Intellectual Property Attorney
Vedder Price
Julie Langdon is a Chicago-based attorney at the law firm Vedder Price who has broad experience in litigation, licensing, and counseling involving all aspects of intellectual property in a broad range of industries and sectors. Langdon strategically helps her clients by identifying their intellectual property protection needs, obtaining and maintaining patent and trademark protection, and enforcing their rights through non-litigation and litigation strategies. Her primary practice is patent litigation, which has involved litigating patents in various technologies including biotechnology, cosmetic preparations, chemical compositions and processes, software and computer-based systems, consumer products, consumer electronic products, oilfield fluid technologies, wearable technologies and pharmaceuticals, including Hatch-Waxman issues. Langdon also has extensive experience with patent and trademark portfolio protection and maintenance before the USPTO and international bodies. She is a registered patent attorney and prosecutes patents involving biotechnology, cosmetics, chemical compositions and processes, software, medical devices and mechanical arts. Langdon has received several honors as an attorney, including most recently being recognized by Best Lawyers in the Litigation – Patent category for 2023. Beyond being an attorney, Langdon is active in several organizations relating to the advancement of women, education, science, and law. Langdon is also an adjunct professor for the course IP Strategies at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
After receiving her undergraduate degree in cellular biology and biotechnology from SUNY New Paltz in 1999, Langdon received her Master of Science in forensic science with a concentration in biotechnology from Florida International University in Miami in 2002, and then a Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago in 2006. While at New Paltz, Langdon was a member of the swim team, American Chemical Society, Biology Club, and was active in a national sorority holding the roles of president, new member educator, and member-at-large.
