VHPM
Services & Industries
The professionals at VHPM have the legal and technical expertise necessary to develop and manage the largest and most complex patent and trademark portfolios. Our practitioners have decades of outside counsel, industry and in-house experience, which allows us to provide clients of all sizes--from the smallest start-ups to global corporations and major universities--with practical advice to help them protect their intellectual property, avoid infringing others’ IP, negotiate licensing transactions and establish best practices.
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Patents
Patents are vitally important to protecting innovations that are being, or which may be, commercialized. They are critical to life science companies and research universities, whose innovations may take years to make it from the bench to the marketplace. Patents are also critical to the commercial success of products that can reach the market quickly, such as foods, bulk chemicals, materials used in manufacturing and electronics. But while patents are important to a variety of industries, the approach best taken to protect the intellectual property of one client may not be best for another. The practitioners at VHPM understand the complexities that affect good patent strategy and how to align that strategy with our clients’ business goals. We have the scientific and technical expertise necessary to protect cutting-edge inventions across a wide range of disciplines and the experience to prosecute patents directed to those innovations worldwide.
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Patents
Patents are vitally important to protecting innovations that are being, or which may be, commercialized. They are critical to life science companies and research universities, whose innovations may take years to make it from the bench to the marketplace. Patents are also critical to the commercial success of products that can reach the market quickly, such as foods, bulk chemicals, materials used in manufacturing and electronics. But while patents are important to a variety of industries, the approach best taken to protect the intellectual property of one client may not be best for another. The practitioners at VHPM understand the complexities that affect good patent strategy and how to align that strategy with our clients’ business goals. We have the scientific and technical expertise necessary to protect cutting-edge inventions across a wide range of disciplines and the experience to prosecute patents directed to those innovations worldwide.
Trademarks play a key role in establishing and protecting the branding of companies and their products. Trademarks can be critical to the commercial success of companies whose products reach the market quickly, such as foods, bulk chemicals, materials used in manufacturing and electronics. They also play a large role in the commercialization and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotherapeutics, although that role typically comes much later in the development lifecycle and is often tied to the regulatory process (e.g., FDA or EMA approval). No matter the technology, our practitioners have the expertise to file and prosecute trademarks around the world, to assess potential challenges clients may face when seeking a trademark and to overcome those challenges.
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Trademarks
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Trademarks
Trademarks play a key role in establishing and protecting the branding of companies and their products. Trademarks can be critical to the commercial success of companies whose products reach the market quickly, such as foods, bulk chemicals, materials used in manufacturing and electronics. They also play a large role in the commercialization and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotherapeutics, although that role typically comes much later in the development lifecycle and is often tied to the regulatory process (e.g., FDA or EMA approval). No matter the technology, however, our practitioners have the expertise to file and prosecute trademarks around the world, to assess potential challenges clients may face when seeking a trademark and to overcome those challenges.
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Counseling
Some of the practitioners at VHPM worked in industry as scientists and engineers before turning to the practice of law. Others worked as in-house counsel in large, publicly-traded corporations. These experiences, particularly when combined with our deep scientific and technical expertise and years of practice, allow us to provide each client with practical and useful counsel. We understand what it’s like to run a company, to watch the bottom line, to pitch to inventors and negotiate licensing deals. We help start-ups establish best internal practices; we advise clients of all sizes regarding freedom-to-operate issues; we review and analyze the intellectual property (IP) of potential partners and assist in third-party diligence of our clients’ IP; and we ensure that each client’s IP strategy aligns with their business goals.
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Counseling
Some of the practitioners at VHPM worked in industry as scientists and engineers before turning to the practice of law. Others worked as in-house counsel in large, publicly-traded corporations. These experiences, particularly when combined with our deep scientific and technical expertise and years of practice, allow us to provide each client with practical and useful counsel. We understand what it’s like to run a company, to watch the bottom line, to pitch to inventors and negotiate licensing deals. We help start-ups establish best internal practices; we advise clients of all sizes regarding freedom-to-operate issues; we review and analyze the intellectual property (IP) of potential partners and assist in third-party diligence of our clients’ IP; and we ensure that each client’s IP strategy aligns with their business goals.
With a deep understanding of science and engineering, our practitioners comprehend, articulate and protect the most sophisticated inventions.
