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Brian K. Prewitt

Brian K. Prewitt

Biography

Brian K. Prewitt's practice focuses on matters relating to patents, trademarks, and copyrights, technology development, acquisition, licensing, strategic alliances, distributorship and manufacturing agreements, due diligence, counseling, and litigation. He has significant technical experience in the areas of integrated circuit design, semiconductor manufacturing technology, computer architecture, and computer systems.

Mr. Prewitt has worked with clients in a number of different industries in patent portfolio development; preparation and prosecution of patent & trademark applications; counseling regarding patent infringement risks, contractual and copyright disputes, patent license disputes, and infringement risks; development and enforcement of licensing strategies; negotiation of patent and trademark licenses and other business agreements; development and enforcement of licensing strategies; and intellectual property due diligence in connection with corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Prewitt has also handled corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, real estate development, lending, and estate planning and probate matters.

Before attending law school, Mr. Prewitt worked as a circuit design engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Mr. Prewitt's representative patent prosecution matters include:
  • Computer systems
  • Data storage systems
  • Semiconductor and photo mask fabrication
  • Instrumentation devices
  • Medical devices
  • Cellular and other wireless communication
  • Radio frequency communications
  • Networking hardware
  • Automotive devices
  • Consumer products
  • Green technologies
  • Digital and analog circuits

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Organization Membership

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Austin Bar Association
  • Austin Young Lawyers Association
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association
  • Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Austin Asian American Bar Association


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Speeches / Publications

Mr. Prewitt is the co-author of "The Design and Analysis of the Clock Distribution Network for a 1.2-GHz Alpha Microprocessor," International Solid State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers, February 2001.


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  • Brian K. Prewitt
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Practice Areas
Education

B.S. Electrical engineering, University of Cincinnati

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
  • Order of the Coif
  • Chancellors
  • Asian Law Students Association
  • Chairperson, Legal Research Board
  • Four-time recipient of the Dean's Achievement Award
Bar Admissions

  • 2004, Texas
Court Admissions

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
 
 
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