Managing IP named Sidley “Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (Midwest)” and presented Steven Horowitz with the “Practitioner of the Year (Appellate)” award at the Managing IP Awards 2023. This is the second consecutive year the firm has received the Firm of the Year accolade. The annual ceremony, which was held on April 27, 2023, honors the firms, individuals, and companies behind the most innovative and challenging IP work of the past year, as well as those driving the international IP market.
Sidley boasts one of the most distinguished and highly regarded intellectual property litigation practices in the United States, with approximately 60 lawyers and a deep bench of trial lawyers. Handling matters for innovation-driven clients of all sizes, from global Fortune 500 companies to groundbreaking startups, the team develops winning strategies for high-stakes IP litigation involving patents, trade secret and unfair competition, false advertising, copyright infringement, and trademarks.
Steven is a litigator who identifies creative solutions to complex problems faced by life sciences and technology companies. He has been a leader of winning teams in high-stakes patent litigations at trial and on appeal. Steven’s focus — in briefs, witness examinations, and oral argument — is on identifying persuasive themes that frame his clients’ stories. He has helped innovators protect groundbreaking therapies in litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act and the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, and he has worked closely with clients to use the tools of litigation to bring next-generation technologies to market.