About Vladimir

Vladimir Tsirkin educated first in engineering and later in law. He earned a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Naval Engineering Institute before finishing a J.D. at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. That combination of technical and law school training shapes the work he does nowadays.

Tsirkin began his expert lifestyles in technology. In the late 1990s he labored as a database administrator at JP Morgan Chase and returned to a similar role at Goldman Sachs in 2003. He holds a Certified Database Engineer credential from IBM, which reflects those early duties and a comfort with technical systems that many patent practices value.

He moved toward highbrow property in the early 2010s. In 2012 he served as a patent agent and IP extern on the New Jersey Institute of Technology and that identical yr worked as a patent and trademark lawyer at Spektor & Tsirkin, P.C. He is registered to practice earlier than the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is licensed in more than one jurisdictions, including Florida, New York and New Jersey. He is likewise licensed to the 2nd, 3rd and 11th Circuits.

The arc of Tsirkin’s profession is realistic and sequential. Engineering study, technical roles in finance, then legal background and IP practice. The trajectory is evident in the things he handles. He frequently prepares and prosecutes patent applications, and he has handled trademark matters as nicely. His registration with the USPTO allows him to represent inventors in patent prosecution. He additionally counsels clients on highbrow estate strategy where inventors and small firms intersect with business systems.

Tsirkin maintains a presence in personal practice beneath the name Vladimir Tsirkin & Associates, PA. He has remained active in professional circles, including club in the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He balances case work with counseling, drawing on his engineering background when claims turn technical and on his database knowledge when things contain software, information systems or architecture.

Colleagues describe him as pragmatic; he tends to frame problems in clear, functional phrases rather than legal theory. He has navigated each transactional and prosecutorial aspects of IP work throughout state and federal venues. He practices patent and trademark law, handles patent prosecution at the USPTO, and offers intellectual property counseling to agencies and inventors.

Education

Naval Engineering Institute

M.S. | Chemical Engineering

Rutgers School of Law-Newark

J.D.

Languages

English (Spoken, Written) Russian (Spoken, Written)

Experience

Patent and Trademark Lawyer

Spektor & Tsirkin, P.C.
2012

Patent Agent/IP Extern

New Jersey Institute of Technology
2012

Database administrator

Goldman Sachs Group
2003

Database administrator

JP Morgan Chase
1997

Accepted Jurisdictions

11th Circuit
Florida
New York
New Jersey
3rd Circuit
USPTO
2nd Circuit

Certifications & Awards

Registered Patent Lawyer

USPTO

Certified Database Engineer

IBM

Professional Associations

American Intellectual Property Law Association

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