Professional Experience
Diego Scambia has extensive experience in patent litigation in the electrical, mechanical, and pharmaceutical arts. The technologies he has worked with include autofocus cameras, lighted rearview mirrors, electrochromic rearview mirrors, controlled release drug delivery systems, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and microemulsions.
While in law school, Mr. Scambia served as an intern to the Honorable Leonard D. Wexler of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Professional Activities
American Bar Association; New York Bar Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Representative Matters
· Donnelly v. Gentex (electrochromic and lighted rearview mirrors)
· Smithkline Beecham Corp. and Beecham Group P.L.C. in In re: '639 Patent Litigation (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
· Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Novartis v. Abbott Laboratories (cyclosporine microemulsion compositions);
· Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Novartis v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (product for treatment of onychomycosis)
· Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Novartis v. Apotex (calcitonin nasal spray product for osteoporosis)
· Novartis Pharmaceuticals in In re: Rivastigmine Patent Litigation(anticholinesterase product for diseases including Alzheimer's disease)
Representative Cases
Warner Chilcott Laboratories Ireland Limited, et al., v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan Inc.
D.N.J. 2011
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Mylan Inc.
D.N.J. 2011
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Apotex Corp.
S.D.N.Y. 2004