Dennis J. Smith
TEL: 213.617.5588FAX: 213.620.1398
Los Angeles
333 South Hope Street
Forty-Third Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Dennis J. Smith
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Mr. Smith is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Smith is a registered patent attorney and litigator who has handled intellectual property matters including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret. He has represented clients in patent matters in several U.S. District Courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has represented companies involved in diverse technologies, including DNA sequencing, carbon fiber composite fabrication, cryptography, e-commerce, integrated circuit cards and payment systems, orthotic and bariatric medical devices, optical coatings and thin films, LED technology, fax-to-email technology, IPv6 hardware, video games, software, and nanomaterials.
Education
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2004, articles editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal
- B.S., Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000, magna cum laude
Clerkships
- Extern for The Honorable Nora M. Manella in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Memberships
- Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Chair of Judges' Night Committee. Sponsorship Committee 2011-2012.
- The Judge Paul R. Michel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, team leader
- Inner City Law Center Homeless Veterans Project, volunteer attorney
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- UCLA Alumni Association
- Boalt Alumni Association
