Cavanaugh, David L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Vice Chair, Intellectual Property Department

Lawyer Overview

David Cavanaugh is co-vice chair of the Intellectual Property Department, and a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group and the Life Sciences/Medical Devices Interdisciplinary Group. He joined the firm in 2001.

Practice

Mr. Cavanaugh has broad legal experience in industry and private practice and provides clients with strategic, business-focused counseling in the procurement, management and exploitation of their intellectual property. He has extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property practice, including IP litigation, patent procurement, technology transfer and licensing, and due diligence for corporate transactions. Mr. Cavanaugh has developed and implemented intellectual property strategies suited for companies at all stages, from early start-up phase to established business phase. He also has multinational litigation experience and has managed nullity proceedings and enforcement actions throughout Europe. 

Over the past decade, Mr. Cavanaugh has counseled clients in many technologies, including life sciences and medical devices. His patent experience in the medical device industry embraces diagnostic and therapeutic products in several technical fields, including those of radiology, cardiac implantable devices and catheters. He also has experience in various technologies of medical instrumentation and non-invasive diagnostic techniques.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Cavanaugh was a senior patent counsel in the legal department of Boston Scientific Corporation, responsible for the intellectual property matters in the radiology, neurology, urology and endoscopy divisions. Prior to his work with Boston Scientific, Mr. Cavanaugh was associated with Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks in Boston, where he provided patent support to a variety of medical device clients. Mr. Cavanaugh also has been a patent examiner at the United States Patent Office, where he examined patent applications in a variety of technologies.

Mr. Cavanaugh received a JD from George Washington University, where he was selected to study at the Max-Plank-Institute for Comparative Patent Law in Munich. He earned his master's degree at Washington Theological Union and his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Villanova University. He is a member of the Pi Tau Sigma National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society.

Professional Activities

Mr. Cavanaugh is presently on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC). He was recently selected by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to serve as a peer reviewer for its Small Business Matching Grant (SBMG) Program, which promotes the life sciences within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the recent past he has been a Board member of the New England Business and Technology Association. He has been a frequent guest lecturer at New England College of Law about patent law related topics.

Honors and Awards

• Recognized as a DC leader in the intellectual property field in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets
• Patent
• Due Diligence and Opinions
• Licensing and Technology Transfer
• Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation

Representative Cases

• Beckton Dickinson
• Genzyme Corp. et al, v. Atrium Medical Corp. , (US District Court for the District of Delaware)
• WilmerHale to Represent Owl Power

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Litigation & Appeals, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Massachusetts

Education

• George Washington University Law School, 1994
  JD
• Washington Theological Union, 1989
  MA
• Villanova University, 1986
  BME

Published Works

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Issues Final Rule to Implement Prioritized Examination "Track 1", 2011
• The Government is Here to Help IP Rightholders, 2010
• Legal Times: High Court Sees a Lot More Exhaustion, 2008, 2008

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