Jim Salter, Member of CleanStart Law Firm

Of counsel attorney Jim Salter assists our clients in a variety of legal areas including bankruptcy matters and legal hearings as well as intellectual property.

He is an experienced and successful attorney having served as the managing partner of a large Silicon Valley intellectual property law firm for ten years and as the Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel for Macrovision Corporation in Santa Clara, CA. After graduating from U.S.C. in Los Angeles, CA with a B.S. in Computer Science, he worked as a software and systems engineer for about ten years prior to attending law school.

In 1989, he joined the law firm of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor, and Zafman LLP and became Managing Partner of the Sunnyvale office, the largest office of the Blakely firm. During his 15 years with the Blakely firm, he prosecuted, licensed, and enforced patents and patent applications primarily related to computer systems, Internet technology, digital rights management, and software products for a variety of Silicon Valley clients, including Intel, Apple, eBay, and Cisco.

While at Macrovision, he was responsible for managing, monetizing, enforcing, and licensing Macrovision’s substantial patent portfolio. He has served as expert witness and litigation support counsel in several patent litigation matters. He is a registered patent attorney and a member of the state bars of California and the State of Washington.