James R. Brueggemann

James R. Brueggemann is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Previously, Mr. Brueggemann was a founder and shareholder in the intellectual property law firm of Pretty, Schroeder, Brueggemann & Clark, in Los Angeles.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Brueggemann is a patent attorney who specializes in filing and prosecuting patent applications, domestic and foreign. He has represented clients in a wide range of technical disciplines, including the following:

• medical devices, including clinical thermometers, blood chemistry analyzers, cardiac pacemakers, blood pressure sensors, intraocular lenses, heart catheters, foot prostheses, dental tools, and excimer lasers;
  
• data storage and retrieval systems, including bar code scanners, optical disc players, and video cassette recorders;
  
• electrical and electronic circuits and systems, including power regulator systems and audio amplifiers;
  
• industrial processes for manufacturing aircraft transparencies, optical fibers, optical coatings, optical lenses, and optical discs;
  
• industrial processes for grading and sorting objects such as citrus;
  
• theater lighting systems, including lighting fixtures and lighting control systems;
  
• sporting equipment, including golf clubs, golf balls, and weightlifting equipment;
  
• aerospace fasteners; and
  
• musical instruments.

Mr. Brueggemann also is active in rendering patent validity and infringement opinions in the same wide range of technical disciplines. He frequently takes an active role in working with clients to identify patent infringement risks and design around competitors' patents.

Mr. Brueggemann also is active as a patent law expert. He has testified numerous times on issues of patent validity and patent infringement and on standard-of-care issues in malpractice actions. Mr. Brueggemann also has a strong trademark practice, counseling clients on trademark availability and infringement issues, and filing and prosecuting trademark applications, both in the United States and worldwide.

Education

• J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975
• M.S., U.C.L.A. School of Engineering and Applied Science, 1971
• B.S., U.C.L.A. College of Engineering, 1968, magna cum laude

Admissions

• California
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Honors

• Southern California Super Lawyer, 2008

Articles

• Brueggemann, J.R. and Whiteford, W.A., Obtaining and Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property, Vol. 10, No. 1 Am. Intell. Prop. L.A.: Selected Legal Papers 1992, pages 233-246
• Brueggemann, J.R., Copyright Infringement of Computer Software, 8 California Business Law Reporter 17 (1986).Pretty, L.H. 
  
• Brueggemann, J.R., The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, 6 California Business Law Reporter 237 (1985)
• Pretty, L.H. and Brueggemann, J.R., Jones v. Hardy and the New United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 6 California Business Law Reporter 65 (1984)