Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

SCOTT R. HANSEN received his B.S. with majors in Political Science and Applied Mechanics from the University of California, San Diego in 1985. He earned an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1987, and graduated cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law in 1992.

Mr. Hansen worked as a research engineer after engineering graduate school, writing computer software that performed engineering design optimization. He studied with and worked under Dr. Garret Vanderplaats, one of the leading experts in the world on engineering design optimization.

As an attorney, Mr. Hansen specializes in intellectual property litigation, prosecution, and licensing. He has run numerous patent, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition law suits on a day-to-day basis. He is also well versed in patent and trademark prosecution and opinion work.

Mr. Hansen is co-author of California Causes of Action, a widely-used treatise relating to state causes of action. He authored chapters on trademark infringement, trademark dilution, trade dress infringement, and statutory and common law unfair competition. For the past several years, he has delivered an annual update to the Century City Bar Association on developments in patent law. Mr. Hansen is also Past Editor-in-Chief of New Matter, a law journal of the California State Bar. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the IP Section of the State Bar.

Scott is a past recipient of a Volunteer of the Year award from the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law for his extensive pro bono work on behalf of low-income clients in Los Angeles. He has served as an officer on the Barristers Board of Directors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.

Mr. Hansen joined Fulwider after serving as a Partner in the Los Angeles and Newport Beach offices of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP. He is admitted to practice in California, and before numerous courts, including the Central, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of California and the Court of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits. He is also registered before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Prosecution
• Licensing

West Practice Categories

Licensing, Criminal Law, Prosecution, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California State Bar Law Journal (Past Editor-in-Chief of New Matter)
• Beverly Hills Bar Association (Past Member)
• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, Sponsor Committee)
• State Bar, IP Section (Chair, IP Litigation Standing Committee)

Honors and Awards

• SuperLawyer, 2009
• "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property Law for Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine, 2004
• Past Recipient of a Volunteer of the Year Award from the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law for His Extensive Pro Bono Work On Behalf of Low-Income Clients in Los Angeles

Past Employment Positions

• Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Los Angeles and Newport Beach, Partner

Education

• Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, 1992
  Honors: cum laude
• University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1987
  M.S.
  Major: Mechanical Engineering
• University of California, San Diego, California, 1985
  B.S.
  Major: Political Science
  Major: Applied Mechanics

Published Works

• California Causes of Action, A Widely-Used Treatise Relating to State Causes of Action, Chapters on Trademark Infringement, Trademark Dilution, Trade Dress Infringement, and Statutory and Common Law Unfair Competition, (Co-Author)

Address

Howard Hughes Center
6060 Center Drive
Tenth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Phones

(310) 824-5555

Faxes

(310) 824-9696

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