Attorney Bios: Bryce K. Earl

Bryce K. Earl is a shareholder with Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley & Thompson. Mr. Earl is a native Nevadan who is involved in strengthening the long-term vitality of Nevada’s business community. By combining his background in information systems and law, he helps clients implement a customized intellectual property plan to enhance and protect their business.

Mr. Earl practices primarily in transaction, regulatory, and prosecutorial matters, such as advising clients and preparing the appropriate documentation regarding protection and compliance strategies associated with intellectual property, information systems technology, entertainment, medical/pharmaceutical, promotion, privacy, franchising and entity structuring. Mr. Earl also has significant technology experience as a programmer, systems administrator, and software consultant.

Mr. Earl has prepared and negotiated complex, high-profile deals, including assisting in a technology client’s acquisition by a Fortune 100 corporation, preparing formative international strategic alliance and licensing agreements, and preparing Hart-Scott-Rodino pre-acquisition notification filings with the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. He also regularly participates as a seminar speaker and panel member.

Mr. Earl regularly participates as a seminar speaker, panel member, and author.  Some of Mr. Earl's speaking and writing engagements include:  Intellectual Property Basics, 2009 Nevada State Bar Annual Meeting (Jun. 13, 2009), The Coming Litigation Risks in Information Security Inspired by New State Laws, RSA Conference 2009 – San Francisco, CA (Apr. 24, 2009), Nevada Law Update:  New Law Requiring Data Encryption, 2008 Intellectual Property CLE, Nevada State Bar (Nov. 14, 2008); Nevada’s New Encryption Law:  Smart Business or Trap?, Credit Union Executive Society – LV Chapter (Oct. 28, 2008) and Executive Roundtable (Sep. 30, 2008); Copyrights and Contracts, Art Institute of Las Vegas (Feb. 28, 2008), “Gripe Site” Intellectual Property Claims, Communiqué (Nov. 2007 issue), IP Seminar, Art Institute of Las Vegas (Mar 1, 2007); Non-Disclosure Agreements, 2006 Transactional IP CLE, Nevada State Bar (Nov. 17, 2006); Advanced Licensing Considerations, 2005 Intellectual Property CLE, Nevada State Bar (Nov. 16, 2005); PDMA:  The Final Rule Impact, Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Regulatory Compliance Seminar, National Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Information Group (Oct. 16, 2003); Pharmaceutical Diversion:  What is it:  What is it not?, Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Regulatory Compliance Seminar, National Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Information Group (Oct. 16, 2003); Ethical Considerations, Buying and Selling a Business in Nevada, Lorman Education Services (Aug. 8, 2002).

Mr. Earl received his B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1996, a Masters of Information Systems Management from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in 2000, and his J.D. from J. Rueben Clark Law School in 2000. He is active in the community through local and national professional, church, and civic groups. He was the Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Nevada State Bar in 2007 and has served on the IP Section’s executive committee from 2004 to 2008. He is currently serving as the IP Section’s Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee Co-Chair and the BYU Management Society – Las Vegas Chapter’s Director of Networking. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, Clark County Bar Association, J. Rueben Clark Law Society, and the International Trademark Association (INTA).

Please contact Mr. Earl for more information about how to implement a customized intellectual property plan to enhance and protect your business.