Caryn C. Borg-Breen Law Professional

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Education

Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006

  • Associate Editor, Northwestern University Law Review

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2000

College of William and Mary, B.S. in Chemistry, magna cum laude, 1994

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Caryn C. Borg-Breen

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Dr. Borg-Breen is involved in the practice of intellectual property law, with particular emphasis in patent litigation and prosecution in the chemical arts. Prior to attending law school, she worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at Northwestern University, where she conducted research in the area of supramolecular organic chemistry and epoxidation catalysis. She joined Leydig, Voit & Mayer in 2001 as a Technical Advisor.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)

Articles and Publications

  • Borg-Breen, C., Note, "Garage Door Openers, Printer Toner Cartridges, and the New Age of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," 100 Nw. U. L.R. 885 (2006).
  • "Epoxidation - Homogeneous" Merlau, M. L.; Borg-Breen, C.C.; Nguyen, S.T. in Horvath, I. Encyclopedia of Catalysis; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 2002.
  • "Synthesis of the Bifunctional Phosphinidene Cluster, Fe3(CO)9(µ3-PH)2, and a Systematic Study of the Reactivity of the Cluster-Bound P-H Functional Group" Borg-Breen, C.C.; Bautista, M.T.; White, P.S.; Schauer, C.K., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 3952 - 3962.
  • "Multi-Electron Redox Properties of Platinum-Capped Mono- and Dicluster Complexes: Model Systems for Linear Cluster Arrays" Borg-Breen, C.C.; Schauer, C.K. American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 1999.
  • "Synthesis and Characterization of Platinum-Linked Triiron Clusters" Borg-Breen, C.C.; Schauer, C.K.; American Chemical Society National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September 1997.

Honors

  • Named in the Illinois Rising Stars list, as published in Illinois Super Lawyers, 2009, 2010

Representative Matters

  • Eli Lilly & Co. et al. v. APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Civil Action No. 08-0384-GMS (D. Del. 2008) (pemetrexed)
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation et al. v. Baldwin Filters, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 07-1709-PAG (N.D.Ohio 2007) (fuel filters)
  • Wyeth v. Lupin Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 07-632-WDQ (D.Md. 2007) (venlafaxine)
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation et al. v. Baldwin Filters, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 07-238-CAB (N.D.Ohio 2007) (fuel filters)
  • Molex Incorporated v. FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Civil Action No. 07-39-BES (D.Nev. 2007); FCI USA, Inc. et al. v. Molex Incorporated, Civil Action No. 07-49-JJF (D.Del. 2007) (electrical connectors)
  • AstraZeneca AB et al. v. Dexcel Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 06-358-SLR (D.Del. 2006); AstraZeneca AB et al. v. Dexcel Ltd. et al., Civil Action No. 06-634-CMH (E.D.Va. 2006) (omeprazole)

Bar Admissions and Registrations

  • Illinois, 2006
  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois