Brent Whitlock

About Brent Whitlock

Patent/Trademark/IP/Business/Real Estate/Asset Protection/Estate Planning Attorney - Guiding Entrepreneurs and Businesses to Secure and Protect Their Ideas, Inventions, Creatives, Brands, Wealth and Legacy | Over 17 Years Serving Entrepreneurs and Tech Companies Award-winning lawyer, ‍ engineer, ‍ entrepreneur, industry leader, author and speaker I speak about law, business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and technology Strategically applying the following services to achieve clients’ objectives: Patents Trademarks Copyrights Trade Secrets IP Strategies Freedom to Operate Due Diligence for investing, lending, entering new markets, developing new products, and M & As Licensing Litigation Contracts Starting and Maintaining a Business Mergers & Acquisitions Joint Ventures Fundraising and Investment Counseling Estate Planning Asset Protection Fractional Chief Legal/IP Officer Real Estate Transactions and Investing Residential Assisted Living businesses Bringing extensive technical, legal, entrepreneurial, business, leadership, and academic experience to bear for my firm’s clients. For example: Real Estate Investor – Co-owner of a commercial real estate syndicate that owns and operates a retail shopping center, and partner in residential fix and flips‍ Tech Entrepreneur – As a principal in the startup company RSoft Design Group, I commercialized my award-winning ‍ doctoral research on modeling and simulation of optical communication systems, secured millions in funding, and spearheaded the R&D of the award-winning OptSim optical communication system simulation software product. RSoft successfully exited with an acquisition by Synopsys, one of the world\'s largest electronics design automation (EDA) companies. Board of Advisors of Chicago-Kent Patent Hub, Illinois regional administrator of the USPTO Patent Pro Bono Program Teaching – Volunteer Instructor in Patent Practicum class at Chicago-Kent College of Law Speaking - Giving talks at conferences and businesses worldwide and online on topics of technology, business, and lawFun Facts: I created and hosted a jazz fusion radio show in college Thomas Edison is my academic great^6 grandfather My Erdös number = 4 Steve “The Woz” Wozniak endorsed my book

Experience

1. Principal Attorney

   Brent Whitlock Law, Llc

   Sep 2020 — Present · Naperville, IL, US

   My law firm\'s practice includes strategic protection, defense, and monetization of intellectual property through business entities and deals, as well as protecting and safely transferring assets and wealth. Our services include: Patents Trademarks Copyrights Trade Secrets IP Strategies Freedom to Operate Due Diligence for investing, lending, entering new markets, developing new products, and M & As Licensing Litigation Contracts Starting and Maintaining a Business Mergers & Acquisitions Joint Ventures Fundraising and Investment Counseling Estate Planning Asset Protection Fractional Chief Legal/IP Officer Real Estate Transactions and InvestingMy intellectual property practice includes preparation and prosecution of patent applications, trademark registration applications, copyright registration applications, patent post-grant proceedings before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board, due diligence, patent landscape and patentability analyses, freedom to operate analyses, patent infringement and invalidity analyses, trademark clearance search and analyses, licensing, litigation, and more. I have over seventeen years experience helping inventors, entrepreneurs, and tech companies throughout the United States and around the world protect and monetize their intellectual property.DM me to request a FREE consultation.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering

  1993 — 1996

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering

  1990 — 1993

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2010 — 2014

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering

  1985 — 1990

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Silicon Valley Executive Business Program

  2005 — 2005

Skills

• Electronics
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Computer Systems
• Intellectual Property
• Semiconductors
• Program Management
• Engineering Management
• Electronic Design Automation
• Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Signal Processing
• Software
• Software Development
• Invention
• Cloud Computing
• Licensing
• Lasers
• Legal Research
• Aerospace
• Registered Patent Attorney
• Ip
• Trade Secrets
• Copyright Law
• Patent Litigation
• Simulations
• Medical Devices
• Patentability
• Nanotechnology
• Due Diligence
• Testing
• Patent Applications
• Wireless
• Venture Capital
• Cameras
• Civil Litigation
• Freedom to Operate Analysis
• Trademarks
• Start-Ups