Attorney Profile

Brett J. Trout

Iowa Patent Attorney

Position: Member. Born Des Moines, Iowa, July 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Iowa and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Education: Grinnell College (B.A., Chemistry, 1988); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1992).

Articles: Editor, Journal of Corporation Law, 1991-1992. Author: "A Patient Seeks a Portion of the Biotechnological Patent Profits in: Moore v. Regents of the University California," 17 J. Corp. L. 513 (1992).

Member: Polk County, Iowa State and American (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar Association; Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association.

Practice Areas: Patents, Trademarks and Copyright Law.