Thomas J. Kowalski
Shareholder
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Thomas J. Kowalski is a Shareholder in the New York office of Vedder Price and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property group. Mr. Kowalski has been in practice for 25 years. His practice includes biotech, chemical and medical apparatus litigation, patent prosecution, licensing and counseling.
In fulfilling the requirements for American Chemistry Society certification, Mr. Kowalski has extensively studied graduate biochemistry, graduate inorganic chemistry, genetics, computer science and laboratory research.
Mr. Kowalski has extensive international experience and has appeared before courts and proceedings throughout the world, including London, England; The Hague, Netherlands; Mannheim and Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; and Tokyo, Japan.
Mr. Kowalski has co-authored numerous publications and has spoken at national and international venues. To name a few, Mr. Kowalski has been invited to speak at C5 conferences that have occurred in London, England and Munich, Germany; and IBC Life Sciences conferences in Brussels, Belgium and Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Kowalski is also an Adjunct Professor teaching intellectual property law at New York University's Brooklyn Campus (Polytechnic Institute of New York University) as part of the Master's Degree in Management Program.
Mr. Kowalski was previously selected for inclusion in New York Super Lawyers. He was also named in International Who’s Who of Patent Attorneys for 2010-2011 as well as 2011-2012. Mr. Kowalski received an "AV Preeminent" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell.
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- New York
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- Federal Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- Member, New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, Biotechnology Industry Organization
- Member, New York Biotechnology Organization
- Member, Editorial Board, Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Commercial Biotechnology
- Editorial Advisor, Intellectual Property for Nature Biotechnology
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, Pharmaceutical Society of Poland, "Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecyles," October 2011
- Exhibitor, 2011 BIO International Convention, June 2011
- Speaker, C5’s 10th Annual International Forum on Patent Pharma Lifecycles, "The Impact of U.S. Developments on Pharma Lifecycle Extensions," June 2011
- Speaker, Practising Law Institute, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2011: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting and Amendment Writing, June 2011
- Speaker, C5’s 19th Forum on Biotech Patenting, "Drating Successful Patent Applications for Biotechnology-related Inventions," October 2010
- Speaker, Practising Law Institute, Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2010: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing, June 2010
- Speaker, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Effective Academia and Industry Interactions: The Role of Patents in Attracting Industry Interest in This Economy, "What’s in Your Patent Portfolio?," May 2010
Recent Publications
- Co-author, "Intellectual Property Issues for Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in the U.S.," Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2011
- Co-author, "Commentary Regarding Decision in Bilski from a Biotech Perspective," Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, 2010
- Co-author, "Commentary Regarding Decision in Myriad Genetics on ‘Isolated’ DNA Claims," Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, 2010
- Co-author, "Patent Prosecution of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Patents in a Changing Legal Landscape," Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2010
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