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Effective Date: October 29, 2026
Please read these Legal Notices, Terms f Use and Privacy Policy (together, these "Terms") before using this website. These Terms are an agreement between you and Torrey Pines Law Group, PC, a California professional corporation, together with its affiliated entity Torrey Pines Law Group PLLC, which operates our Boston office (together, "TPLG," "we," "us" or "our"). They govern your use of torreypineslaw.com and any pages, content, forms and services we make available through it (the "Site"). By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. If you submit a form, email or other information through the Site, that submission also confirms that you have read and agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.
Notices that apply regardless of agreement. The notices in Sections 1 through 4 describe facts about TPLG, our content and how a lawyer-client relationship is formed. They are not offered as contract terms, and they apply to anyone who reads or relies on the Site, whether or not that person is bound by these Terms.
Attorney advertising. This Site may be considered attorney advertising in some jurisdictions. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Responsible attorney and principal office. The attorney responsible for the content of this Site is Kevin Buckley, Torrey Pines Law Group, PC, 12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, California 92130, +1 (858) 869-1250. Our principal office is in San Diego. Our Boston office is at 20 Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. We also have offices in Irvine, Santa Monica and Palo Alto, California. All addresses are listed on our Contact page.
Firm structure. Torrey Pines Law Group, PC is a California professional corporation. Our Boston office is operated by a separate but affiliated entity, Torrey Pines Law Group PLLC. Unless a client's engagement agreement states otherwise, client engagements are with Torrey Pines Law Group, PC only, and Torrey Pines Law Group PLLC is not a party to them.
Professional conduct rules. Each of our attorneys is bound by the rules of professional conduct of each jurisdiction in which that attorney is licensed. These include the California Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed in California and the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys licensed in Massachusetts who practice from our Boston office. Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is also governed by the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct.
Licensing and jurisdictions. Each of our attorneys is licensed to practice only in the jurisdictions listed in that attorney's biography. An office location does not mean that every attorney in it is licensed in that state. Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is governed by federal registration, and the biographies identify our registered patent practitioners. Professionals identified as patent agents, patent engineers, patent scientists or technical specialists are not licensed attorneys and do not give legal advice outside the scope of their authorization. Work outside the United States is performed by or with licensed local counsel where required.
No certification. Unless expressly stated, none of our attorneys is certified as a specialist by the State Bar of California, by any other organization approved by a state authority, or by any organization accredited by the American Bar Association. When we describe a practice area, an industry focus or an attorney's experience, we do not mean that any certifying organization has recognized specialized expertise.
Prior results, testimonials and recognitions. Descriptions of matters we have handled, client testimonials and endorsements depended on their specific facts and do not predict, guarantee or promise a similar outcome in any other matter. Testimonials reflect the views of the people who gave them, not necessarily those of other clients. Rankings, awards and directory listings are issued by third parties under their own methods. They do not mean that a court, bar or government agency has endorsed TPLG or any attorney.
Fees. Any description of fees, free consultations or pricing on the Site is general and is not an offer. Fees for any engagement are set only in a written engagement agreement.
Torrey Pines Law Group is a registered trademark of Torrey Pines Law Group, PC.
No legal advice. Everything on the Site, including our FAQ articles, practice descriptions, news and other materials, is general information. It is not legal advice and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified lawyer about your situation. Laws and agency practice change often and vary by jurisdiction, so the content may not be current, complete or applicable to you. Do not act, or decide not to act, based on the Site without first getting advice from a qualified professional.
No attorney-client relationship. Using the Site, reading its content, completing a form, sending us an email, calling us, scheduling a consultation or attending one does not create an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship with TPLG begins only when we have completed a conflicts check, and we have received both a written engagement agreement signed by you and TPLG and any retainer the agreement requires.
Scope of our services. Our practice covers intellectual property, technology transactions, FDA and international regulatory strategy, startup formation and mediation. We do not appear as trial or litigation counsel of record. Our FDA and international regulatory work is strategic counseling, and we do not act as submitter of record, official correspondent, U.S. Agent or quality-system representative for any regulatory submission. We do not give tax, valuation, investment, accounting or securities advice, except where an engagement agreement expressly provides for it. The scope of any engagement is set only by the written engagement agreement.
