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Morgan Lewis
Esker

Todd W. Esker

Partner

todd.esker@morganlewis.com

San Francisco Phone +1.415.442.1304 Fax +1.415.442.1001

One Market, Spear Street Tower, 28th Floor//San Francisco, CA 94105-1596//United States

Todd W. Esker represents startup, emerging, and public life sciences companies in his intellectual property practice. He regularly prepares and prosecutes patent applications and performs IP due diligence (opinions, financings, evaluating IP portfolios in connection with due diligence for acquisitions, mergers, financings, collaborations, and partnering deals). He has supervised foreign associates to successfully obtain patents in the 12 most important patent-granting jurisdictions, as well as counseled clients on validation strategies in Europe and patenting strategies in Africa. Todd brings these experiences with multiple jurisdictions to bear when working with clients.

Todd also advises clients on Post-Grant Proceedings before the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and on Oppositions before the European Patent Office (EPO). He has also delivered lectures on Hatch-Waxman, Orange Book listings, and FDA Exclusivities. Todd’s practice encompasses small-molecule pharmaceuticals, antibodies and other biologics, drug delivery and formulations, imaging probes, medical devices, and chemical catalysts.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Todd served as a judicial extern for Judge Arthur Gajarsa at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the court with jurisdiction over appeals in patent law matters.

Before beginning his legal career, Todd worked as a research analyst for Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Consulting, and was a graduate student in the chemistry department at the University of California at Berkeley.

Awards and Affiliations

Recognized, Patent Law, San Francisco, The Best Lawyers in America (2022, 2023)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Admissions

  • California
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, J.D.
  • University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Chemistry
  • University of Chicago, B.S., Chemistry

Sectors

  • Life Sciences
  • Healthcare

Services

  • Patent
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Technology Transactions
  • Trademark, Copyright, Advertising Litigation & Brand Management
  • Intellectual Property
  • Trade Secrets, Proprietary Information & Noncompetition/​Nondisclosure Agreements
  • Brand & Product Innovation
  • Healthcare Transactions

Regions

  • North America

Events

10/5/2021 - 2021 UC Berkeley’s Robinson Life Sciences, Business, and Entrepreneurship Program
4/14/2021 - 2021 UCSF Global Entrepreneurship Class for Life Sciences and Healthcare Startups
11/6/2020 - Duke-NUS Medical School CoRE Biotherapeutics Workshop
10/14/2020 - 2020 UCSF Global Entrepreneurship Class for Life Sciences and Healthcare Startups
2/6/2020 - 2020 UCSF Startup 101—Innovation Ventures
2/13/2019 - 2019 UCSF Startup 101—Innovation Ventures
10/11/2017 - AUTM 2017 Western Region Meeting

News

4/2/2019 - Morgan Lewis Earns Top Rankings in Patexia Patent Prosecution Analysis
March 2018 - Morgan Lewis Among Juristat Top 100 Patent Firms in 2018
April 2017 - Morgan Lewis Recognized as a Top Patent Firm by Juristat
March 2016 - Morgan Lewis Ranked as one of Juristat's Top 100 Patent Firms
7/6/2010 - Morgan Lewis Promotes Thirteen Lawyers to Partnership

Publications

12/9/2022 - USPTO Introduces Cancer Moonshot Expedited Examination Pilot Program