William Thomas Vuk - Partner

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Infringement Litigation

• 2000, New York

• Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1998 Dean's List
  Notes & Articles Editor, Fordham International Law Journal; Authored Note: Protecting Baywatch and Wagamama:  Why the EU Should Revise the 1989 Trademark Directive to Mandate Dilution Protection for Trademarks, 21 Fordham Int’l L.J. 861 (1998).
• Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., Pre-Professional Zoology; Minor in Chemistry, 1993 Dean's List

Professional Profile

William T. Vuk is an partner in the intellectual property litigation group in Kirkland's New York office where his practice focuses on patent litigation.  Bill has had extensive experience in complex patent litigation.  He has represented major pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology companies in patent litigations involving pharmaceutical compounds, pharmaceutical formulations, drug delivery systems, biologics, and nucleic acid testing.  His work includes numerous challenges to Abbreviated New Drug Applications for the world's leading prescription antihistamine.  Bill also has appellate experience with both the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  In addition to his litigation experience, he has conducted patent validity and infringement assessments.

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Memberships & Affiliations

New York Intellectual Property Association

Federal Bar Council

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Other Distinctions

Bill was a recipient of the Legal Aid Society's 2001 Affirmative Litigation Award for his pro bono representation of a plaintiff class of nursing home residents for whom he negotiated a $5 million settlement.

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Prior Experience

Associate, Kaye Scholer LLP (September 1998 - August 2005)