Patent & Technology Law Developments: Personal Jurisdiction, Estoppel & Everything in Between

Aaron Chatterjee leads the team that supports patenting for the Security and Microsoft Discovery/Quantum engineering teams and the Research Organization in Microsoft. In his previous roles, he supported Microsoft Gaming, Windows Server, Windows Phone, and the early Windows Azure engineering teams. He is also a co-Chair of IPO's US Patent Law Committee in 2025.

Renée Fuller is Senior Corporate Counsel in the Innovation Law Group at BMS and provides strategic counseling on all facets of patent and innovation law. Prior to BMS, Renée worked in-house at MyoKardia, Inc. and in private practice at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, where she focused on global patent procurement and strategy, transactions, diligence, and contested matters. Renée earned a B.S. in Chemistry from UNC-Chapel Hill, Ph.D. in Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering from MIT, and J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Chemistry at Harvard University.

Paul W. McAndrews is an experienced lawyer and shareholder at the firm. Mr. McAndrews focuses his practice on IP dispute resolution, particularly those involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition. He has extensive experience in managing all aspects of complex IP cases, including pre-filing investigations, discovery, claim construction, fact-and-expert-witness examination, motion practice, and oral arguments culminating in multiple successful trials. Mr. McAndrews also leads mediations on behalf of clients. His court successes include patent jury trials across a variety of technical areas. The matters range from single patent cases to those involving numerous patents. In addition, Mr. McAndrews maintains an active client counseling practice through which he advises clients on the acquisition and development of intellectual property. His strategic insights have helped many clients both mitigate and manage risk, and maximize IP-monetization opportunities. Mr. McAndrews also relies on his litigation experience to provide strategic client counseling across all aspects of intellectual property procurement. He has represented clients in a wide variety of technology areas, including continuous glucose monitoring, multifocal contact lenses, beverage cans, and telecommunications equipment and systems, to hospital beds and automotive accessories.