case that challenged patent eligibility law before the Supreme Court