Brian Clarke
Attorney at Law
California
CA
About
experience
Work History
Clarke IP Law
Founder
Mar 2013 - Present
Opened solo practice in Bethesda, MD remotely servicing California client base. Recently moved back to Silicon Valley. Provide startup and small clients with counseling in: patent strategy; patent drafting and prosecution; litigation strategy; and general transactional counseling. Clients’ technologies: SaaS (cloud services); linear accelerators; radiotherapy; healthcare insurance services; roboti
Accuray Incorporated
Director--Intellectual Property
Jul 2008 - Feb 2013
Served as lead IP counsel reporting to General Counsel for this 1000 employee developer and manufacturer of leading edge software controlled radiation surgery and therapy equipment. Handled all legal matters that touched company technology, including, technology based transactions, patent prosecution, IP litigations, and open source. Supervised “½” in-house counsel, one in-house paralegal, several
NeoGuide Inc.
Director--Intellectual Property
Mar 2007 - Jun 2008
Served as IP and sole in-house counsel reporting to the CTO and founder. NeoGuide developed a robotically controlled endoscope for minimally invasive surgical procedures. Company was acquired by Intuitive Surgical based in large part on the strength of its IP portfolio. NeoGuide technologies: natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; robotic endoscopes; colonoscopy; and robotic colonoscopy
Townsend Townsend and Crew
Associate Attorney
Sep 2003 - Feb 2007
Transitioned to patent litigation at Townsend because I had excellent litigation skills, and Townsend was a very well respected IP firm with quality people. Started at Townsend following a 1½ year professional hiatus, during which I supported my spouse (Amie) and two children in Brussels, Belgium while Amie served as liaison between US DEA and counterparts in Belgium and Luxemburg. Townsend was a
Flehr Hobach Test et al., LLP
Associate Attorney
Jun 2000 - Dec 2001
Practiced patent prosecution in biotechnology fields. Founded in 1947 in San Francisco, Flehr was one of the first IP boutiques on the West Coast, and remained a fixture until its merger into Dorsey & Whitney LLP in 2002. Flehr technologies: biotechnology field, protein polymers, and microfluidic arrays.
Pennie & Edmonds, LLP
Associate Attorney
Oct 1997 - May 2000
Practiced patent prosecution, patent litigation and trademark prosecution. Pennie & Edmonds formed in 1883, recently dissolved in 2003 and was the preeminent IP and patent law boutique in the country. Pennie technologies: light emitting diodes; biochemical microarrays; medical device petroleum processing; semiconductor processing.