Research & Academic Institutions

Our attorneys have represented the world's most prominent universities, colleges, and private research institutions with intellectual property protection, technology licensing, legal opinion drafting, Board governance, IP infringement litigation, and litigation avoidance.

Torrey Pines Law Group's founder, Kevin Buckley, was previously the lead attorney for the research and commercialization function of the largest US university. He was also the chief legal officer of the university's Research Foundation where he managed all legal affairs related to Board governance, IP transactions, technology transfer, patent preparation and prosecution, and patent infringement litigation.

The firm leverages its academic and institutional experience with each of our non-profit clients to help them achieve and resolve their:

Not-for-profit missions
Policies & Procedures compliance
Conflict of Interest
Conflict of Commitment
OIG investigations
State and federal regulation compliance
Academic misconduct and scientific misconduct investigations
Internal Board, Director, "Institute," and "Center" governance

For information on these and other legal, regulatory, and business matters, please contact us.

Torrey Pines Law Group, PC serves technology innovators with protecting intellectual property, obtaining regulatory approvals and clearances, and making deals and closing technology transactions throughout the U.S., including in major technology hubs such as San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Boulder, Orlando, the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill), the Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC), Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, and throughout Southern California in Los Angeles, Orange County, Irvine, Torrey Pines, Sorrento Valley, and La Jolla.

We have experience with international intellectual property, regulatory and transactional matters pending in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou China; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt Germany; Tel Aviv Israel; Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi India; London and Edinburgh United Kingdom; Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal Canada; Dublin, Ireland; Cape Town, South Africa; Mexico City and Tijuana Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Madrid and Barcelona Spain; Moscow, Russia; Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Milan, Italy; Singapore; Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Kiev, Ukraine; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czechia; Geneva and Lausanne Switzerland; Bahrain; Doha, Qatar; Abu Dhabi and Dubai UAE; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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