Noel C. Gillespie

Noel Gillespie is the chair of Procopio’s Medical Technology Practice Group and a member of the Firm’s Clean Tech Practice Group. Mr. Gillespie regularly assists clients with strategic patent portfolio development and implementation so as to protect their technology and help them achieve their business objectives. This process includes developing claim strategies that create market barriers and protect or create revenue streams, as well as preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign Patent Applications. Mr. Gillespie has extensive experience in dealing with telecommunications companies, especially wireless telecommunications companies, wireless health, health IT, medical device companies, clean tech and software/Internet companies. For example, Mr. Gillespie has helped clients build portfolios and protect or build market positions in the areas of wireless sensors for health applications, smart grids, semiconductor memories, lab and chip technology and energy efficient data storage.

In addition to his extensive legal experience, Mr. Gillespie has also served as Senior Design Engineer and Product Team leader for Sony Digital Telecommunications of America in San Diego, where he was responsible for the comprehensive baseband design for several CDMA handsets that used the latest Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets. He received extensive training in CDMA and wireless communication technology and his design responsibilities fell under the areas of microprocessor circuits, audio circuits, power management circuits, and user interfaces such as keypads and LCDs. Prior to this, he was a Design Engineer and Product Team Leader at Cubic Defense Systems in San Diego, where he was responsible for the design and testing of several portable electronic systems. Mr. Gillespie successfully managed a team of engineers in the completion of Cubic’s Manworn Laser Detection System, which was part of the MILES 2000 product line, an optical communication system. Mr. Gillespie’s design responsibilities on the product included the areas of optical communications, ASICs, microprocessor circuits, user interfaces, and power management.

Mr. Gillespie received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Mr. Gillespie is a member of the California State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Mr. Gillespie is a co-chair of the Biocom Medical Device Group and a co-chair of the CommNexus Wireless Healthcare SIG. He also serves as the liaison to the Clean Tech sub group of the ACC-SD, which is sponsored by Procopio. Additionally, Mr. Gillespie regularly volunteers at the San Diego Volunteer Law Program’s HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic.

Recent News Coverage

• Semi-finalist for The Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys in the category of IP Transactional, 2009 and 2010
• Sherwin, Doug. "Gillespie joins Procopio's IP team," San Diego Daily Transcript, March 18, 2009
• Expert Judge for Forbes 2009 America’s Most Promising Companies

Recent Seminars and Speeches

• "The Changing Investment Landscape & Business Models in Health: Latest Trends & How Innovators can Create Value and Differentiate," SV Forum Health Tech Conference: New Technologies & Business Models for Health, Redwood City, CA, May 16, 2012 (Moderator)
• “Personalized Medicine: How Genomics and Wireless Technologies are Making Healthcare More Predictive, Preventive, Personalized and Participatory,” CommNexus Healthcare Communications Special Interest Group (SIG), San Diego, CA, January 24, 2012 (Moderator)
• “Is FDA Stifling Your Innovations? What Can You Do?,” BIOCOM Medical Device Event, San Diego, CA, November 30, 2011 (Moderator)
• “Homeward Bound: The Continuum of Care from Hospital to Home,” CommNexus Healthcare Communications Special Interest Group (SIG), San Diego, CA, November 2, 2011 (Moderator)
• “Medical Records, Connected for Life,” CommNexus Healthcare Communications Special Interest Group (SIG), San Diego, CA, March 3, 2011 (Moderator)
• “Traps for the Unwary in Collaboration/Strategic Partnerships,” Entrepreneur Forum: Procopio’s Winning Strategies for Start-Ups and Emerging Growth Companies, San Diego, CA, January 27, 2011
• “Solving the Puzzle of Reimbursement: When and How to Implement Reimbursement into Your Business,” CommNexus Healthcare Communications Special Interest Group (SIG), San Diego, CA, June 15, 2011 (Panel Moderator)