Julia S. Kim

Counsel

jkim@villegascefo.com | 646.844.1118

  • Hatch-Waxman Actions

    Litigated Hatch-Waxman actions through resolution, including actions involving sacubitril/valsartan (sole defendants at trial on titration patent), malathion (sole defendant), plerixafor, fexofenadine (sole defendant on process patent), aripiprazole, pantoprazole, bupropion hydrochloride (sole defendant at trial), omeprazole, among others.

    Drafted oppositions that were successful in defeating TROs/motions for preliminary injunction regarding potential launches of generic products in Hatch-Waxman actions involving aripiprazole, pantoprazole, zoledronic acid, metaxalone, and oxandralone.

    Other Hatch-Waxman actions on which she has worked since 2021 include actions involving cannabidiol, brexpiprazole, ertugliflozin, safinamide, sugammadex, brimonidine, among others.

  • February 1, 2010. Bilski and Business Methods Managing Intellectual Property

Julia specializes in intellectual property litigation, with a focus on patent litigation. She has over 15 years of experience litigating pharmaceutical patents under the Hatch-Waxman Act. She has represented generic pharmaceutical companies as a sole defendant in Hatch-Waxman actions and a process patent action, and also as a member of joint defense groups in consolidated Hatch-Waxman actions.

Julia has also worked on other litigations, disputes, and opinion letters involving other types of patents and intellectual property rights (e.g., trade dress, trademark, copyright, ownership rights in patents and inventions) across a variety of industries (e.g., manufacturing equipment and systems, consumer goods, software and internet-related, University research).

Julia has also worked on an initial public offering pertaining to a generic pharmaceutical company.

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law (J.D.)

  • Lehigh University (B.S.)

    • Industrial Engineering

Admissions

  • New York

  • New Jersey

  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York

  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

  • Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office