Torrey Pines Consulting, LLC. Kevin Buckley, TPLG's owner, is also the founder, majority owner and manager of Torrey Pines Consulting, LLC ("TPC"), a California limited liability company that develops automated, AI-assisted invention-scoring software. TPC and TPLG are separate companies.
Please do not send confidential information until we have agreed to represent you. Until we have checked for conflicts of interest and accepted the engagement in writing, do not send us confidential or time-sensitive information. This includes invention details, trade secrets, regulatory submissions and the facts of a dispute. Our contact form asks only for the information we need to identify you and check for conflicts.
Information you send without being asked. If you send us information before we have agreed to represent you, we will treat it as required by the professional conduct rules that apply to us. Sending it does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship or a duty of confidentiality beyond what those rules require. It also does not stop TPLG from representing another party in a matter related to that information, to the extent those rules allow.
Deadlines. Patent, trademark, regulatory and litigation deadlines can be short and cannot always be extended. Contacting us through the Site does not mean we are monitoring any deadline for you.
Email and internet security. Email and the internet are not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of anything sent to us through the Site or by email. Existing clients should communicate about their matters through the channels agreed with their TPLG attorney, and should send patent and trademark prosecution correspondence to that attorney and to docket@torreypineslaw.com.
Wire fraud warning. Criminals target law firm communications to divert wire transfers. We will never change our wiring or bank instructions by email. Before you wire funds to TPLG, call us at our publicly listed number, +1 (858) 869-1250, to confirm the instructions verbally. We may also require verbal confirmation before acting on an emailed request to transfer trust funds or to abandon a patent or trademark.
We use artificial intelligence tools to help with research and drafting, along with conventional legal research sources. Every FAQ article and substantive page on the Site is reviewed, edited and approved by the attorney named in its byline, or by the responsible attorney identified in Section 1, who is responsible for its content. AI tools may add invisible watermarks or provenance signals to text they help produce. Those signals do not change who is responsible for the content.
When we use AI tools for client work, client information is processed only within private, enterprise-secured platforms. It is never submitted to a public, consumer-facing AI service, and it is not used to train generative AI models. Some of the analytical tools we use are licensed from TPC (see Section 2). We run them only within our own environment, and TPC has no access to client information. We use a client's matters to refine those tools within our environment only if the client signs a separate written consent form for that purpose. A client may decline or later withdraw that consent without affecting our representation. Client information itself never goes to TPC. A licensed TPLG attorney reviews and is professionally responsible for every deliverable we provide to a client.
This Privacy Policy explains how TPLG collects, uses and shares personal information through the Site. It does not cover information we receive while representing clients, which is governed by our engagement agreements and our professional duties of confidentiality. It also does not cover TPC, which has its own privacy policy, or third-party websites linked from the Site.
Information you give us. If you complete our contact form, we collect your name, company name, street address, city, state or region, postal code, email address and mobile phone number. We also collect the reason for your inquiry and the technical field of your matter, and whether you agree to receive communications from us. If you email us, call us, apply for a position or otherwise contact us, we collect what you choose to provide. That may include your resume and related details if you contact careers@torreypineslaw.com.
Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, our web servers and service providers automatically receive certain technical information. This includes your IP address, browser type, device and operating system, the pages you request, the referring page, and the date and time of your visit. With your consent, we also use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the Site (see Section 6).
Information from others. We may receive information about you from people who refer you to us, from your colleagues or co-counsel, or from public sources such as company websites, professional networking sites, patent and regulatory databases and court records. We use it when it is relevant to a potential engagement or conflicts check.
We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information through the Site, such as health information, government identification numbers, financial account details or precise geolocation. Please do not send it to us through the contact form.
We use personal information to:
If the GDPR, the UK GDPR or the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection applies to our processing of your information, we rely on the following legal bases:
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not use advertising cookies on the Site. We share personal information only with:
We do not share personal information with TPC unless you direct us to in writing. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing.
We send newsletters, articles or event invitations only if you have asked for them, for example by checking the box on our contact form, or where the law otherwise permits. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any message or by contacting us. We do not send marketing text messages. We use your mobile number only to respond to your inquiry or about your engagement.
