Ketan Shashikant Vakil

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Litigation: Represented medical connector company in design patent infringement action involving connectors for medical devices
  Represented medical device prosthetics company in patent infringement action involving prosthetics device for lower limbs
  Represented oral care dental company in patent infringement actions involving dental kits, electronic toothbrushes
  mouthwashes
  Represented consumer products company in patent infringement actions involving car chargers, phone
  tablet cases, screen protectors
  display packaging
  Represented electronic storage company in patent infringement action involving remote storage of electronic data
  Represented dynamic r
  om access memory (DRAM) company in patent infringement action involving 21 patents related to DRAM devices against a major competitor

  Transactions

  Representative Transactions: Representative Transactional Experience: Responsible for building the patent portfolio of a Fortune 500 medical device company. Within a four-year period of time, Ketan and his team drafted and prosecuted over 200 patents related to electronically and mechanically controlled implantable medical devices. We also prepared non-infringement, invalidity and freedom-to-operate opinions for this medical device company. The patents and business unit were sold for over $75 million to a private equity group.; Serves as the lead IP partner for drafting and obtaining cutting edge patents for hybrid automobile technology for a top automotive company. Continues to manage their patent portfolio of over 200 patents and has drafted and obtained key patents that are infringed and licensed by a competing automotive company; Prepared and prosecuted over 100 patents for leading wireless company related to peer-to-peer networks, telecommunications devices, image and signal processing, software methods and processes, communications protocols and electrical circuits; Prepared and obtained over 25 patents related to critical care monitoring devices for a large medical device company; Drafted and obtained leading and key patents and trademarks for a leading consumer dental products company. Also helped draft and negotiate agreements with large retail suppliers and distributors; Lead outside patent counsel for a UK-based international company with 10 wholly-owned US subsidiaries. Responsibilities include driving innovation and the patent process for all 10 subsidiaries. The patent portfolio includes over 100 patents related to electronic and medical devices; Prepared and obtained 12 patents in the field of LED televisions for a small start-up optics company. After obtaining these broad patents related to LED televisions, the patent portfolio was sold to an optics company for $12 million; Analyzed competitors' patents and prepared freedom-to-operate opinion for powered prosthetics devices; Analyzed competitors' patents and prepared freedom-to-operate, non-infringement and invalidity opinions for electronic chip testing devices; Analyzed patent landscape and prepared freedom-to-operate opinion for guidance devices for the visually and hearing impaired; Analyzed patent landscape and prepared freedom-to-operate opinion for cases for tablet devices; Representative Litigation Experience: Represented medical connector company in design patent infringement action involving connectors for medical devices; Represented medical device prosthetics company in patent infringement action involving prosthetics device for lower limbs; Represented oral care dental company in patent infringement actions involving dental kits, electronic toothbrushes and mouthwashes; Represented consumer products company in patent infringement actions involving car chargers, phone and tablet cases, screen protectors and display packaging; Represented electronic storage company in patent infringement action involving remote storage of electronic data; Represented dynamic random access memory (DRAM) company in patent infringement action involving 21 patents related to DRAM devices against a major competitor