Vandana Koelsch is an experienced Colorado intellectual property and commercial litigator with a focus on intellectual property claims. She has handled a wide variety of complex cases and can offer a focused and efficient approach. Ms. Koelsch is also experienced in the sale, acquisition, and licensing of intellectual property and mergers and acquisitions of technology-based companies. She was trained at litigation firms in Washington DC and is adept at quickly identifying the key issues and developing an economical approach.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Koelsch served as General Counsel to a publicly traded intellectual property licensing company where she managed licensing and enforcement of seminal telecommunications patents. In that role, she managed patent litigation matters in the District Courts for the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of New York. She oversaw more than 25 post-grant reviews before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board and three appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Ms. Koelsch has also served as Chief IP Counsel to a telecommunications company with over $1B in annual revenue where she managed the litigation, prosecution, and maintenance of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and web domains. She crafted the strategy for two patent infringement trials covering software platform technology and successfully settled the matter on behalf of the client. She was integral in the sale of a video-content platform to a third party for $100M in cash and stock, where she performed due diligence and drafted key intellectual property provisions.
