Richard Kurz is a partner in Haug Partners LLP’s New York office. His practice primarily focuses on intellectual property counselling and litigation. His litigation experience includes numerous district court cases and appeals for life sciences companies concerning biologic and pharmaceutical drug products, with allegations that include patent infringement, inventorship disputes, inequitable conduct, false advertising, breach of contract, and business torts. This includes both brand vs. generic litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act and brand vs. brand cases. In addition, he assists clients with counselling, due diligence, freedom-to-operate analyses, IP/know-how/trade secrets protection, and licensing and collaboration agreements concerning intellectual property rights, including drafting and negotiating settlement agreements. His J.D. degree is from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, now known as the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, and his undergraduate degree is a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. In his spare time, he teaches a course as an adjunct professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law titled “Pharmaceutical Patents – Patent Protection and Litigation in the Life Sciences Industry.”