Seth Black - Associate

Mr. Black practices with the firm’s intellectual property litigation group. During law school, Mr. Black served as Note and Comment Editor for the Utah Law Review and President of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association. In addition, Mr. Black was a William H. Leary Scholar and a semifinalist in two moot court appellate advocacy competitions.

Prior to law school, Mr. Black worked for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems as a Software Engineer, designing and implementing large distributed computing applications for the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

Primary Practice Focus

• Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
  • Patent Infringement
  • Trademark Infringement

Other Practice Experience

• Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
  • U.S. and Foreign Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements

Technical Experience

• Computer Systems, Software, E-Commerce, Business Methods & Information Technology
  • Embedded Software & Firmware
  • Hardware Systems
  • Internet Technologies
  • Networking Components
  • Software Systems and Architecture

• Physics & Optics
  • Lenses

Second Language

German

Education

• J.D., high honors, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, 2008
• B.A., summa cum laude, University of San Diego, Computer Science, 2004

Professional Admissions and Associations

• Utah State Bar
• Registered Patent Attorney
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Bar Association

Other Information of Interest

• Semifinalist and Recipient of Best Appellant and Best Appellee Brief Awards, Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition, 2007
• Semifinalist, Traynor Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition, 2007