Robert M. Vrana

Rob Vrana practices in the firms Intellectual Property and Litigation and Trial Practice groups. Robs lifelong interest in creative endeavors led to his interest in both courtroom practice and a focus on intellectual property considerations affecting creators, inventors, and businesses. Robs ability to see both sides helps him understand his clients goals, more effectively advocate against barriers to those goals, and work with the particular approaches and inclinations of judges who hear those cases. Rob assists clients with their intellectual property concerns ranging from litigating patent infringement disputes to counseling on protections for copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Rob also has varied experience with other types of commercial disputes, including litigating in various state and federal trial courts and managing complex electronic discovery. Rob regularly serves as lead or Delaware counsel in patent and trademark cases in the District of Delaware and has experience in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, software, networking, and blockchain technology. Rob is also experienced in handling trade secret matters, copyright matters, contract disputes, and other complex commercial matters in Delawares federal and state courts. Clients also rely on Robs experience advising on the protection of copyrights, trademarks, domain names, and trade secrets, as well as transactions involving such intellectual property, including licensing, bankruptcy, and trademark prosecution and clearance. And as a Delaware native, Rob also has a particular knack for Delaware juries. Rob has an active pro bono practice, including representing children in Delaware Family Court as an attorney guardian ad litem, representing parents in Delaware Family Court guardianship proceedings, representing a criminal defendant charged with drug dealing and gang participation in Delaware Superior Court, and representing a pretrial detainee held in state prison in a civil rights case through the District of Delawares Federal Civil Panel. Rob is also an Associate Member of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Delaware Supreme Court.