Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Brett Lovejoy's practice includes patent preparation and prosecution of technology involving computer science, electrical devices, inorganic and organic chemistry, biotechnology, nanotechnology, clean technology, semiconductor processing, and medical devices. His practice involves aspects of intellectual property client counseling including: patent portfolio strategy and management; patent invalidity, noninfringement, and freedom to operate opinions; and intellectual property due diligence (e.g., during financing events). In addition to patent prosecution, Brett handles design patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, copyright and licensing matters, as well as litigation matters involving high-technology.

Representative technology that Brett has handled includes software (e.g., wireless communication, search engines, digital image processing, and bioinformatics), diagnostic methods, semiconductor and microarray fabrication techniques, mechanical devices, chemistry, and photovoltaics. Prior to entering the legal profession, Brett obtained extensive technical experience through completion of a computational chemistry undergraduate degree, a Ph.D. program in molecular biology in which he developed a specialty in multiple-isomorphous replacement X-ray crystallography, as well as six years of research experience at Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• Patent Prosecution
• Life Sciences

Representative Cases

• Alexx, Inc. v. Codee Int'l Corp., Case No. 4:07-cv-02182 (N.D.Cal.)
• Molecular Diagnostic Patent Portfolio
• Patent Portfolio
• Patent Portfolio
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Santa Clara University

Published Works

• Design and Synthesis of 4-Azaindoles as Inhibitors of p38 MAP Kinase, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 46, 4702-4713, 2003
• Oxindole-Based Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDD2): Design, Synthesis, Enzymatic Activities, and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 44, 4339-4358, 2003
• Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia in Rats by CDK, Science 291, 134-137, 2001
• Crystal Structures of MMP-1 and -13 Reveal the Structural Basis for Selectivity of Collagenase Inhibitors, Nature Structural Biology 6, 217-221, 1999
• Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Domain of the Human Cell Cycle Control Phosphatase, Cdc25A, coauthor with E.B. Faumen, J.P. Cogswell, W.J. Rocque, W. Holmes, V.G. Montana, M.J. Rink and M.A. Super, Cell 93, 1-10, 1998
• Crystallization of a designed peptide from a molten globule ensemble, coauthor with D.P. Raleigh, W.F. DeGrado, D. Anderson, N. Ogihara and D. Eisenberg, Folding & Design 1, 57-64, 1996
• Structural Analysis of the Catalytic Domain of Human Fibroblast Collagenase, coauthor with A. Cleasby, A.M. Hassell, M.A. Luther, D. Weigl, G. McGeehan, M.H. Lambert and S.R. Jordan, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 732, 375-378, 1994
• Crystal Structures of Recombinant 19kDa Human Fibroblast Collagenase Complexed to Itself, coauthor with A.M. Hassell, M.A. Luther, D. Weighl and S. R. Jordan, Biochemistry 33, 8207-8217, 1994
• Structure of the Catalytic Domain of Fibroblast Collagenase Complexed with an Inhibitor, coauthor A. Cleasby, A.M. Hassell, K. Longley, M.A. Luther, D. Weigl, G. McGeehan, A.B. McElroy, D. Drewry, M.H. Lambert, S.R. Jordan, Science 263, 375-377, 1994
• Crystal Structure of Canine and Bovine Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF), coauthor with D. Cascio and D. Eisenberg, Journal of Molecular Biology 234, 640-653, 1993
• Crystal Structure of a Synthetic Triple-Stranded -Helical Bundle, coauthor with S. Choe, D. Cascio, D.K. McRorie, W.F. DeGrado and D. Eisenberg, Science 259, 1993
• Crystallization of Proton Channel Peptides, coauthor with K.S. Akerfeldt, W.F. DeGrado and D. Eisenberg, Protein Science 1, 1073-1077, 1992
• X-Ray Grade Crystals of a Designed Alpha-Helical Coiled Coil, coauthor with T.C. Le, R. Lüthy, D. Cascio, K.T. O'Neil, W.F. DeGrado and D. Eisenberg,Protein Science 1, 956-957, 1992

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