Alain Villeneuve
Associate
T: +1 (312) 609 7745
F: +1 (312) 609 5005
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Alain Villeneuve joined Vedder Price as an Associate in the Intellectual Property group in 2006. He represents clients in a wide range of corporate matters, immigration matters and intellectual property matters, including the prosecution of patents and the registration and monitoring of trademarks and copyrights. His experience includes drafting patent applications in electrical, mechanical, wireless and computer software fields. He has also filed for International Patent and Trademark applications under the PCT and Madrid regimes. Mr. Villeneuve has also won significant cases before the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board, and one of his patents has been cited by the US Supreme Court in the Bilski v. Kappos decision.
Prior to joining Vedder Price, Mr. Villeneuve worked in France for approximately 10 years in the field of nuclear engineering. While there, he was qualified by the Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, allowing him to work in the control room of a pressurized water reactor. He also supervised a team of engineers in the design, testing and construction phases of a nuclear fuel transport system. He also managed a fuel storage site in Italy and designed the first international humid fuel transport cask.
Mr. Villeneuve is a US Patent Attorney (63,228) and a Solicitor registered to practice in a plurality of foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Villeneuve is a native French speaker and is fluent in Italian and English.
Mr. Villeneuve was selected for inclusion from 2009 to 2012 in Illinois Rising Stars.
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- Executive MBA, McGill University & Hautes Etudes Commerciales, University of Montreal, anticipated graduation 2012
- J.D., cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law, 2003
- Cornell University International Law Program, Sorbonne Paris, 2002
- Nuclear PWR Certification, CEA Saclay, France, 1994–1995 (Neutronics, Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance, Control Room Operation)
- B.E. (Specialty in Aerospace Engineering), Polytechnique of Montréal, 1991
- B.E. (Mechanical Engineering and Robotics), Polytechnique of Montréal, 1990
- UK Law Society, 2007
- Illinois, 2003
- US Patent and Trademark Office, 2004 (63,228)
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2004
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