Vanessa is a sought-after and highly accomplished IP trial lawyer and strategist who achieves successful results in high-stakes business and IP litigations for clients in the technology, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and chemical sectors. Her practice encompasses complex patent litigations and disputes, Hatch-Waxman and biosimilar matters, IPRs, licensing controversies and arbitrations, strategic IP assessment, and IP counseling.
Based in New York, Vanessa handles patent trials before US district courts, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. She has significant experience and success representing clients in connection with their blockbuster products with multibillion dollars in sales. Her cases have involved technologies in a wide range of areas, including cancer treatments, gene therapies, HIV/AIDS, cosmetic and dermatologic conditions, FemTech (technologies for women's health), prostate disorders, molecular cloning, musculoskeletal disorders, autoimmune and neurological disorders, Wi-Fi photo frames, and printing technology. Her clients include Fortune 500 and 1000 companies, start-ups, and world-leading academic research institutions, including Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Novartis, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).
A skilled litigator who has never lost a trial on behalf of her clients, Vanessa has been named a "Top Patent Professional" by IAM Patent 1000 for the past several years, one of the "Top 100 Women Leaders of New York" by Women We Admire, and a "US Rising Star in Intellectual Property" by LMG Life Sciences.
Prior to joining Mintz, Vanessa was a partner in the Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Litigation group at a global law firm. She earned a JD from Cornell Law School and a BS in biology with a concentration in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Vanessa can be reached at VYen@mintz.com and 212.692.6711.