Press Release

06/15/09 - Intellectual Property Attorneys Join DC Office

(Washington, D.C., June 15) The law firm of Vedder Price announces that Ajay A. Jagtiani will join the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in its Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Jagtiani has nearly 20 years of experience in all phases of patent prosecution, including patentability, validity and infringement opinions, procurement of domestic and foreign patents, client counseling, licensing and use agreement preparation and negotiation, and the protection and valuation of intellectual property in mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in all areas of electrical engineering, including computer hardware and software, electro-optics and communication technologies. In addition, Mr. Jagtiani supports numerous clients in all areas of biotechnology, including diagnostics, genomics, immunotherapy, proteomics, pharmaceuticals and other microbiology techniques.

A graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (BSEE, 1988) and the Catholic University of America (J.D., 1993), Mr. Jagtiani has exclusively practiced in the area of Intellectual Property. His clients include a wide range of corporate and governmental entities, from start-up enterprises and technology transfer offices to NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory to Fortune 500 companies. He has maintained security clearances with both the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. In addition, Mr. Jagtiani has extensive experience in the representation of university research centers in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including patent prosecution, licensing and development agreements and patent infringement matters.

Also joining with Mr. Jagtiani are Mark J. Guttag who will become Of Counsel to the firm and David J. Lanzotti who will be an Associate in the group. Messrs. Jagtiani, Guttag and Lanzotti are registered to practice with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining Vedder Price, they were with the law firm Jagtiani+Guttag, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.

“We are thrilled to have this group of exceptional attorneys join the firm,” stated Angelo J. Bufalino, the chair of the Intellectual Property practice at Vedder Price. “They bring significant experience in the representation of federal and state governmental entities as well as a wealth of experience in the academic research and development field, having provided assistance to a number of university research centers throughout the country.”