H. Dickson Burton
Recognized since 2007
Salt Lake City, Utah
Commercial Litigation
Copyright Law
Information Technology Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Patent
Patent Law
Trade Secrets Law
Trademark Law







Mr. Burton is the Managing Shareholder of the Firm. In his practice, he is a trial lawyer who focuses on helping clients strategize and resolve patent, trademark and trade secret disputes, including by taking cases to trial. He is known in courts across the country as a creative, trusted and highly successful advocate, with a remarkable streak of major litigation wins, including multiple rare preliminary injunctions in hotly-contested patent infringement cases. He obtained one of the nation's first ex parte seizure orders under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. He is also frequently called upon to mediate or arbitrate difficult patent and other intellectual property disputes. He has been elected by fellow attorneys as President of the Utah State Bar.
Mr. Burton has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah College of Law, teaching patent litigation, and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of patent litigation, trade secrets, covenants not to compete, and Internet law.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.traskbritt.com/bio/h-dickson-burton/
- E-mail: hdburton@traskbritt.com
Location
- 230 South 500 East, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Languages
- Spanish
Education
- Brigham Young University, graduated 1983
Bar Admissions
- The District of Columbia Bar
- Utah State Bar
10 The Best Lawyers in America® awards








Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Patent, Salt Lake City (2022)
- Information Technology Law, Salt Lake City (2021)
- Trade Secrets Law, Salt Lake City (2019)
- Trade Secrets Law, Salt Lake City (2017)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Salt Lake City (2015)
- Copyright Law, Salt Lake City (2014)
- Information Technology Law, Salt Lake City (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 for work in:
- Information Technology Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Copyright Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Patent
- Patent Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
Special Focus
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Appellate
- Biotechnology
- Complex Litigation
- Copyright
- Covenants Not to Compete
- Cyberpiracy
- Electronics
- Hardware
- Information Security
- Information Technology
- Intellectual Property
- Internet
- Licensing
- Litigation
- Outsourcing
- Patent
- Software
- Technology
- Trade Secrets
- Trademark
- Unfair Trade Practices
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