Vance VanDrake

Practice Areas

Start-ups & Emerging Growth Companies; Patent Prosecution, Drafting & Consultation; IP Licensing; Trademark, Copyright, and Social Media Law.

Career

Co-Group Leader of the firm’s Startups & Emerging Growth Companies Practice Group, Vance is an intellectual property, patent, trademark, and venture attorney. As the author of the book The Patent Game (www.patentgame.co), Vance brings a progressive and creative approach to the development of intellectual property and business strategy for emerging businesses and start-up companies. He helps his clients, which are predominantly angel and venture-backed companies, develop comprehensive strategies in a broad range of technologies including software, medical devices, mechanical, and electrical innovations. Vance assists his clients with all aspects of patent drafting and prosecution, trademark registration and clearance, and copyright and trade secret protection. His experience includes providing clients with patentability, validity, and infringement opinions, and managing various intellectual property litigation and regulatory (FDA) needs.

Vance has worked in-house for a Fortune 500 company, has co-founded three start-up companies, and is a frequent speaker at universities, law schools, startup accelerators, and conferences.

Professional Memberships

Greater Cincinnati Venture Association (GCVA), City of Cincinnati’s Small Business Advisory Council, Intellectual Property Owners Association

Publications

The Patent Game (www.patentgame.co)