Raymond Habbaz

Raymond Habbaz is an associate at Desmarais LLP, focusing his practice on intellectual property and technology-related litigation, including patent litigation, appellate litigation, and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. He handles a diverse array of technologies, including medical devices and diagnostics, consumer electronics, telecommunications, computer software, and pharmaceuticals. His experience includes preparing complaints, drafting dispositive motions, taking and defending depositions, and arguing at oral hearings.

Mr. Habbaz works on both the plaintiff and defendant sides of patent disputes, as demonstrated by his appearances as Team Member for the plaintiff in Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. v. Biofrontera Inc. and as counsel for the defendant in Biofrontera AG v. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. His firm's practice consistently involves representing a diverse set of clients in various technology areas.

He has been part of teams achieving notable outcomes, including a $44.9 million jury verdict for IBM in a patent infringement trial against Zynga Inc. related to interactive services. Additionally, Mr. Habbaz was involved in successfully defending Intel Corporation against patent infringement allegations concerning central processing units, securing a full defense victory with a summary judgment of noninfringement. His experience also includes an IPR victory upholding all challenged claims for Avanos Medical in a patent infringement lawsuit against Medtronic.

Mr. Habbaz earned his J.D. from New York University Law School in 2018 and a B.A. in Chemistry, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2015. He was admitted to the New York bar in 2019.