Vadim focuses his practice on identifying and protecting his clients’ innovations and strategically managing the IP-related opportunities and risks of competing in their respective markets worldwide. He works with the electronics, communications, and computer-related fields. Vadim focuses on United States and international patenting strategy, particularly, client counseling and management of IP assets, preparation of patent applications and practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, IP due diligence, opinions regarding infringement and validity, IP licensing, and related matters. Particular technology IP experience includes industrial and scientific instrumentation, wireless communication technologies, electronics, computer security, software and electronic commerce, and medical devices.
Vadim has represented software companies, makers of scientific and industrial instrumentation, and medical device manufacturers, from startups to multinational enterprises. In his prior engineering career, Vadim was a senior design engineer focusing on analog and digital hardware in high-reliability industrial products.
Vadim earned his engineering degree from University of Minnesota and his law degree, cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law (now, Mitchell Hamline School of Law).