Significant recent representative matters include:

• Defended Covidien Inc., a leading medical device manufacturer, against claims of patent infringement related to its cuffed endotracheal tubes, including successfully opposing a preliminary injunction
• Served as trial counsel for Galderma Laboratories, Inc. and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a patent infringement case involving Oracea® (doxycycline), where the clients' longest-running patent was successfully upheld following a bench trial

Represented numerous pharmaceutical companies in defending their patents on multi-billion and multi-million dollar drug products, including:

• Shire LLC and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a patent infringement case involving Intuniv® (extended-release guanfacine), a non-stimulant treatment for attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Eisai Inc. in a patent infringement case involving Targretin® (bexarotene), an oral treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Merz Pharmaceuticals GmbH in patent infringement cases involving Namenda® (memantine), a NMDA-antagonist used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. and H. Lundbeck A/S in patent infringement cases involving Lexapro® (escitalopram) and Celexa® (citalopram), SSRIs used in the treatment of depression and anxiety
• Defended pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement litigations involving vasodilators used in myocardial imaging, psychotropic drugs used in the treatment of schizophrenia, extended release niacin used in the treatment of cholesterol disorders, and NSAIDs used in the treatment of arthritis

• Listed in the 2011 edition of The Legal 500

• Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Ms. Rupert was a partner at a multinational law firm.
• Past member of the New York Intellectual Property Association the New York City Bar Association, Patents Committee.
• Member of the State Bar of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin

• New York University School of Law, J.D., 2001 (Staff Editor of The Review of Law and Social Change)
• Cornell University, B.S. in Biological Sciences (Concentration in Molecular & Cell Biology), 1998 (Howard Hughes scholar and conducted laboratory research related to the obese (ob) gene.)