Zayd Alathari practices all aspects of intellectual property law, domestically and internationally. He helps clients to patent, protect and commercialize inventions in numerous areas, including chemical and biotechnology products, medical and mechanical devices, pharmaceuticals, coatings and business methods.

For his clients, he manages patent portfolios, prepares and prosecutes patent applications and prepares validity, infringement, freedom-to-operate, and patentability opinions. Mr. Alathari also prepares due diligence and intellectual property audits as well as intellectual property licensing and agreements.

His practice covers:

• managing and counseling clients on worldwide portfolio management;
• drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications;
• conducting legal and technical research;
• counseling on strategic development, licensing and litigation; and
• assisting with patent litigation, including ANDA disputes.

Mr. Alathari has a valuable background in biology and biotechnology. Moreover, prior to obtaining his law degree, he spent three years as a case manager for litigation matters and five years as a patent agent prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications.

He has been involved with prosecuting hundreds of domestic and international patent applications and has worked on more than 50 patent litigation/opinion-related matters.

Representative Clients

Mr. Alathari’s clients—small and large, domestic and foreign—span a range of technologies, including: 

• molecular biology (genomics, proteomics and synthetic biology)
• pharmaceutical formulations
• chemicals and compounds (steroids, antibiotics, anesthetics, vaccines and neuroactive agents)
• agricultural products (genetically modified crops, natural products and dietary supplements)
• cosmetics
• medical devices (coated stents, needles and catheters)
• Internet systems
• electronic and mechanical devices

Mr. Alathari counts among his clients:

• Dairy Management, Inc.
• Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• U.S. National Institutes of Health
• Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
• United Soybean Board
• Fuzzmed, Inc.
• Cygnet Works, Inc.

Activities

Mr. Alathari is a volunteer at the DC Bar Public Service Activities Corporation, assisting participants with political asylum cases and conducting presentations on obtaining an uncontested divorce, and is involved with the Venable/Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia joint program for representing indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Alathari is also a member and committee participant of the Tech Council of Maryland and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.