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David Cavanaugh

Partner, WilmerHale

David 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 startup phase to established business phase. Mr. Cavanaugh is active in Post-Grant Proceedings at the US Patent Office where he has filed petitions in a variety of technologies.

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.