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James de Vellis Shares his Intellectual Property Wishes for the New Year

January 1, 2022 IP Watchdog

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Partner James de Vellis was featured in IP Watchdog’s New Year’s Day article providing his wishes for the new year in the intellectual property space from his perspective as a patent stakeholder. James noted his dream to see an explosion of cleantech and biotech patent filings and predicted a foundational and generational shift in the world of IP.

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