Experience

Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  • Summary: Stuart Smolen’s practice focuses on all aspects of intellectual property and technology, including counseling, structuring and negotiating complex deals, product support, patent procurement and strategy, litigation, privacy, and open source software, in industries as diverse as networking, data centers, medical devices, eCommerce, cloud computing, Internet and others. His strategic counseling experience includes helping companies of all sizes develop processes for inbound and outbound licensing, patent programs, and open-source software. • Executive Engagement: Mr. Smolen regularly counsels senior executives regarding legal issues, including intellectually property, technology transactions, commercial transactions, open-source software, privacy, business risk and analysis, contract formation and interpretation, and dispute resolution. • Intellectual Property: Drafts and prosecutes patent applications, develops patent and IP strategy for companies of all sizes and stages of maturity, counsels and educates executives, develops cost-effective in-house patent processes, registered to practice before the patent and trademark office. • Technology Transactions: Domestic and international transactions involving inbound and outbound licensing; technology development, procurement and distribution agreements (software and hardware); joint development, strategic alliances and collaboration agreements; patent licenses and sales; big data analytics; software and SaaS transactions; cloud computing; eCommerce; data security and privacy counseling; strategic counseling and dispute resolution; open source counseling. • Named a Corporate IP Star of 2017, Stuart is able to leverage his more than 20 years of experience in both corporate legal departments and private practice to provide strategic counseling to his clients in all aspects of IP related business issues. Show less


Law Office of Stuart Smolen
• Principal

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2018

Extreme Networks, Inc.
• United States
• Senior Director and Deputy General Counsel

  • Nov 2016 - Sep 2017

Walmart eCommerce
• Brazil
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 500 - 600 Employee
• Senior Associate General Counsel

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2016

Juniper Networks, Inc.
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director, IP

  • Jan 2007 - Feb 2014

Steinway Society the Bay Area
• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Member, Board of Directors

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

Unified Communications Interoperability Forum, Inc.
• Chairman, Legal Committee

  • May 2010 - Feb 2011

Kyphon Inc.
• Director Intellectual Property

  • 2004 - 2007

Immersion Corporation
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director, IP

  • 2002 - 2004

Bingham McCutchen
• United States
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Attorney

  • 2000 - 2002

Kenyon & Kenyon
• United States
• Building Materials
• Attorney

  • 1997 - 2000

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Law Clerk to the Hon. Jay Plager

  • 1995 - 1997