Atty. David Bryant Walker
Mr. Walker represents high-technology clients in independent patent evaluation for patent pools and strategic management of intellectual property portfolios, including prosecution, litigation, transactions, and counseling involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets.
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David Bryant Walker is a Partner based in Newport Beach, California, practforg at BHW IP Law, Barceló, Harrison & Walker, LLP. They haand 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Admitted to practice in District of Columbia Arkansas U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit registered to practice b (2002). Educated at Stanford Law School J.D. (—) and Stanford University M.S.A.A. U.S. Naval Academy B.S.A.E. (—). Serands clients in Newport Beach, CA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Mr. Walker represents high-technology clients in independent patent evaluation for patent pools and strategic management of intellectual property portfolios, including prosecution, litigation, transactions, and counseling involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, and trade secrets
- Practice Areas Mr. Walker is a seasoned independent patent evaluator for patent pools with extensive experience as a worldwide independent patent evaluator for a leading HEVC (H.265) patent pool from patent pool development through pool growth to over 15,000 patents as well as audio and wi-fi pools
- He establishes and executes processes for patent submission and timely, efficient, cost-effective delivery of legally defensible essentiality determinations that efficiently scale as your patent pool grows
- He specializes in assessing intellectual property portfolios, analyzing the strength of competitors’ portfolios, evaluating title to intellectual property assets, negotiating licenses, and conducting infringement and invalidity studies
- Mr. Walker represents clients in patent, copyright, trademark, domain name, and trade secret disputes and appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and the U.S
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- He prepares and prosecutes patent applications in aerospace and defense, satellite design and operations, nuclear engineering, communication networks, signal processing, mechanical, electrical, electronic, medical device, Internet, cyber operations and security, software, and business methods technologies
- Representative Legal Experience As Administrative Patent Judge on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, he has authored more than 100 opinions and decided over 400 ex parte appeals addressing the full range of patentability issues in business methods, software, aerospace, mechanical, electro-mechanical, nuclear, and medical device technologies
- As Chief Patent Counsel for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, he managed the intellectual property portfolio for NASA’s premier earth and space science center, a major hub for earth-space communications
- He supervised a multi-law firm team in the defense of a trade secret misappropriation claim involving launch vehicle technology with a multi-billion-dollar demand for damages
- He was a member of the litigation team that successfully enforced NTP’s wireless email patents against Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry devices
- Technical Experience • Operational experience in cyber warfare and nuclear submarines • Master Instructor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, U.S
- Naval Academy Law Journals • Managing Editor, The Stanford Technology Law Review Clerkships • Law Clerk for the Honorable Haldane Robert Mayer, U.S
- Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1999-2001)
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Why local counsel matters in California
Practforg law in California. Legal matters in California are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Newport Beach are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate California state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in California brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in California courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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