Life Sciences
Our practitioners hold advanced degrees in the life sciences and have been at the forefront of analyzing and protecting intellectual property in this field for decades. Some technologies we've worked on include antibodies, nanobodies, methods of treating diseases, enzymes, vaccines, nanoparticles, peptide therapeutics, genetic engineering methods, aptamers, oligonucleotides, promoters, RNAi and wide range of assays.
Life Sciences
Our practitioners hold advanced degrees in the life sciences and have been at the forefront of analyzing and protecting intellectual property in this field for decades. Some technologies we've worked on include antibodies, nanobodies, methods of treating diseases, enzymes, vaccines, nanoparticles, peptide therapeutics, genetic engineering methods, aptamers, oligonucleotides, promoters, RNAi and wide range of assays.
Pharmaceuticals
Each of the VHPM practitioners working in this field has a doctorate in medicine or chemistry. Some worked as scientists for years before beginning the practice of law, and some led in-house patent practices at publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies. Examples of technologies we've worked on include protein kinase inhibitors, receptor agonists and antagonists, bifunctional protein degraders, PROTACs, antibiotics, antivirals, molecular glues, antibody conjugates, ADC linkers, drug and conjugation chemistry, analytical methods, dosage forms, large-scale synthetic methods and polymorphs.
Pharmaceuticals
Each of the VHPM practitioners working in this field has a doctorate in medicine or chemistry. Some worked as scientists for years before beginning the practice of law, and some led in-house patent practices at publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies. Examples of technologies we've worked on include protein kinase inhibitors, receptor agonists and antagonists, bifunctional protein degraders, PROTACs, antibiotics, antivirals, molecular glues, antibody conjugates, ADC linkers, drug and conjugation chemistry, analytical methods, dosage forms, large-scale synthetic methods and polymorphs.
Medical Devices
The VHPM practitioners working in this field have advanced science, engineering or medical degrees. We’ve counseled clients, rendered opinions and managed complex, worldwide patent estates directed to a wide range of medical devices, including cardiac and neurosurgical catheters, surgical stents, insulin pumps, ventilation devices and ENT surgical devices.
Medical Devices
The VHPM practitioners working in this field have advanced science, engineering or medical degrees. We’ve managed complex, worldwide patent estates directed to a wide range of medical devices, including cardiac and neurosurgical catheters, surgical stents, insulin pumps, ventilation devices and ENT surgical devices.
Chemicals & Food Science
Our practitioners have done extensive work analyzing and protecting inventions in industries ranging from clean energy and bulk chemicals to personal care and food science. Some specific technologies we've worked on include clean coal, coal waste processing, syngas processing, methods of improving crop yields, polymers, catalysts, makeup and skin care products and food compositions.
Chemicals & Food Science
Our practitioners have done extensive work analyzing and protecting inventions in industries ranging from clean energy and bulk chemicals to personal care and food science. Some specific technologies we've worked on include clean coal, coal waste processing, syngas processing, methods of improving crop yields, polymers, catalysts, makeup and skin care products and food compositions.
Materials
All of the VHPM practitioners working in this field have advanced science or engineering degrees. We’ve counseled clients, rendered opinions, and drafted, prosecuted and managed worldwide patent dockets relating to technologies such as mass sensors, optical sensors, assay technologies, organometallic catalysts, polymerization techniques, polymers, composites, chelators and semiconductors.
Materials
All of the VHPM practitioners working in this field have advanced science or engineering degrees. We’ve drafted, prosecuted and managed worldwide patent dockets relating to technologies such as mass sensors, optical sensors, assay technologies, organometallic catalysts, polymerization techniques, polymers, composites, chelators and semiconductors.
Electical Engineering
Some technologies we've worked on include semiconductor processing, analog circuit design, digital circuit design, communication systems, computer architecture, information storage systems, complex software systems, medical devices, control systems, complex traffic control systems, semiconductor measurement systems and optical systems.
Electical Engineering
Some technologies we've worked on include semiconductor processing, analog circuit design, digital circuit design, communication systems, computer architecture, information storage systems, complex software systems, medical devices, control systems, complex traffic control systems, semiconductor measurement systems and optical systems.