Britten Sessions
Principal
Britten Sessions is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience across the full patent lifecycle. From identifying promising inventions early in the disclosure phase and building strong patent portfolios to licensing, enforcement, and monetization of IP assets. He has guided clients ranging from individual inventors and startups to Fortune 500 companies, closing hundreds of patent-related transactions and helping generate over $130 million in returns from patent assets.
He currently serves as Executive-in-Residence and Adjunct Faculty at Gonzaga University School of Law, where he also founded and supervises the Intellectual Property Law Clinic. He previously founded the IP Clinic at Lincoln Law School of San Jose where he was also Associate Dean of Intellectual Property and developed a certificate, MLS, and LLM IP-focused programs. He holds a JD from Santa Clara University School of Law. He has authored over ten IP-related books, including IP Practice Training Resource (volumes 1 and 2), which are used at multiple universities to train the next generation of patent/IP students.
Britten has been repeatedly recognized as one of the world’s leading IP strategists by IAM magazine (2016–2025). He has also been named a Super Lawyer (2016–2023) and was selected for the Silicon Valley Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” (2016). He previously chaired the High-Technology Section of the Santa Clara County Bar Association.
He prosecutes patents across a broad range of technologies, including AI, robotics, advanced materials, energy storage, semiconductors, and software. He specializes in helping early-stage innovators build patent portfolios that support fundraising, strengthen competitive positioning, and create meaningful long-term business value.