Dale Hunt has extensive experience with patent protection, with a technical emphasis in life sciences, environmental technology, materials and manufacturing, medical devices and diagnostic, and plants. Dr. Hunt also has experience with patent portfolio management and strategy advice, international intellectual property matters, right-to-practice and product-launch opinions, intellectual property due diligence, and licensing.
Dr. Hunt completed degrees in botany (BS) and genetics (MS) at Brigham Young University, cellular and molecular biology (PhD) at UC San Diego, and law (JD) at UC Berkeley. In addition to his diverse patent practice as described above, he has worked his entire career helping clients protect and commercialize their proprietary plant varieties in the U.S. and over 20 foreign countries.Dr. Hunt was a partner in several national law firms before founding Hunt IP Law (formerly known as Plant & Planet Law Firm) in 2019. Dale teaches cannabis intellectual property topics for Oaksterdam University.