With technology industry experience combined with legal and business education, Ben has a unique perspective enabling him to work with groups to produce results that make sense in the risk, legal, business and product realms.
Ben Holt is a registered patent attorney who focuses his practice on privacy, risk, patent prosecution and intellectual property. He advises Fortune 500 companies, mid-size companies, foreign entities and start-ups on cutting edge privacy risks, becoming GDPR compliant, responses to the office for civil rights, global patent prosecution and portfolio strategy including US and foreign applications. On a pro bono basis, Ben has acted as an "outside general counsel" for an international foundation seeking to cure Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.
As a privacy attorney, Ben's focus is on helping companies become compliant with the changing privacy landscape (including GDPR & California Consumer Privacy Act) and finding the value in their data while minimizing risk and disruption. By helping stakeholders focus on what brings value to the table (compliance, data, partners, etc.), Ben helps companies shed risk and costs while avoiding a substantial increase in business process slow-down.
As a patent attorney, Ben’s work has included cloud computing solutions, video games, digital fingerprinting and secure computing technologies - including platform technologies including storage, advertising, computing, access control and security.
Ben was formerly a project lead and embedded engineer in Salt Lake City. He gave two BOF presentations at JavaOne. Ben also enjoys programming, hacking items to increase functionality and teaching kids (business, programming, robotics and hacking).
Specialties: GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act, privacy, hacking, cloud hardware, cloud software, distributed computing, medical devices, storage algorithms, emulation, embedded hardware, digital fingerprinting, java, ruby, linux and business administration.
Practice areas
Patent Drafting, Patent Prosecution, Patent Evaluation, Patent Strategy
14 years
CCPA, GDPR, ePrivacy, Privacy, Information Governance, Security, Tabletop Excercises
11 years
Information Governance, Security
14 years
Litigation support, Patent Valuation
14 years
Languages spoken
French, English
K2T3 PLLC
11723 S Watson Rd
Sandy, UT, 84092
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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CA | Active | 2014 | 02/07/2022 |
UT | Active | 2008 | 05/07/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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2rd in World, Robot Mechancial Design from 32k+ Teams (Coach) | FIRST Lego League | 2019 |
3rd in World, Robot Strategy and Design from 32k+ Teams (Coach) | FIRST Lego League | 2018 |
2017 Outstanding Mentor | Utah State Bar | 2017 |
Certificate of Appreciation | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) | 2017 |
2013 Unit Scouter of the Year | Boy Scouts of America | 2014 |
Pro Bono Club Award | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | 2013 |
Volunteer of the Year | North Davis Preparatory Academy | 2011 |
Tier 1 Intellectual Property Firm in Utah | U.S. News and World Report | 2010 |
Finalist (Top 10 of 180) | Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge | 2008 |
Honor Society | Beta Gamma Sigma | 2008 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Of Counsel | Banner & Witcoff | 2019 - Present |
Of Counsel | Stoel Rives | 2017 - 2019 |
Associate | Stoel Rives | 2014 - 2017 |
Associate | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP | 2011 - 2014 |
Associate Attorney | Bateman IP Law Group | 2008 - 2011 |
Extern | Justice Matthew B. Durrant, Utah Supreme Court | 2007 - 2007 |
Patent and IP Litigation Clerk | Bateman IP Law Group | 2006 - 2008 |
Intern, Service Engineering | American Express | 2006 - 2006 |
Patent and Intellectual Property Clerk | Thorpe North and Western | 2005 - 2005 |
Project Lead - Java API | Systronix, Inc. | 2003 - 2004 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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CureHHT | Secretary of Board of Directors | 2018 - Present |
Watch D.O.G.S | Top Dog for Sunrise Elementary (Head of Program) | 2018 - Present |
International Association of Privacy Professionals | CIPP/US Certification | 2018 - Present |
CureHHT | Board of Directors | 2016 - Present |
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | Registered Patent Attorney | 2010 - Present |
Utah State Bar, Intellectual Property Section | Member | 2008 - Present |
Salt Lake Choral Artists | Board of Directors | 2014 - 2016 |
American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Intellectual Property and Internet Law | Sub-Committee Chair | 2012 - 2013 |
Utah State Bar, Cyberlaw Section | Chair | 2011 - 2012 |
Utah State Bar, Cyberlaw Section | Vice-Chair | 2010 - 2011 |
Utah State Bar, Cyberlaw Section | Secretary | 2009 - 2010 |
Utah Genius | Technical Administrator | 2009 - 2011 |
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section | Member | 2009 - 2013 |
American Bar Association | Member | 2008 - 2013 |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Member | 2008 - 2013 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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U Law Today | Resume Tips from Ben Holt | 2012 |
IP Worksheets | Domain Names Overview | 2009 |
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE Vol. 3, 10-16 | Comparison of planar vs. SPECT images for lesion detectability | 2002 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Nomor Research GmbH | Certificate | 2015 |
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law | JD/MBA - Juris Doctorate and MBA | 2008 |
University of Utah | BS - Bachelor of Science | 2003 |
University of Utah | BS - Bachelor of Science | 2003 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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STEM Best Practices | Creating Dynamic Teams to Program World Class Robots | 2019 |
iSymposium | Update on Educational Privacy Issues | 2019 |
MGMT 6910 - Designing Business | IP Overview Guest Lecture | 2018 |
iSymposium 2018 | Live Hack with Ben and Kassie Holt | 2018 |
Privacy Law Presentation | EU Privacy Background for the GDPR | 2017 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Miche Bag v. Thirty One Gifts | Voluntary Dismissal by Plaintiff |
Kirchmeiers v. James H. Bushnell Construction Co. | Lien Removed from Home |
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Relationship: Supervised lawyer
Ben is one of those rare lawyers who actually understands the business implications of his work as well as the legal implications. This makes him a valued asset to any client he represents. Moreover, Ben is remarkably up to date on trends regarding software and the internet and is able to help his clients proactively anticipate legal needs that are likely to develop, rather than simply reacting to what is happening today.
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