Emerging and established technology businesses alike rely on Scott to play a significant role in helping them develop and execute legal strategies that support the growth of their businesses. Given Scott’s in-depth technical aptitude and honed legal experience, he is able to jump in and work in partnership with business leaders, in-house counsel, and engineering teams, assisting them to better understand how and where intellectual property can further their commercial goals and reduce risk.
Scott’s experience includes cultivating global patent portfolios that align with his clients’ key services, strategic positioning for technology and license agreement negotiations, assessing third party patent risk and implementing mitigation plans, conducting and preparing for financing and acquisitions IP diligence, developing FDA regulatory strategies and 510(k) filings in the medical device area, and managing open source software compliance risk. Scott has proven successful time and again in strategically navigating patent examination to satisfy new requirements resulting from recent Supreme Court cases pertaining to patent acquisition in the software space. He is sought out by clients and colleagues alike to manage patent portfolios of all sizes and complexities.
Appreciated for his ability to quickly understand even the most complicated and sophisticated technologies and products when applying the law to innovation, Scott demonstrates technical prowess in many disciplines. He is skilled in the areas of medical devices (including nerve mapping, pulse oximeters, respiration sensors, patient monitors, and other non-invasive medical diagnostics), medical software technologies, electronics, IOT devices, SaaS services, e-commerce, fintech, cybersecurity technologies, mobile computing, network communication protocols, semiconductors, digital signal processing, video and audio streaming, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, AI processing, big data, and large scale modeling and analytics.
Prior to law school, Scott researched and published in the field of algorithmic circuit synthesis. Scott also worked for a leading pure-play semiconductor foundry, Jazz Semiconductor (now TowerJazz), where he was involved in device model analysis and support.
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D.
University of Illinois – Urbana – Champaign, M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California – Irvine, B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tau Beta Pi
State Bar of California
U.S. District Court – Central District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Communications Technology
Cellular Networking & Communications
Fiber Optic Networks
Internet Telephony
Low-Power Networks
Radio
Television
Videoconferencing
Wireless Local Area Networks
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Financial Services & Business Methods
Blockchain & Smart Contracts
Cloud Computing
Cryptocurrency & Encryption
Data Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Licensing & Indemnification
Open Source
Medical Devices & Procedures
Medical Informatics & Software Systems
Transportation & Vehicles
Aerospace & Space Technology
Electronics (Audio / Video, Communication, Navigation, Security)
Assignments and Licenses
Copyright
Design Patents
Due Diligence
Global Portfolio Management
Infringement Risk
IP Strategy
IP Transactions and Agreements
Licensing
Opinions and Counseling
Opinions Counseling
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patentability
Registration
Tech Transactions
Transactions
U.S. Patent Prosecution
Joseph M. Barich Excellence in Patent Law Award (2012), University of Illinois College of Law
Uhlenhop Endowed Scholarship (2009), University of Illinois College of Law
Best Paper Award at the Asia South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) (2009), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IEEE Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship (2007), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tau Beta Pi – The Engineering Honor Society (2007), University of California – Irvine
Integrated Micro/Nano Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Fellowship (2006), University of California – Irvine
University of California Regents Scholar Award (2001), University of California – Irvine
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Orange County Bar Association (OCBA)