About Brett
Brett Peterson is a patent attorney based in Salt Lake City, Utah — He has been practicing law in Utah since 2004. His firm, Bateman IP, is located at 299 South Main Street, Suite 1300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Utah S.J — Quinney College of Law in 2004. Prior to law school, he completed his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah in 2001.
His practice focuses primarily on patent procurement, including drafting and prosecuting patent applications for many technologies. He has experience with patent appeals, re-examination and reissue proceedings, patent infringement analysis, and freedom to operate analysis. He also handles trademark prosecution and enforcement, copyright filings, and litigation. Before entering private practice, he worked as an engineer at the University of Utah Software Development Center and at Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Inc.
He also served as an engineering intern at L-3 Communications, Communication Systems West, now operated as L3Harris Technologies, Inc. He is a member of the Utah State Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Patent Law in 2026 and was included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law.
Technology Law from 2021 to 2025.
