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Mr. West formed West & Associates in February 2004. Mr. West and is the managing patent attorney at West & Associates. Mr. West is responsible for coordinating prosecution, transactional and litigation matters. In addition to counseling clients in matters related to the litigation and licensing of intellectual property rights, Mr. West's practice also includes counseling clients in obtaining, protecting and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets and copyrights before the Federal Courts, in State Courts and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

Mr. West has extensive experience in obtaining, protecting and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets and copyrights. The technical fields of Mr. West's practice include flash memories, programmable logic devices, architecture and fabrication of semiconductor devices, disk and tape drive mechanics and electronics, holographic optical elements, optical networking, optical data storage and transmission, voice and data telecommunications and other technologies related to mechanical, electrical, civil and/or structural engineering.

ADMISSIONS/LICENSES

• Registered To Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Licensed Attorney, California
• Licensed Attorney, Washington D.C.
• Licensed Solicitor, England & Wales
• Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
• United States District Court of California, Northern District
• United States District Court of California, Central District
• United States District Court of Florida, Northern District
• United States District Court of Illinois, Central District
• Registered Professional Engineer - California
• Licensed General and Engineering Contractor - California
• Licensed Real Estate Broker - California

EDUCATION

• University of California, Berkeley - M.S. Engineering (1995)
• University of California, Berkeley - B.S. Engineering (1993)
• University of North Dakota - B.S. Electrical Engineering (2010)
• Golden Gate University School of Law - J.D. (1998)

HONORS & AWARDS

• Summa Cum Laude Graduate in Electrical Engineering
• Chi Epsilon - Engineering Honors Society
• Golden Gate University School of Law--Merit Scholar
• Licensing Executives Society-Best Chapter Award

MEMBERSHIPS

• Contra Costa County Bar Association - President Intellectual Property Law Association
• Licensing Executives' Society - Founding member, San Francisco Chapter
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• American Bar Association
• MENSA

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Contra Costa Innovation Center - Founding member
•  Women’s Initiative Volunteer Attorney

Stuart J. West   Managing Patent Attorney

Contact Information:

E-mail: Swest@westpatentlaw.com

Phone: 925.262.2216

Publications

• A Patent Attorney Shares IP Insights

Speaking Engagements

• Patent Reform for NBI
• Trademark Litigation for NBI
• IP Basics for CCC Libraries
• Copyright Fair Use for NBI
• IP Fundamentals for PLI
• Patent Basics for CCC Lib.
• Cover Your ASSets CCCBA
• Ethics in Negotiation for LES

Recent Patents & Matters