Samuel C. Straight

Professional Summary: Samuel C. Straight

Samuel C. Straight recently transitioned to an in-house role as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Redox Bio-Nutrients, a company in the agricultural bio-nutrients sector. This move followed a distinguished 24-year career in private practice at the Salt Lake City-based law firm Ray Quinney & Nebeker, where he was a shareholder and served as Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Section. His practice there encompassed a wide range of intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright matters.

In his long-standing litigation practice, Mr. Straight represented both plaintiffs and defendants in intellectual property disputes. His work primarily involved defending operating companies against claims of infringement, as reflected in his role as local counsel for the defendant in Corel Software, LLC v. Microsoft Corporation. That case, a significant software patent dispute in the District of Utah, concluded with a grant of summary judgment in favor of his client, Microsoft. His firm biography indicates he has represented Microsoft in numerous intellectual property actions. While his district court cases sometimes ran parallel to inter partes review (IPR) proceedings handled by his firm, public records do not indicate that Mr. Straight regularly served as lead counsel before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Prior to his long tenure at Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Mr. Straight was an associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C., and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen H. Anderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Mr. Straight earned his J.D. and LL.M. in transnational and comparative law from Duke University School of Law in 1996 and a B.S.F.S. in International Affairs from Georgetown University in 1991.