Van Hoven PC, Intellectual Property Lawyers
Josh Van Hoven founded Van Hoven PC because he believed technology companies deserved something the legal market wasn’t giving them: attorneys who understand the technology as deeply as the law, housed in a firm built for speed and that leverage technology and systems that are optimized to deliver high-quality, cost-effective results, to allow our attorneys to always consider competitive strategy, not just day-to-day deliverables. That conviction shapes everything about how VHIP operates. What we lack in expensive office space and other BigLaw flourishes, we more than make up for in our constant engagement with cutting-edge technologies, both in our own processes and with our clients.
With over 20 years as a practicing attorney and more than 30 years of engineering experience, Josh brings a combination of legal acumen and technical depth that allows him to effectively engage with a wide range of participants in our IP system, from generalist federal judges, focused administrative law judges, and technically focused inventors and experts. He represents clients in mission-critical matters involving patents, trade secrets, and antitrust law, guiding disputes from early assessment through trial in Federal District and Appellate Courts nationwide, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the International Trade Commission.
Josh’s reputation and practice is built around asymmetric battles. His clients are typically private companies and growing public companies going up against larger competitors represented by major international law firms, non-practicing entities, or prolific plaintiffs’ firms. These are fights where outspending the other side isn’t an option, so winning requires creative strategy, immersive collaboration, and the ability to master complex technology faster than the other side. Josh has built a career on exactly that.
His technical expertise spans electrical and mechanical engineering and programming, making him particularly effective in industries where hardware and software converge: medical devices, processing architectures, neural networks, semiconductors, robotics, autonomous systems, AR/VR, RF communications, consumer products, and industrial IoT. Josh doesn’t need an expert to translate the technology for him, he reads the patents, understands the engineering, and finds the arguments.
Beyond litigation, Josh advises growing technology companies on patent portfolio development, competitive analysis, and licensing strategy. He rejects "file it and forget it" approaches in favor of bespoke IP portfolios designed to evolve with a company’s business and maximize strategic value through M&A and licensing. He remains hands-on in prosecution, competitive assessment, and portfolio architecture because, at VHIP, the founder doesn’t just set the strategy, he executes it.