David Vondle > Akin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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David Vondle
Work Department
Partner; Intellectual Property
Position
David Vondle represents clients in intellectual property (IP) disputes at the International Trade Commission (ITC), in federal court, and in proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. David has extensive experience as lead counsel in patent and trade secret cases having significant commercial value involving computer hardware and software, wireless and satellite communications, clean technology, semiconductors, medical devices, and consumer electronics. He has successfully represented U.S. and foreign companies in more than thirty ITC investigations through trial, appeal, and proceedings before the United States Customs and Border Protection. David advises buyers, sellers, investors, and creditors on domestic and global transactions involving IP, including acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and joint ventures. David also advises clients on the implementation of programs to protect trade secrets and other confidential information for clients developing autonomous vehicle systems.
To learn more about David, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/david-c-vondle.html
Memberships
- Member, Artificial Intelligence and Other Emerging Technologies Committee for the Intellectual Property Owner’s Association
- Member, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
Education
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, cum laude, 2002
M.S., Ohio State University, 1999
B.S., North Carolina State University, magna cum laude, 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
Akin fields a robust group that routinely deals with Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission as part of parallel litigation in other venues and represents clients in both the tech and life sciences sectors in patent disputes. Cono Carrano leads the Washington DC practice group and is a seasoned trial and patent attorney who focuses on complex patent litigation. Also in based in DC, David Vondle specialises in tech-related ITC disputes, Brock Wilson focuses on IP disputes and license negotiations, and Ryan Stronczer has experience litigating at all levels of the US court system. In the firm’s Irvine office, Paul D. Tripodi II is an IP litigation specialist whose practice includes patents proceedings before the ITC, and Clark Gordon focuses on patent litigation related to software and medical technologies.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism