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For the past 20 years I have been assisting entrepreneurs and technology companies of all sizes in corporate and intellectual property transactions. A dot-com era Silicon Valley veteran, my legal career has included tours of duty in several major firms in San Francisco, New York City, and Tampa. In my third year out of law school, I founded the noted San Francisco technology law firm, Britton, Silberman & Cervantez, LLP, which was later acquired by Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP. I have been a prominent voice for the cultivation of Tampa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem while maintaining strong roots in the San Francisco Bay Area’s emerging companies community.
My clients range from startups to international conglomerates in the fields of digital media and software development, video games, education, mechanical devices, entertainment, telecommunications, healthcare, and nanotechnology. My legal work covers a full range of services of value to technology companies, such as corporate formation, venture funding, technology licensing and transactions, intellectual property strategy and prosecution (patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets), due diligence and auditing, innovation lifecycle management, mergers & acquisitions, website policies and terms of service, sweepstakes and gambling rules and procedures, employment agreements, and regulatory advice.
While in law school in the early 90's, I clerked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. A former computer scientist and software engineer, I am the only lawyer who holds a graduate degree from the MIT Media Laboratory. Alongside my Master of Science from MIT, I also hold a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from the University of Maine and a Juris Doctor from the Boston University School of law. I am admitted to practice law in California, New York, and Florida. I am occasionally an adjunct professor of Creativity and Innovation at the University of South Florida and the University of Tampa. I am the co-founder of several startups and I write and speak frequently on entrepreneurship, creativity, ethics, and the philosophy of happiness and success. My book, “Ownability,” an introduction to intellectual property law for entrepreneurs, is available on amazon.com.
| Brent Cabot James Britton: | Member at The de la Pena & Holiday |
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400 N. Tampa Street Suite 2840 Tampa, FL 33602 |
| Website: | https://dlphlaw.com/ |
| Phone: | 813-609-2900 |
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| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| Best Lawyers in America | Best Lawyers in America | 2014 |
| Best Lawyers in America | Best Lawyers in America | 2013 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2013 |
| Best Lawyers in America | Best Lawyers in America | 2012 |
| AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2012 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2012 |
| Best Lawyers in America | Best Lawyers in America | 2011 |
| Tampa's Top Attorneys | Super Lawyers | 2011 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2011 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2010 |
| Tampa's Top Attorneys | Super Lawyers | 2010 |
| Best Lawyers in America | Best Lawyers in America | 2010 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2009 |
| Florida Legal Elite | Florida Trend Magazine | 2008 |
| School name | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| Univ of Maine | undergraduate | 1989 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | S.M. | 1991 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | S.M. | 1991 |
| Boston Univ SOL | law | 1994 |
| Boston Univ SOL | law | 1994 |
| State | Number | Status | Acquired | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY | Currently registered | 2004 | 11/13/2021 | |
| FL | 12940 | Member in Good Standing | 2005 | 09/15/2021 |
| Publication name | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Blog | “Brent C.J. Britton” | 2014 |
| The Tampa Tribune, op-ed, | “Instant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Just Add Money!” | 2013 |
| South Florida Business Review | "Best Practices in IP Due Diligence” | 2008 |
| Bay Area Business Magazine | “Protect Your Ideas-Turning Intellectual Property into Value” Parts l-Vll | 2008 |
| The Daily Deal | “Beware the Forgotten Founders (and Other Tips for IP Due Diligence)” | 2008 |
| eWeek | “Beware the Forgotten Founders (and Other Tips for IP Due Diligence” | 2008 |
| Conference name | Title | Date |
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| Gasparilla Interactive Festival, Tampa | Technology and Humanity; Faris Yakob Introduction | 2015 |
| Arts & Co., Tampa | Intellectual Property for Artists & Creatives | 2015 |
| USF St. Pete | Pitching Investors in a Data-Driven Universe | 2014 |
| CoWork Tampa | Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask Before Helping Those Around You | 2014 |
| Rotary Club of Ft. Myers | Things Happy Successful People Do | 2014 |
| Leadership Speaker Series | Creativity | 2014 |
| Jimmy Moore’s Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb podcast | – Interview, IP for Paleo and other Nutritional Bloggers | 2014 |
| SIPLA | Ownabilty: IP Law for IP Law Students | 2013 |
| Tampa Writers’ Group | Legal Issues for Writers | 2013 |
| Numerous Venues | Life’s a Pitch | 2013 |
| TiE Tampa Chapter seminar | Due Diligence for Investors | 2013 |
| Tampa Bay Inventors Council Seminar, Tampa | Tap Your Inner Wizard. Go On. Tap That. | 2011 |
| Numerous venues | Ideas2Money: Start Up Your Startup in 10 Easy Steps | 2011 |
| Hillsborough County Bar Association seminar, Tampa | Social Media for Lawyers | 2011 |
| Ignite conference, Tampa | Playful Detachment | 2011 |
| TechVenture conference | TechVenture… Human Adventure | 2011 |
| TEDx confrence Tampa | Ideas2Happy | 2010 |
| Internet Technology Summit | Designing the Future | 2010 |
| Tampa Bay Executive Forum seminar,Tampa | Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask Before Helping Those Around You (and other Life Lessons I've Learned on Airplanes) | 2010 |
