Raj Dave – Davé Law Group's (DLG)

Raj S. Davé, D.Sc., J.D.

President & Founder

Davé Law Group LLP
raj.dave@davelawgroup.com

“Dr. Raj Dave is an extremely competent and experienced Patent attorney. I have not met a more critical-thinking lawyer who understands the patent theory and practice so thoroughly. He is a great teacher on many aspects of international and US law. He can navigate and guide any inventor on how to think strategically about patent landscape and make the most of the inventor’s ideas. We’ve certainly benefited from working closely with him, and his extensive international team.” Ranbir Singh, President, GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc.

“Raj and his firm have performed excellent and thorough work for us in a complex Intellectual Property and Patent review of several different families of electrochemical material and process patents on an international basis. Not only was the review and work done very professionally, timely and cost effectively, they provided Non-Infringement Opinions plus reviews on Freedom to operate and Validity opinions and strategic counsel and input. Their work was truly first class and I can highly recommend the Dave Law Group, LLC firm for any and all types of Intellectual Property work.”T. Joseph Fisher, III, CEO, Reliance Lithium Werks Group.

Dr. Raj S. Davé, a registered patent attorney in the United States, is the President & Founder of Davé Law Group (DLG), a full-service Intellectual Property law firm in Virginia.

Dr. Davé’s experience in Intellectual Property (IP) includes IP counseling, patent prosecution, dispute resolution, licensing, technology transactions, IP mining and enforcement, post-grant proceedings, pre-litigation opinions and patent litigation, including ANDA litigation. He also has extensive experience in several diversified technologies, including biotechnology, business method, chemical, electrical, hardware and software technologies, information technology and internet, materials and polymer science, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunication.

Dr. Davé is an expert on several patent litigations at the Delhi High Court. He collaborates with Former Chief Judge Randall R. Rader (his LL.M. Thesis Advisor) on litigations in India and the United States.

“Professor Dave is a fine attorney and expert in IP affairs. We also had the opportunity to work together on a case involving patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. Professor Dave demonstrated at all times clear strategic thinking in planning the course of a major litigation. I would always welcome the opportunity to work with him in the future.” Randall R. Rader, Founder at The Rader Group; former Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).

Dr. Davé is an Emeritus Resource Faculty, School of Law, Policy and Governance (SLPG), School of Maritime, Air and Space Studies (SMASS), Rashtriya Raksha University, National Security and Police University of India. He is a Visiting Professor, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China. He is the Chairman of Indian Government’s Patent Facilitation Committee whose objective is to oversee the working of Patent Facilitation Centers in different Indian states. Dr. Davé was the Gujarat Council on Science and Technology (GUJCOST) IPR Chair Professor at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar, India.

Previously, he was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Morrison Foerster.

His LL.M. thesis entitled “Mathematical Approach to Claim Elements and Doctrine of Equivalents” in Patent Law was under Chief Judge Randall R. Rader as the Thesis Advisor. The LL.M. thesis was published in entirety in the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology.

Dr. Davé is recognized as an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property and the Legal 500 U.S. He has authored articles published in Duke Law & Technology Review, Yale Journal of Law and Technology, and Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, among others. He is a Board Member of the United States National Inventors Hall of Fame, as well as other non-profit organizations. He is the Founder of the George Washington University Law School India Project and has led 10 judicial delegations from the United States to India. He was a Board Member of WHEELS Global Foundation (www.wheelsglobalfoundation.org), whose mission is “Technology Enabled Philanthropy” to give back to India, the United States, and to global communities by providing technological solutions to issues related to water, health, energy, education, livelihood, and sustainability.

Professional Highlights

November 2017 – present: President and Founder, Davé Law Group.
January 2009 – November 2017: Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP.
March 2007 – January 2009: Partner, Darby & Darby.
April 1997 – March 2007: Associate and Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP.
November 1996 – April 1997: Associate, Fish & Richardson.
November 1989 – November 1996: Scientist and Associate Fellow, Monsanto and Bayer.
June 1986 – November 1989: Assistant Professor, Michigan Molecular Institute.
As a leader of Global Pharma at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, Raj assembled a highly experienced team from a cross-section of key practice areas, including FDA/regulatory, Intellectual Property, litigation, technology transactions, and trade secrets.
Recognized as an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property and The Legal 500 U.S.
Author of articles in Duke Law & Technology Review, Yale Journal of Law and Technology, and Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, among others. In addition, Dr. Davé has published about 30 scientific papers and book chapters. He is the co-editor of the book entitled “Processing of Composites,” Hanser Publishers, 2000, 480 pages.
Member, Board of Invent Now (parent of Inventors Hall of Fame) and other non-profit organizations.
Founder of the George Washington University Law School India Project; led 10 judicial delegations from the US to India and facilitated the formation of the Rajiv Gandhi School of IP Law at IIT, Kharagpur.

