Stuart J. West, born in 1970 in San Francisco, California, formed West & Associates in February 2004. Mr. West is a managing attorney at West & Associates and is responsible for coordinating prosecution, transactional and litigation matters. In addition to counseling clients in matters relating to the litigation and licensing of intellectual property rights, Mr. West’s practice also includes counseling clients in obtaining, protecting and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets and copyrights.
Mr. West has extensive experience in obtaining, protecting and enforcing rights associated with patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets and copyrights. The technical fields of Mr. West’s practice include flash memories, programmable logic devices, architecture and fabrication of semiconductor devices, disk and tape drive mechanics and electronics, holographic optical elements, optical networking, optical data storage and transmission, voice and data telecommunications and other technologies related to mechanical, electrical, civil and/or structural engineering.
Mr. West holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley (1993), an M.S. in Structural Engineering from U.C. Berkeley (1995) and a J.D. from Golden Gate University, School of Law (1998). Mr. West is also currently working towards his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University.
Prior to forming and joining West & Associates, Mr. West was a senior associate attorney with Bingham McCutchen LLP in the Silicon Valley office (2004 – 2005) where he handled all aspects of U.S. and international intellectual property law for large multi-national corporations and smaller corporate clients. Prior to joining Bingham McCutchen, Mr. West was an associate attorney with Fliesler Meyer LLP in San Francisco, California (2001 – 2004) where he specialized in U.S. and international intellectual property law across a broad spectrum of technologies. Mr. West was also a patent attorney with the Law Offices of Terry McHugh in Los Altos, California (1999 – 2001) where he specialized in U.S patent law. Additionally, Mr. West worked with the Institute for Patent Studies as a technology expert and expert in patent law procedure. Prior to entering the legal profession, Mr. West was an engineer with DASSE Design, Inc. in San Francisco, California (1996 – 2001) where he was responsible for the original design and seismic retrofit of numerous schools, hospitals and other structures.
Mr. West is licensed to practice law in California (1999) and Washington, D.C. (2003). Mr. West is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1997). Mr. West is also admitted to the Roll of Solicitors for England and Wales (2004) and his registration as a European Attorney is pending.
Mr. West is the founding chairman of the San Francisco
chapter of the Licensing Executives Society, President of the
Intellectual Property Section of the Contra Costa County Bar Association, and is
associate professor of
Intellectual Property & Patent law at CSU East Bay.
He is an active member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society (XE),
the American Bar Association (ABA), the San
Francisco and Silicon Valley Intellectual
Property Law Associations (SFIPLA & SVIPLA),
the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
and the Bar Association of San Francisco
(BASF).
Additionally, Mr. West is a California Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.-Civil), Licensed California General Building Contractor (Class B) and a California Licensed Real Estate Broker.
