Brian is a founding partner of the firm and a registered patent attorney with over twenty years of experience advising clients on intellectual property matters in a wide variety of fields.
Practice Areas
Brian's practice includes strategic counseling, domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, and dispute resolution.
Brian also has considerable experience representing patent clients before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) and trademark clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).
Working with a global network of foreign associates, Brian counsels clients on securing and safeguarding patents and trademarks in foreign markets and represents foreign companies seeking patent and trademark protection in the U.S.
Technical Expertise
With a practice focused on the mechanical arts, Brian has obtained patents for clients in heavy industries including port crane and shipping equipment, rock crushing equipment, underwater power technology and subsurface fracturing, and a variety of other fields including medical treatments and apparatuses, construction equipment, sporting equipment, engine technology, professional cleaning equipment, clothing, cooking equipment, and pet products.
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law (JD)
- UC Berkeley (BS Industrial Engineering)
Admissions
- State Bar of California
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- International Trademark Association
- Intellectual Property Section, State Bar of California
- San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association
- Alameda County Bar Association
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