Richard Blaylock’s practice covers financing, M&A, licensing, collaboration and partnering arrangements, and intellectual property counseling for startup and established companies whose value derives from innovative technology.

Richard is well-versed in a wide array of technologies, including those germane to both life sciences (pharmaceuticals, biologics and diagnostics) as well as high technology (software, robotics, wireless, novel materials and pollution control). He has counseled companies across a wide range of technologies with respect to company formation, licensing, partnering and collaborations, financing and intellectual property strategy, as well as patent, license, trademark, trade secrets and unfair competition disputes.

Representative Experience

  • Intellectual property strategist for Invitae Corporation; successful resolution of MDL patent litigation against Myriad Genetics regarding BRCA gene testing.
  • Tanabe Research Laboratories: Led negotiations of TRL’s licensing and collaborative development arrangements with multiple partners in the development of biologics, antibody-drug conjugates and other pharmaceuticals.
  • Brain Corp.: Structured Brain’s collaborative development relationship with Qualcomm; designed Brain’s partnering and licensing relationships in connection with its autonomous robotics technology.

Professional Highlights

Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Intellectual Property Law

Honors & Awards

  • Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC) for Corporate Law (2024).

Education

  • J.D., Yale Law School, 1996
    Book Review Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation

    M.E.M., Environmental Studies, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 1995
    National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

    B.S., Chemistry, Yale College, 1988
    summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Howard Douglass Moore Prize in Chemistry

Admissions

  • California

    New York

    Florida

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office