Edmund R. Pitcher
Areas of Practice
Ted Pitcher is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of its Life Sciences and Intellectual Property Transactions & Strategies Practices. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2006.
Work for Clients
Mr. Pitcher has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of intellectual property law as counsel to companies exploiting biological, pharmaceutical, chemical and medical technologies, and to their private and public investors. He has advised operating companies, venture capital limited partnerships, and securities analysts on intellectual property matters, risks, and strategies. Mr. Pitcher has also been involved with domestic and foreign patent portfolio development, technology transfer, patent enforcement litigation, patent defense litigation, IP diligence, freedom to operate risk assessments, patentability assessments and IP valuation efforts. Mr. Pitcher has directed, overseen prosecution of and devised strategies for critical US and foreign patent prosecution efforts, interference, re-examination and reissue proceedings in the United States, foreign patent opposition proceedings and litigations in Germany, United Kingdom and Japan. He brings a business perspective to intellectual property law practice, and excels at applying his deep legal, business and scientific experience to the design of IP strategies to add value and to promote specific business objectives. In addition, Mr. Pitcher has represented clients in the fields of drug discovery and development, genomics, diagnostics, proteomics, materials science, mass spectroscopy, chromatography, DNA sequencing and other analysis tools, imaging technology, recombinant DNA technology, medical devices,...more » Mr. Pitcher has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of intellectual property law as counsel to companies exploiting biological, pharmaceutical, chemical and medical technologies, and to their private and public investors. He has advised operating companies, venture capital limited partnerships, and securities analysts on intellectual property matters, risks, and strategies. Mr. Pitcher has also been involved with domestic and foreign patent portfolio development, technology transfer, patent enforcement litigation, patent defense litigation, IP diligence, freedom to operate risk assessments, patentability assessments and IP valuation efforts. Mr. Pitcher has directed, overseen prosecution of and devised strategies for critical US and foreign patent prosecution efforts, interference, re-examination and reissue proceedings in the United States, foreign patent opposition proceedings and litigations in Germany, United Kingdom and Japan. He brings a business perspective to intellectual property law practice, and excels at applying his deep legal, business and scientific experience to the design of IP strategies to add value and to promote specific business objectives. In addition, Mr. Pitcher has represented clients in the fields of drug discovery and development, genomics, diagnostics, proteomics, materials science, mass spectroscopy, chromatography, DNA sequencing and other analysis tools, imaging technology, recombinant DNA technology, medical devices, organic, polymer, surface and medicinal chemistry, synthetic biology, protein therapeutics, protein design, bioinformatics, systems biology, paper chemistry, semiconductor fabrication tools, solid state devices and modeling software. less »
Professional Activities
Mr. Pitcher has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and Boston Bar Association. Mr. Pitcher speaks frequently at meetings of IP professionals, business school and law school classes, and investor conferences.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Pitcher was a venture partner at Flagship Ventures, where he evaluated life science and information technology investment opportunities and intellectual property issues, designed IP strategies and assessed IP risks in connection with Flagship start-ups and portfolio companies. Before that, he was a partner at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, where he founded and served as chair of the Patent & Intellectual Property practice group. Mr. Pitcher also was a founding partner of Lahive & Cockfield, an IP firm in Boston.
Bar and Court Admissions
Mr. Pitcher is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1974 (magna cum laude)
A.B., Chemistry and Biology, Hamilton College, 1968
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