Proactive IP Risk Management: A Patent Litigator’s Perspective

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Gene Quinn interviews Hilary Preston about her journey in patent litigation and the importance of technical fluency in IP strategy.

Send us Fan Mail This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with Hilary Preston, partner at Vinson & Elkins and co-head of its intellectual property and technology litigation practice. Preston outlines her evolution from a general litigator into a leading IP strategist, highlighting how deep technical fluency—grounded in her physics background—became a competitive differentiator in high-stakes disputes. The discussion traces structural sh...

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Host: Gene Quinn

Guest: Hilary Preston

Topics covered

• IP risk management
• patent litigation
• intellectual property
• legal strategy
• technical fluency

Keywords

• patent litigator
• IP strategy
• legal disputes
• technical background
• intellectual property

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vinson & Elkins

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