René Vazquez

René Vazquez is a patent litigation attorney with over twenty years of experience in intellectual property law, focusing on patent prosecution, licensing, post-grant proceedings, and litigation. His technical expertise spans a wide range of fields, including computer software, cloud-based systems for cybersecurity, computer networking, telecommunications, optical communication systems, semiconductor fabrication, and various electro-optical and mechanical devices. Before his legal career, Mr. Vazquez gained seven years of industry experience in nonlinear optics at Rockwell International Science Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and is a co-inventor on U.S. Patent No. 5,170,268.

In his litigation practice, Mr. Vazquez has experience with patent assertion and licensing campaigns, often assisting early-stage companies in leveraging their intellectual property assets. He was Of Counsel with SHeart IP for the tracked patent litigation matter Mimzi, LLC v. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., representing the plaintiff. Beyond this, he is the founder of Sinergia Technology Law Group, PLLC, an intellectual property law firm, and is also affiliated with DNL Zito.

Mr. Vazquez possesses significant experience before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB), having represented clients in over 70 post-grant proceedings, including 67 Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs). He has achieved success in PTAB appeals, notably reversing five grounds of rejection in an Inter Partes Reexamination.

René Vazquez earned his B.S. in Physics from Millsaps College in 1986 and his J.D. from Whittier College School of Law in 1995, where he served as Lead Articles Editor for the Whittier Law Review. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, several U.S. District Courts, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.