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Highlights
8/9/2004 V&E; Partner Bill LaFuze is New Chair of ABA's Intellectual Property Law Section
5/27/2004 Jury Finds for V&E; Client in Major Patent Litigation
4/7/2004 Federal Court Hands V&E; Client Major Victory
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Overview
Our lawyers who are licensed to practice before the Patent & Trademark Office have substantial experience prosecuting patent applications and assisting clients in developing effective strategies for the development and protection of intellectual property.

Our lawyers have successfully—
  • prosecuted patents on behalf of medical centers, universities, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including patents related to various biotechnological inventions such as novel nucleic and amino acid compositions, methods of use for such compositions, tissue specific transplant compositions, transgenic organisms, medical devices and methods of using such compositions and devices
  • prosecuted patents in diverse fields including, for example, inventions pertaining to pharmaceuticals, polymers, genetically engineered crop resistance, and oil field technology
  • represented a major manufacturer of offshore drilling rigs in patent prosecutions

Publications
4/11/2005 "Eleventh Circuit Finds That "Reverse Payment" Patent Settlements Do Not Violate the Antitrust Laws"
4/29/2004 "3 Patent Lawyers 2 Years 1 Prisoner"


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