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Partner

Lawyer Overview

Dr. Richard Warburg is a partner with Foley & Lardner. He is a member of the Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical, Intellectual Property Litigation, and Chemical & Pharmaceutical Practices, as well as the firm's Health Care, Food, Emerging Technologies, Life Sciences, and Nanotechnology Industry Teams. Dr. Warburg has a strong background in intellectual property litigation, strategic counseling and patent prosecution. He has been lead trial counsel in a variety of patent and trade secret lawsuits. Over the past 18 years, Dr. Warburg's practice has involved him in diverse technical fields including chemistry, biology, computers and mechanics. He has secured patent protection for innovations worldwide.

Unlike many who have extensive knowledge in the biotechnology arena, Dr. Warburg has significant appellate, litigation, and prosecution experience in most technical areas including those as diverse as biopharmacology, proteomics, antisense, diagnostic devices and related machines including laser technology, automobile alarms and accessories, neutron radiation devices, simple and complex mechanical and medical devices, foods and food additives, computer hardware and software and business related technology.

Dr. Warburg is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. He is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts, and in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits.

Dr. Warburg is a graduate of Birmingham University, England, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 and his Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1981. He was valedictorian and his law degree was conferred, magna cum laude, by Suffolk University in 1990.

Dr. Warburg was selected for inclusion in the 2007-2009 San Diego Super Lawyers lists.

Areas of Practice

• Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
• Chemical & Pharmaceutical
• IP Litigation
• Emerging Technologies
• Food
• Health Care
• Life Sciences
• Nanotechnology

Bar Admissions

• California
• Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Honors and Awards

• San Diego Super Lawyers by Law & Politics Media, Inc., 2007 - 2008

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
  Honors: magna cum laude
• Birmingham University, England, 1978
  B.S.
• Birmingham University, England, 1981
  Ph.D.
  Major: Molecular Biology

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11250 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130

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(858) 847-6767

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(858) 792-6773

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