Admitted to Practice | California, 2001 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002 | | U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2001 | | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999 |
| Seth Levy, a patent attorney with a background in biological engineering, focuses on supporting technology transfer programs at academic institutions and working with technology-based companies across a range of matters. Seth represents clients in patent procurement, licensing and enforcement; in the coordination of complex research arrangements and resolution of related disputes; and in the negotiation of commercial transactions involving intellectual property.
Practice Highlights
- Manages patent procurement for innovations in a variety of technical fields, including biotechnology and life sciences
- Represents academic institutions in licensing intellectual property to the private sector and in structuring sponsored research agreements, material transfer agreements and inter-institutional agreements with nonprofit and for-profit collaborators
- Represents emerging companies in intellectual property licensing and acquisitions
- Supports intellectual property due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions for biotechnology and consumer products companies
- Serves as outside general counsel for early-stage technology companies
Selected Experience Green Growth Technologies, LLC Ongoing Serving as outside general counsel to family of green/clean technology companies. California Institute of Technology Ongoing Preparing and prosecuting patent applications for Caltech in areas such as neural prosthetics, petroleum engineering and nanotechnology. Drug Enhancement Company of America, LLC Ongoing Prosecuting patent applications and providing transactional due diligence support in connection with proprietary medical devices and consumer products, including the company's MyClyns brand of germ-fighting products, described here: www.myclyns.com. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Ongoing Preparing and prosecuting utility and design patent applications for the company's consumer products. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ongoing Handling domestic and foreign patent prosecution, intellectual property licensing, and a variety of research-oriented agreements for a wide range of biotechnical and medical technologies developed at Cedars-Sinai. Supporting Cedars-Sinai's technology transfer operations, and providing strategic counseling to enable Cedars-Sinai to protect, leverage and enforce its intellectual property assets. Catholic Healthcare West Ongoing Providing patent prosecution and intellectual property counseling services for a range of medical and hospital-based technologies. Multistate non-profit health system 2010 Represented a not-for-profit health system in structuring a settlement and license agreement with a large biotechnology company, resulting in the withdrawal of an opposition by the company to a European patent owned by the health system and the licensing of the subject technology to the company for research and development purposes. PacerView Technologies, LLC 2009 Represented a privately held medical device company in selling its catheter tip placement business and technology to Bard Access Systems, a division of C.R. Bard, Inc. and among the largest manufacturers and distributors of vascular access devices. PacerView press release. OnTo Technology, LLC 2009 Represented developer of battery recycling technology in the sale of intellectual property assets and cross-licensing of technology with an international secondary lead producer with operations in the U.S. and abroad. CHA Bio & Diostech Co., Ltd. 2009 Negotiated a license to retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) technology - a stem cell technology useful in treating certain diseases of the eye, and anticipated to be among the first stem cell therapies to receive FDA approval to go into clinical trials. You can read more by clicking on this Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. press release. Large multinational investment bank 2009 Conducted due diligence in connection with potential financing of ongoing patent litigation in the area of Internet sales. AVI BioPharma, Inc. 2009 Represented a developer of RNA-based drugs in structuring a research arrangement with Action Duchenne, a charitable organization in the United Kingdom focused on finding a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. You can read more by clicking on this AVI BioPharma, Inc. press release. CHA Bio & Diostech Co., Ltd. 2008 Established Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine International, Inc., a joint venture between CHA Bio & Diostech Co., Ltd. and Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. Stem International is pursuing the development of stem cell technologies based on hemangioblasts (i.e. stem cells that differentiate into hematopoietic and endothelial cells). You can read more by clicking on this Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. press release. AVI BioPharma, Inc. 2008 Negotiated a license and related agreements with the University of Western Australia to certain exon-skipping technology useful in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. You can read more by clicking on this AVI BioPharma, Inc. press release. Additional Qualifications Professional and Community Activities
- Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA), 2009
- Chair, Life Sciences Practice Group, American Health Lawyers Association, 2009
- Board of Directors, Artists Give Back, 2009
- Planning Committee, Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Western Region Meeting, 2009-2010
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Professional Recognition
- Named as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" in Life Sciences: Commercial (California) by Chambers USA, 2009
- Selected to “Southern California Rising Stars,” Law & Politics, 2008-2009
- Inaugural recipient, Paul Davis Memorial Award for outstanding leadership in pro bono work, University of Southern California Law School, 2004
- Jack Berman Award of Achievement, recognizing a young lawyer who has provided outstanding service to the legal profession and public, as well as dedication to issues of concern to new and young lawyers, California State Bar, 2005
- Star of the Year award, 2002, 2006 and 2009; Star of the Quarter award, 2004, 2005 and 2007; ABA Young Lawyers Division
- Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, four-time recipient, California State Bar
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Education J.D., University of Southern California Law School, 2001 B.S., Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Cornell University, 1998, cum laude | |