Vlad advises clients in the areas of strategic patent procurement, patent portfolio management, licensing, foreign protection, and other related issues. Vlad frequently counsels clients in the electronics, communications, computer, information technology, medical devices, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and healthcare industries.
Vlad advises clients on open source software licensing, including IP strategy and compliance. Vlad also advises clients on issues related to various data privacy laws, including HIPAA. Vlad leverages his strong technical knowledge in the areas of data transmission, analysis, storage, and security in helping clients determine the applicability of various data privacy laws to their products and services and in developing compliance programs.
Vlad represents clients in patent infringement cases in federal district courts. He was a member of the Knobbe Martens team that defended Smith & Nephew against allegations of patent infringement and helped to ensure competition and patient choice in a multi-billion dollar wound treatment market. The details of this case are described in a Fortune Magazine article “The bloody patent battle over a healing machine.” In addition, Vlad represents clients in inter partes review proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Vlad is registered to practice before the USPTO.
Before joining the firm, Vlad worked as a firmware engineer for St. Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division where he developed software, firmware, and hardware for implantable pacemakers and defibrillators. Before that, Vlad developed algorithms and firmware for cochlear implants at Advanced Bionics. He also has industry experience in website development and programming and IP telephony.
Vlad received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, summa cum laude, from UCLA, and also received his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of California Hastings College of the Law, where he served on the Hastings Law Journal. In his last year of law school, Vlad was a visiting student at the UCLA School of Law and served as an Articles Editor of the Journal of Law and Technology.
Vlad joined the firm in 2008 and became partner in 2014.
University of California – Hastings – School of Law, J.D.
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), M.S., Electrical Engineering, Specialization in digital signal processing and digital speech processing
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), B.S., Computer Science & Engineering
State Bar of California
U.S. District Court – Central District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Communications Technology
Cellular Networking & Communications
Fiber Optic Networks
Internet Telephony
Low-Power Networks
Radio
Television
Videoconferencing
Wireless Local Area Networks
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Financial Services & Business Methods
Open Source
Media, Advertising & Entertainment
Mobile Applications
Video Games and Interactive Entertainment
Medical Devices & Procedures
AI & Machine Learning
Cardiovascular
Catheters & Probes
Diagnostics
Glucose Monitoring & Insulin Infusion
Imaging
Implants
Infusion Pumps
Medical Informatics & Software Systems
Ophthalmology & Eye Care
Pacemakers & Electrical Stimulation Devices
Robotics
Sleep Apnea
Sports Medicine
Surgical Equipment
Transcatheter & Surgical Aortic, Mitral & Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Vital Signs, Physiologic, & Hemodynamic Monitoring
Wound Care
Transportation & Vehicles
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
Infringement Risk
IP Strategy
IP Transactions and Agreements
Licensing
Opinions Counseling
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
Tech Transactions
U.S. Patent Prosecution
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