An associate in the Litigation Department, Dr. O’Donnell focuses his practice on patent litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Dr. O’Donnell worked on a patent litigations, conducted due diligence investigations and prosecuted patents for a Washington, D.C. boutique intellectual property firm. His practice spanned a variety of technologies, including biologics, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical devices.

While in law school, Dr. O’Donnell worked as a Student Associate and completed a judicial internship with the Hon. Susan G. Braden of the Court of Federal Claims. He earned a Doctorate from the Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies at Columbia University, where he researched mammalian molecular neurobiology. His work contributed to the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Richard Axel, M.D.

Representative Cases:

• Glaxo Group Limited v. Genentech, Inc., No. 2:10-cv-02764 (C.D. Cal.) (patent infringement case involving monoclonal antibody technology)
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (No. 10-CV-08779, S.D.N.Y.) (patent infringement case involving biological treatments for macular degeneration)
• Orion Corp. v. Wockhardt USA Inc., No. 1:2009-CV-00030 (D. Del.) (patent litigation involving a pharmaceutical product)
• Orion Corp. v. Wockhardt USA Inc., No. 1:2008-CV-00917 (D. Del.) (patent litigation involving a pharmaceutical product)
• Orion Corp. v. Sun Pharma Global, Inc., No. 3:2008-CV-05545 (D.N.J) (patent litigation involving a pharmaceutical product)
• Orion Corp. v. Wockhardt USA Inc., No. 1:2007-CV-00550 (D. Del.) (patent litigation involving a pharmaceutical product)
• Item Dev. AB v. Sicor Inc., No. 1:2005-CV-00336 (D. Del.) (patent litigation involving pharmacological stress agent for cardiac imaging)
• King Pharm. Res. & Dev., Inc. v. Sicor Inc., 1:2005-CV-00337 (D. Del.) (patent litigation involving pharmacological stress agent for cardiac imaging)

Publications:

• O’Donnell, S. A., Barnea, G., Mancia, F., Sun, X., Nemes, A., Mendelsohn, M., Axel, R., Odorant receptors on axon termini in the brain, 304(5676) Science 1468 (2004).
• Shykind, B. M., Rohani, S. C., O’Donnell, S. A., Nemes, A., Mendelsohn, M., Axel, R., Barnea, G., Gene switching and the stability of odorant receptor gene choice, 117(6) Cell 801 (2004).
• Yu, C. R., Power, J., Barnea, G., O’Donnell, S. A., Brown, H., Axel, R., Gogos, J., Spontaneous activity is required for the establishment and maintenance of the olfactory sensory map, 42(4) Neuron 553 (2004).