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Brett Foster

Brett Foster

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Intellectual Property; IP Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Patent Prosecution, Portfolio Strategy & Management; Trademark, Copyright & Advertising

Career

Brett Foster represents clients in complicated and high-stakes intellectual property litigation. Brett has enjoyed success in jury trials and dispositive summary judgment in cases throughout the country. Brett led his legal team to achieve the highest patent infringement judgment in the history of the state of Utah ($24 million collected judgment). He has also obtained a number of multimillion dollar willful patent infringement jury verdicts, with enhanced damages and permanent injunctions that have been affirmed by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

Brett has served as lead trial counsel in 22 states within the United States and is admitted to practice before all courts in the states of Utah and Arizona, and in the federal courts of Colorado and Michigan. Brett has enjoyed appellate success in cases before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, the Tenth Circuit, and the appellate courts in Utah and Arizona.

Personal

Education:

-Brigham Young University Law School(J.D., 1990), cum laude; Journal of Public Law, Associated Editor

-University of Utah (B.S., Accounting, 1987), With Honors

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Intellectual Property - Utah

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial
Brett Foster is widely recognized for his expertise in contentious IP mandates, including large-scale patent infringement litigation at trial and appellate level.

Strengths

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  • Brett is responsive, incredibly talented and a great extension of our team.

    Intellectual PropertyChambers Guide to the USA

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