The Northrop Grumman Entrepreneurship Course for Scientists and Engineers


Event VI

Featuring Brett Williamson
Partner of O’Melveny & Meyers

Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium

About the Speaker:
Brett Williamson is the Managing Partner of O'Melveny & Myers' Newport Beach office and practices in the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology group. He specializes in representing high-technology companies in intellectual property matters, with an emphasis on patent infringement, technology trade secrets, and antitrust litigation. 

Williamson has substantial experience prosecuting and defending patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition and antitrust cases in the computer hardware and software, biotechnology, telecommunications, medical device and semiconductor industries, including the following recent engagements involving technologies as diverse as artificial respirators, cardioplegic pharmaceuticals, optoelectronic transceivers, surface emitting lasers, wireless networking methods, gaming machines and systems, biometric sensors, thermal printers, sports trading cards and digital rights management software.  Williamson received his J.D. in 1989: Order of the Coif; Southern California Law Review, Articles Editor.  Williamson also attended University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1986: cum laude.