“An experienced litigator with a proven track record of success acting in a range of high-stakes patent infringement and invalidity disputes.”
Chambers USA 2025
“Extremely smart and insightful and knows how to assemble practical strategies efficiently. We always feel like we are in the best hands.”
Chambers USA 2025
"An experienced litigator with a proven track record of success acting in a range of high-stakes patent infringement and invalidity disputes."
Chambers USA 2024
"Exceptional and is wonderful at litigation analysis."
Chambers USA 2024
"An excellent litigator."
Chambers USA 2024
"Blown away by her knowledge of the record and her ability to respond succinctly and persuasively in front of the board."
The Legal 500 US 2024
"Arlene is a responsive attorney who is very knowledgeable in the scientific sphere."
Chambers USA 2023
"Arlene understands the technology we are working on and knows how best to make arguments."
Chambers USA 2023
Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year
LMG Life Sciences 2023
"Arlene Chow is an experienced litigator with a proven track record of success acting in a range of high-stakes patent infringement and invalidity disputes, particularly those involving life sciences."
Chambers USA 2022
Profile
Arlene Chow, a first-chair Chambers-ranked litigator and trial lawyer, represents companies in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries on patent, trade secret, and licensing disputes. She serves as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group.
Arlene routinely litigates IP matters directed to small molecule and biologic drugs for the treatment of a wide variety of indications, as well as medical devices and dosage forms. Leveraging her background in biochemistry, Arlene is able to frame matters from the perspective of a judge or jury in order to achieve the best solutions for her clients. Arlene thrives on interaction with scientific experts, both in-house and externally.
Arlene is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered patent attorney, and one of a select few who has been first-chair not only in district court trials and hearings, but also federal circuit arguments, and inter partes and post grant review hearings before the USPTO.
Arlene won the 2023 LMG LifeSciences Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year. She was shortlisted in the 2021 LMG Life Sciences Awards as General Patent Litigator of the Year for New York. In 2023, Arlene was named one of the Notable Women in Law by Crain’s New York Business, a Woman Worth Watching in STEM by Diversity Journal, and one of the Top 250 Women in IP by Managing IP.
Arlene previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s WEB Committee in the New York office.
Speaking Engagements
Life Sciences Patent Network Conference, November 2022
ACI Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium, September 2022
Keynote Speaker, Women's Health Innovation Summit, September 2022
Pharmaceutical Litigation Strategy Summit, September 2021
Experience
Arlene’s experience includes representing:
Biogen as lead counsel in Hatch-Waxman district court actions relating to multiple sclerosis drug
Merck Sharp & Dohme as lead counsel in Hatch-Waxman district court actions relating to diabetes drug
Merck Sharpe & Dohme as lead counsel, successfully invalidating Pfizer patent claims relating to polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine formulations
Amgen as lead counsel for patent owner, obtaining favorable written decision in inter partes review proceedings and at the Federal Circuit relating to method of refolding biologic proteins
Intellia as lead counsel in district court action relating to gene editing techniques
Merck Animal Health as lead counsel, successfully defending against district court and post grant review proceedings brought by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health relating to swine vaccine patents
BASF as lead counsel in district court against CSIRO and Nuseed, defeating claims in 13 patents with claim construction, invalidity, and co-ownership determinations at pre-trial and jury trial*
Astellas as lead counsel in Hatch-Waxman district court actions relating to overactive bladder drug*
Santen and Asahi Glass as lead counsel in multiple Hatch-Waxman and inter partes review proceedings, obtaining a favorable final decision upholding validity of glaucoma drug patent*
Merck Sharpe & Dohme in inter partes review proceedings adverse to GSK relating to polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine formulations*
Takeda as lead counsel, obtaining a permanent injunction in Hatch-Waxman bench trial on infringement and validity for anti-ulcer, anti-GERD drug*
Depomed as lead counsel for patent owner, obtaining favorable written decisions in inter partes review proceedings and at the Federal Circuit involving controlled release gastric retentive technology*
BASF as lead counsel in inter partes review proceeding adverse to Nuseed relating to transgenic plants making omega-3 fatty acids*
Photoscribe, a laser manufacturer, obtaining noninfringement, invalidity, and inequitable conduct determinations at bench and jury trials*
Qisda and BenQ, LCD monitor manufacturers, obtaining noninfringement determinations at ITC bench trial*
Millennium, obtaining summary judgment of invalidity determination in relation to urine drug testing protocols*
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
New York
US Patent and Trademark Office
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 1998
BS (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry), Yale University, 1994
Latham's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice was honored for securing exceptional trial results this year, including a complete jury trial win for Sarepta Therapeutics and an ITC trial win for Netgear.
Partners Arlene Chow, Danielle Conley, and Steven Feldman spoke with The American Lawyer about Latham’s lateral integration process success, which the publication calls “a case study of the time and resources that some firms take to integrate lateral partners.”
Latham’s Healthcare & Life Sciences and IP Litigation practitioners discuss protecting patent and trade secrets in life sciences. MCLE credits offered.
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