Dr. Erich Veitenheimer focuses on developing and implementing strategies to enable life sciences and biotech companies, universities and nonprofit research organizations to procure worldwide protection for their inventions and/or to provide them with the necessary freedom to operate. He has extensive experience in obtaining and defending patent positions by using practical, cost-effective approaches to resolving patent and trade secret disputes. He is named one of the top lawyers in the United States for life sciences and patent prosecution matters (Legal 500). Erich was a Cooley partner for 15 years. In 2020, he transitioned to senior counsel.
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