David Bassett is a partner in the firm's Litigation/Controversy Department, a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group and chair of the firm's Associates Committee. He joined the firm in 1989.
Practice
Mr. Bassett's practice concentrates on intellectual property litigation, particularly on biotechnology patent disputes. He also represents clients in a wide variety of other business disputes, including breach of contract, Lanham Act and Internet-related claims. Mr. Bassett's intellectual property litigation clients have included Biogen, Dynatech, Procter & Gamble, Raytheon, Genetics Institute, Calgene, Cephalon, Kurzweil Music, RSA Security, Transkaryotic Therapies, Braintree Laboratories and many others. His practice has covered all facets of litigation, including discovery, settlement, alternative dispute resolution, trials and appeals. He has appeared before the Courts of Appeals for the First and Federal Circuits.
Recent Highlights
During the last several years, Mr. Bassett has handled cases for numerous clients, including:
- A major biotechnology company in one of the largest biotech patent litigations in the country
- A global communications equipment company in a patent dispute involving a radar detector patent
- A major wireless broadband Internet access provider in patent litigation involving Internet access technology
- A well known fashion designer in a Lanham Act dispute
- An agricultural biotechnology company in litigation involving a patent on genetic "antisense" technology
- Various clients, in a series of highly publicized litigations, seeking, among other things, to obtain the identities of individuals who had posted confidential company information or harassing material in Internet chat rooms and through private email
- One of the world's largest furniture companies in a trade dress dispute
- A leading biopharmaceutical company in a series of patent and patent licensing litigations
- An integrated business consulting service company in litigation to enforce a noncompete agreement with a former employee
Professional Activities
- Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
- Co-chair, Intellectual Property Litigation Committee of the Boston Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
Honors and Awards
- Recognized as a New York leader in the Intellectual Property: Patent field in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Recognized in the 2011 edition of Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
- Selected as a "New York Super Lawyer" in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for his intellectual property litigation practice
- Highly recommended in the PLC Cross-border IP in Business Transactions Handbook 2008/09
- Recognized as one of the world's leading life sciences lawyers in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 editions of Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers
- Selected as a "patent law expert" in Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners 2007
- Recommended in the 2006-07 edition of the PLC IP & IT Cross-Border Handbook
- Named a "New England Super Lawyer" (formerly "Massachusetts Super Lawyer") in intellectual property litigation in the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 issues of Boston Magazine
Publications
- Bassett (co-author), "When An Exclusive License is not an Exclusive License: The Standing of 'Exclusive' Patent Licensees to Sue After Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Genetics Institute, Inc.," 7 Fed. Cir. Bar.J. 1 (1997).
Community Involvement
- Elected representative, Town of Boxford, Massachusetts
- Chair, Masconomet Regional School Committee
