For nearly two decades, Vlad has helped clients protect and defend their intellectual property. Vlad advises clients in the areas of strategic patent prosecution, patent portfolio management, licensing, and foreign protection in a broad range of industries, including electronics, communications, computer, information technology, medical devices, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and healthcare. Vlad also helps clients navigate open source software licenses, including compliance and IP strategy.
In addition, Vlad advises clients with validity proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and enforcement proceedings 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.”
Before becoming a lawyer, Vlad worked as a firmware engineer for St. Jude Medical Cardiac Rhythm Management Division (now Abbott) 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 web applications and IP telephony.
Vlad received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, summa cum laude, and 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 (now UC Law San Francisco), 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 where he 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
Advertising, Media & Entertainment
Mobile Applications
Video Games & Interactive Entertainment
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
Medical Devices & Procedures
Aesthetics & Implants
Cardiovascular
Catheters & Probes
Diagnostics
Glucose Monitoring & Insulin Infusion
Imaging
Infusion Pumps
Medical Informatics & Software Systems
Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Procedures
Ophthalmology & Eye Care
Pacemakers & Electrical Stimulation Devices
Robotics
Sleep Apnea
Surgical Equipment
Vital Signs, Physiologic, & Hemodynamic Monitoring
Wound Care
Transportation & Vehicles
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
IP Strategy
IP Transactions, Agreements & Venture Capital
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
U.S. Patent Prosecution
- Listed in the ATTORNEY intel – “The Top 25 Intellectual Property Attorneys of 2024“
- Named to IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists (2023-2024) which “identifies the individuals who are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios”
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- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Orange County Bar Association
- OCIPLA
