Dr. Eugene Dariush Daneshvar is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the firm’s patent and innovations practice. Eugene focuses on counseling health-tech companies regarding a variety of intellectual property issues, including patent portfolio development, post-grant review, non-infringement, freedom to operate, and patentability. He supports clients on intellectual property matters connected to asset acquisitions, patent licenses, and venture financings.

Prior to joining the firm, Eugene worked as a technical advisor and patent agent serving start-ups, mid-sized and large companies on their patent portfolio management, PTAB proceedings, and district court litigation. He was awarded an Intellectual Property Fellowship at Santa Clara University School of Law and participated in two cohorts with the MassChallenge start-up accelerator.

Eugene’s doctoral work focused on designing microfabricated movable neural electrodes for a variety of implantable neural interfaces as well as characterizing performance of conductive polymer actuators. He also taught classes on bioinstrumentation and the lean biomedical design process.

Eugene is fluent in Farsi.