Sheryl L. DeLuca

Shareholder

Sherri DeLuca applies her intellectual property litigation experience to help clients build strategic IP portfolios.

Nixon Vanderhye Shareholder Sherri DeLuca counsels clients in the areas of domestic and international trademark prosecution, clearance, licensing, domain name disputes, and enforcement. In addition, her practice also includes copyright counseling and prosecution; patent, trademark, unfair competition, copyright, and trade secret litigation; and intellectual property licensing matters. She represents a wide range of clients – from individuals to large corporations – that span a broad cross-section of industries.

Sherri began her legal career at Nixon Vanderhye in 1996. She previously worked in private industry as a contracts administrator and business analyst.

  • Trademark and Brand Protection
    • Trademark Strategy and Counseling
    • Global Trademark Search and Clearance
    • Filing and Prosecution of Trademark Applications
    • Obtaining and Managing Worldwide Trademark Registrations
    • Customs Recordation
    • Anti-Counterfeiting
    • Licensing
    • Due Diligence
    • TTAB Proceedings
    • Enforcement
  • Copyright
    • Counseling
    • Clearance and Registration
    • Portfolio Management
    • Enforcement
    • Customs Recordation
  • IP Litigation
    • Patents
    • Trademarks and Unfair Competition
    • Antitrust
    • Trade Secrets
    • Domain Name
    • Copyright
  • Patents
    • Enforcement
  • Domain Name Protection
    • Clearance
    • Enforcement
    • Administrative Litigation / UDRP Proceedings
  • IP Transactions, Agreements, and Trade Secrets
    • Licensing, Sales, and Assignments
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
    • Co-Existence/Consent Agreements
    • Due Diligence
    • IP Audits
  • Advertising & Marketing
  • Communications & Data Transfer
    • Telecommunications
      • Broadband Technology
      • Network Architecture
      • Network Routing
      • Optical and Magnetic Recording
      • Optical Devices & Systems
      • Radio/Satellite Network Applications
      • Social Networking
      • Telecommunications
      • Wireless Communications
    • Cryptography
      • Cyber Security
      • Encryption
    • Internet of Things
    • Data Analytics
      • Data Mining
      • Electronic Trading Exchanges
      • Financial Technology
  • Electrical & Computer Technology
    • Computer Systems (Hardware, Software, & Firmware)
      • Computer Architecture
      • Microprocessors
      • Multi-processor Systems
      • Computer Graphics
      • Data Mining
      • Database Systems
      • Image/Data Processing
      • Video Coding/Decoding
      • Xerographic Reproduction
    • Electronics
    • Artificial Intelligence
      • Automated/Autonomous Vehicles
      • Data Mining
      • Expert Systems
      • Machine Learning
      • Neural Networks
      • Robotics
    • Semiconductors
      • Integrated Circuits
      • Piezoelectric Devices
  • Biotechnology
    • Therapeutic
      • Therapy
        • Protein based therapeutics
          • Biotherapeutics (biologics and biosimilars)
          • Antibody based drugs
          • Antibody mimetics
          • Peptide drugs
          • Vaccines
        • Nucleic acid based therapeutics
          • RNA and RNA analogue therapeutics
          • DNA and DNA analogue therapeutics
          • Gene therapy
          • Genome editing
        • Cell based therapeutics
          • Tissue engineering and regeneration
          • Cell engineering
          • Immune therapeutics
          • Microbiome based therapeutics
        • Stem cell, progenitor, and primary cell therapeutics
        • Regenerative therapeutics
        • Targeted therapeutics
        • Drug discovery, delivery, and formulation platforms
      • Manufacturing
        • Upstream bioprocessing (cell culture, bioreactor and fermentation technology)
        • Downstream bioprocessing (purification)
        • Formulation
      • Diagnostics
        • Protein based diagnostics technologies
        • Nucleic acid based diagnostics
        • Precision medicine
        • Theranostics
        • Pharmacogenomics
        • Companion diagnostics
      • Medical devices
    • Industrial and Agricultural Biotechnology
      • Synthetic biology
      • Protein engineering
      • Biocatalysts (enzymes and microorganisms)
      • Bioprocessing (bioreactor and fermentation technology)
      • Plant and microorganism metabolic engineering
      • Genetically modified organisms (microorganisms, plants, and animals)
      • Bio based products (chemicals, monomers, polymers, and gasses)
      • Green and clean technology
    • Nutraceuticals
  • Pharmaceuticals
    • New Chemical Entities
      • Synthetic compounds
      • Natural products and derivatives
    • Drug Repositioning
      • Prodrugs
      • Combinations
      • New indications
      • New pharmacokinetics
      • Targeted drug delivery
      • Precision medicine
    • Manufacturing
      • Synthetic chemistry
      • Polymorphs and co-crystals
      • Purification
      • Formulation
    • Drug Discovery and development tools
      • Combinatory chemistry
      • Drug screening assays
      • Drug design platforms
      • Catalysis and reactors
  • Chemical, Industrial & Material Science
    • Food and beverages
      • Dietary supplements
      • Food additives
    • Nanotechnology
    • Polymers
    • 3-D Printing
    • Organometallics
    • Cosmetics
    • Herbicides and pesticides
    • Analytical chemistry
    • Ceramics
    • Chemical particle detectors
    • Plant fertilizer
    • Semiconductors
    • Specialty chemicals
  • Healthcare/Medical Devices
    • CPAP
    • Medical Instruments
    • MRI
    • Surgical Instruments
  • Industrial & Manufacturing Systems & Products
    • Power Generation
      • Green Energy
      • Oil and Gas
      • Power Generators
      • Solar Cells
      • Turbines
    • Construction
    • Mining
    • Home Appliances
    • Textiles
      • Paper and Printing
    • Sensing and Measuring Systems & Devices
  • Marine Products
  • Optical Devices & Systems
    • Lasers
    • Displays
      • LEDs
      • Liquid Crystal and OLED Displays
      • Plasma/CVD Processing
      • Television Systems
  • Transportation & Logistics
    • Aeronautics
    • Aerospace
    • Automotive
  • Education
  • Food & Beverages
    • Alcoholic Beverages
    • Restaurants
  • Fashion & Cosmetics
  • Toys & Gaming
    • Casino Gaming
    • Gaming
    • Sport & Recreation
    • Toys
    • Video Game Systems
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • J.D., George Mason School of Law, 1998
  • B.S.B.A. in Business Administration, Georgetown University, 1990
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • Virginia State Bar

Get To Know Sherri

Where can you be found outside the office?

Watching my two boys play sports.

What's the best decision you ever made?

To get married.

What inspires me?

Entrepreneurship.