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Barton A. Smith
Phone: 408-268-1026
E-mail: basmith@foothilllaw.com

Bart is admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a Registered Patent Attorney, admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a California Registered Professional Engineer (Nuclear).

As inside counsel, he has counseled management of major U.S. corporations on human resources, employment, contract, intellectual property, antitrust, advertising, political and lobbying reporting, and independent contractor issues and policies, and handled labor union relations, EEO, employment rights, occupational safety and health, employee benefits, immigration, facilities lease, and nuclear and environmental regulatory issues. In the IP arena, he has negotiated and drafted software licenses, service agreements, and consulting agreements, including those for the creation of IP, and resolved a significant case of employee trade secret theft.

More recently, as outside counsel, he has drafted and prosecuted patent applications for a premier U.S. manufacturer of semiconductor processing equipment, in a variety of technologies, including selection, deposition, and etch of semiconductor materials, and fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).

Bart holds a B.S. (With Honor) in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University, a J.D. (Magna Cum Laude), an Attorney Certificate in IP Law, and an LL.M., Intellectual Property, all from Santa Clara University School of Law. He is a member of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the California State Bar Sections of Intellectual Property and Labor and Employment, the Licensing Executives Society, and the Intellectual Property Society.

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