Scott Robert Hansen

My focus is on acquiring, enforcing and analyzing intellectual property rights - inventions, trade secrets, trademarks, technology agreements, licensing, negotiations, compliance. I was recently principal outside intellectual property counsel in a $650 million acquisition of an Israeli medical device company. It was the largest deal of its type in the history of that country.

Avery Dennison, Abbott, Edwards Lifesciences, Greenberg Traurig, Hewlett Packard, Nike, actress Regina Hall, Royce Medical (subsequently acquired by Ossur) and Western Digital have entrusted me with legal matters (I was in-house at Western Digital). 

As a partner in international and boutique law firms, I led patent litigation teams against 3M, Hunter Douglas, Dover and Whirlpool. Other duties have included:

* Managing large IP portfolios worth hundreds of millions of dollars
* Defending my written patent opinion in deposition, in litigation my client settled for $1 billion
* Testifying for a heart surgeon/inventor, who then deservedly won millions in patent royalties

Prior to my legal career, a startup run by a renowned professor hired me as a research engineer. NASA Ames and Cray Research funded my development of high-powered engineering algorithms and software.

Work has taken me to Korea, Japan, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, and Canada. The Los Angeles IP Law Association elected me President - a collaborative position in which communication, teamwork, budgeting and project management are key. 

Thomson Reuters has listed me six times as a "Super Lawyer." Martindale-Hubbell® rates me as an AV-Preeminent attorney. My J.D. (w/honors) is from a Top 25 law school. 

In the community, I serve on the Finance Committee of the Irvine Unified School District and work with Team Kids, Inc. to empower youth.