Vishal Gupta, a partner in Steptoe’s New York office, focuses his practice on complex patent litigation, counseling, and intellectual property transactions in a wide range of technologies including biologics, pharmaceutical compounds and formulations, manufacturing processes, medical devices, and electromechanical apparatuses.

Mr. Gupta litigates patent cases (including those arising under the Hatch-Waxman Act) in federal courts throughout the country. He has managed teams through all phases of litigation including numerous summary judgment motions, claim construction (Markman) proceedings, preliminary injunctions, trials and Federal Circuit appeals.

Mr. Gupta also has extensive experience in strategic counseling, due diligence, licensing, technology transactions, opinions, pre-suit investigations, and settlement agreements/negotiations.

Prior to practicing law, he formulated pharmaceuticals for Massachusetts General Hospital and conducted research in the field of cardiac transplantation at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.

For the past two years, Mr. Gupta has been selected by New York Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation. He also has been recognized by the International Who’s Who of Life Science Lawyers.