Selected Past and Present Clients

Approximate Number of Opinions Prepared, Patent Drafted and Prosecuted

Opinions: 300; patents drafted: 1000; patents prosecuted: 3000

Honors and Awards

Burton Award for Legal Achievement (2004)
Robert C. Watson Award of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (2003)
Judge John R. Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing (2003)
Finnegan Prize of The George Washington University Law School, First Place (2003)
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), National Prize (1997)

Education

J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1996
LL.M., Patent Law, The George Washington University Law School, 2003
D.Sc., Chemical Engineering/Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, 1986
M.S., Materials & Polymer Science, Washington State University, 1983
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1981

Admissions

District of Columbia, Connecticut and Virginia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Presentations

Dr. Davé has made over 50 presentations on Intellectual Property in the United States, Europe, China, India and Japan.

External Publications

Dr. Davé has published several scientific articles in the field of polymers and composites, including over 20 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals and 2 book chapters.
Dr. Davé is the co-editor with Professor Alfred C. Loos of book titled “Processing of Composites,” Hanser Publishers, 2000. Provides a quick overview of the fundamental principles underlying composite processing and summarizes the important processes for composite manufacturing.
“Global Perspectives on FRAND, 5G, Covid-19 and Compulsory Licensing,” Sindhura Devalaraja, Neil Davey, and Raj Davé, Intellectual Property Expert Group (www.ipeg.com) (May 2021).
“Forty Years Since Diamond v. Chakrabarty: Legal Underpinnings and its Impact on the Biotechnology Industry and Society,” Matthew Jordan, Neil Davey, Maheshkumar Joshi, Raj Davé, published by George Mason University’s Center for the Protection of IP as a policy brief (January 2021)
“Should a robot be an inventor?” Raj Davé and Krishna Shastri, The Daily Guardian (May 14, 2020).
“Dealing with delays at the IPO,” Raj Davé, India Business Law Journal (April 8, 2020).
“The CRISPR Controversy: Implications for Science, Law, and Policy in the US and EU,” Neil Davey, Sonya Davey, Ameya Sampath, Sabrina Shah, Lucia Tamayo, Divya Vatsa, Rajet Vatsa, Raj Davé, The GNLU Law Review (December 2019).
“Biopharmaceutical Social Contract and U.S. Patent Social Contract: Historical Antecedents and Recent Developments,” Susan Finston, Neil Davey, Ananda Chakrabarty, Raj Davé, book chapter in Intellectual Property Issues in Microbiology, Springer Nature (August 2019).
“Interplay Between Inter Partes Review (IPR) and ANDA Litigation,” Patrick Doody, Neil Davey, Natasha Mishra, Raj Davé, chapter in Pre-ANDA Litigation, 2nd Ed., American Bar Association, (August 2018).
“Abstract ideas,” Neil Davey, Myungjin Ro, G. Deepak Sriniwas, Manisha Singh and Raj S. Davé, IP Magazine (December 5, 2017).
“How Cuozzo Will Impact the Interplay between Post Grant Proceedings and Hatch-Waxman Litigation,” Natasha Mishra, Patrick A. Doody, Raj S. Davé, Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst (February 1, 2017).
“Mayo, Myriad, America Invents Act and BPCIA: how has the United States biopharmaceutical market been affected?” Susan Finston, Neil Davey, Elina Davé, Varsha Ravichandran, Sonya Davey, Raj Davé, Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst (May 2016).
“Frand v. Compulsory Licensing: The Lesser of the Two Evils,” Srividhya Ragavan, Brendan Murphy, Raj S. Davé, Duke Law & Technology Review (January 4, 2016).
“Interfacing of Science, Medicine and Law: The Stem Cell Patent Controversy in the United States and the European Union,” Sonya Davey, Neil Davey, Qian Gu, Na Xu, Rajet Vatsa, Samir Devalaraja, Paul Harris, Sreenivas Gannavaram, Raj Davé, and Ananda Chakrabarty, Frontiers in Cell and Development Biology (November 12, 2015).
“Nanotechnology Patent Licensing,” Raj S. Davé, et al., Licensing Update: 2013 (May 20, 2013).
“Cyber-Security Threats and Privacy Controls for Cloud Computing, Emphasizing Software as a Service,” Raj S. Davé, D.Sc., Priya Das, H. Ward Classen, The Computer & Internet Lawyer (March 1, 2013).
“IP Problems Don’t Just Need IP Solutions,” Brendan Murphy, Andy Sun, Philip Warden, Ana Damonte and Raj Davé, Managing Intellectual Property (February 15, 2012).
“Promoting Clarity and Certainty in the Patent Process,” Raj S. Davé, D.Sc., Greg Kalbaugh, Christopher K. Dorsey, Express Pharma (October 12, 2010).
“The Doctrine of Equivalents in Various Patent Regimes-Does Anybody Have it Right?” Nicholas Pumfrey, Martin J. Adelman, Shamnad Basheer, Raj S. Davé, Peter Meier-Beck, Yukio Nagasawa, Maximilian Rospatt and Martin Sulsky, Yale Journal of Law and Technology (January 1, 2009).
“A Mathematical Approach to Claim Element and the Doctrine of Equivalents,” Raj S. Davé, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Volume 16, Number 2 (Spring 2003).

Languages

English, Bengali, Hindi, and Gujarati