Vitality IP represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex patent disputes, enforcement matters, and post-grant proceedings. We deliver strategic, cost-conscious representation designed to enforce patent rights or defend against infringement claims.
Our litigation capabilities include:
• Pre-Suit Enforcement & Demand Letters
• Federal District Court Litigation
• PTAB & Post-Grant Proceedings
• Strategic Licensing & Settlement
PATENT LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
PATENT PROSECUTION & PORTFOLIO STRATEGY
Vitality IP advises clients across all stages of inventing, securing, and managing patent portfolios. Combining deep technical knowledge with an understanding of courtroom enforcement, we draft claims built to withstand litigation scrutiny.
Application Drafting & Examination: We draft utility and design patent applications, conduct prior art analysis, and prosecute applications nationally before the USPTO and internationally through foreign associates.
Appeals & Global Prosecution: We manage patent portfolios through allowance or the appeal process before the USPTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences/PTAB, as well as international patent offices including the EPO, JPO, CNIPA, and KIPO.
TRADEMARKS
Vitality IP counsels businesses on trademark selection, clearance, registration, and enforcement strategies to protect brand assets.
COPYRIGHTS & CREATIVE ASSETS
We advise clients on copyright protection, ownership structuring, and enforcement strategies across digital and traditional media.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Patent Litigation & Enforcement
Multi-Patent Federal Litigation against Major Telecom Carrier: Represented plaintiff in complex federal district court litigation involving interactive streaming and video-on-demand technology against a major telecommunications provider. Handled deep-level litigation workflows across multi-year proceedings, culminating in a multi-million dollar recovery and cross-licensing resolution.
Patent Enforcement & Defense for Semiconductor Memory Manufacturer: Represented global memory manufacturer in high-stakes patent dispute proceedings involving solid-state/semiconductor architecture, handling technical analysis, discovery, claim construction positioning, various trial phases and settlement negotiations.
End-to-End High-Stakes Litigation Workflows: Executed comprehensive trial-stage workflows across multi-party federal actions, including offensive and defensive claim charting, expert technical report development, dispositive motion practice, and key expert witness depositions.
Enterprise Portfolio Strategy & Prosecution
Foundational Portfolio Strategy for 1,000+ Employee Enterprise Software Leader: Built and managed the entire patent portfolio from scratch for an enterprise software company with over 6 million users, securing an above 95% allowance rate across dozens of core utility filings.
IP Counsel for AI & Industrial Asset Monitoring High-Growth Enterprise: Drafted and secured foundational utility patents for an emerging industrial AI and predictive maintenance company, establishing broad market protection around custom sensor hardware and machine learning analytics, securing above 95% allowance rate for client.
Advanced Technology Prosecution Across High-Tech Sectors: Prepared and prosecuted strategic domestic and international patent portfolios spanning Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomous Driving, AR/VR systems, Cloud Infrastructure, Semiconductor Fabrication, and Wireless Communications
Medical Device Sector: Vitality IP Assisted a major medical device manufacturer with revenues in excess of $500 million dollars a year. Vitality IP counseled the manufacturer in securing patent rights in an area of technology facing hostile legal landscape.
Early-Stage Tech Startups & Emerging Companies
Specialized Patent Prosecution & Technical Clearance: Advised venture-backed startups, corporate spin-offs, and early-stage companies across diverse hardware and software domains—including mobile authentication security, commercial refrigeration systems, ultra-efficient power/battery architectures, utility enclosures, and audio acoustics.
Application Restoration & Complex PTO Rejections: Rescued critical, stalled patent applications for early-stage ventures—overcoming years-long Section 101 rejections, correcting complex chain-of-title assignments, and successfully restoring applications to active allowance following prior counsel errors.