We keep inquiry and contact information for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described above. For prospective clients who do not engage us, we keep the information needed to check for conflicts, generally for at least as long as a conflict could arise. For clients, we keep information in accordance with our file retention policies and legal and professional obligations. Analytics data is retained according to our analytics settings and then deleted or aggregated. Application materials are kept for up to two years unless you ask us to delete them sooner or the law requires otherwise.
We use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information. These include a written information security program of the kind Massachusetts law requires for personal information about Massachusetts residents. If a security breach affects your personal information, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities as the law requires. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
TPLG is based in the United States, and our service providers process information in the United States and other countries. Those countries may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. When the law requires it, we rely on appropriate safeguards for transfers from the EEA, the UK or Switzerland. Examples include the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, or a service provider's participation in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and its UK and Swiss extensions.
The Site is intended for businesses and adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
The Site links to websites operated by government agencies, courts, publishers and others. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Please review their own policies.
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The current list of cookies, with their providers, purposes and durations, appears below. Cookiebot scans the Site and keeps it up to date. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the Cookie settings link here or in the declaration below.
Browser signals. Our cookie banner treats a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser as a refusal of non-essential cookies. Because we do not sell or share personal information, we have no additional opt-out process. There is no common industry standard for "Do Not Track" signals, so we do not respond to them separately.
Rights available to everyone. Wherever you live, you may ask us to tell you what personal information we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it or to stop sending you marketing communications. We will honor those requests as the law and our professional obligations permit. Contact us using the details in Section 14.
California residents. If the California Consumer Privacy Act applies to us, you have the right to:
In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information, from the sources and for the purposes described in Section 5:
We disclosed these categories for business purposes only to the recipients described in Section 5.4. We have not sold or shared personal information, and we have no actual knowledge of selling or sharing the personal information of consumers under 16.
Massachusetts residents. Massachusetts law requires businesses that hold certain personal information about Massachusetts residents to protect it under a written information security program and to give notice of a security breach. We follow those requirements, as described in Section 5.7. If Massachusetts enacts a comprehensive consumer privacy law that applies to us, we will honor the rights it provides and update these Terms. In the meantime, the rights described under "Rights available to everyone" apply to you.
Residents of other U.S. states. If you live in a state with a comprehensive consumer privacy law that applies to us, you may have similar rights. These can include rights to access, correct, delete and obtain a copy of your information, and to appeal our decision on a request. To appeal, reply to our decision and write "Appeal" in the subject line.
EEA, UK and Switzerland. You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to our processing of your personal information. You may also request portability and withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing that took place before the withdrawal. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.
Other countries. Residents of other countries, including Canada, China and Japan, may have rights under their local laws. Contact us and we will respond as those laws require.
How to make a request. Email info@torreypineslaw.com or call +1 (858) 869-1250. We will verify your request by matching the information you provide with the information we hold, and we may ask for more details to do so. You may use an authorized agent if you give the agent written permission and verify your identity with us. We will respond within the time the applicable law requires. We may decline or limit a request when the law allows it, for example when the information is subject to attorney-client privilege or professional obligations, or when we need it for a conflicts check.
Permitted use. You may view, download and print Site content for your own informational, non-commercial use, provided you keep all copyright and other notices intact.
Quotation, indexing and AI systems. We welcome search engines, AI search tools and answer engines indexing, summarizing and citing the Site, and we welcome brief quotations with attribution and a link to the original page. You may not republish substantial portions of the Site, present our content as your own, or imply that TPLG endorses you, your product or your service, without our written permission.
Prohibited conduct. You agree not to:
Links to the Site. You may link to any page of the Site if the link is not misleading and does not suggest an affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement that does not exist.
The Site and its content, including text, graphics, logos, images, page layouts and the selection and arrangement of materials, are owned by TPLG or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. "Torrey Pines Law Group" and our logos are trademarks of Torrey Pines Law Group, PC. Other names and marks belong to their owners and are used for identification only. No license is granted except as stated in Section 8.
If you believe material on the Site infringes your copyright, please send a notice to info@torreypineslaw.com identifying the work, the material and your contact information.
Disclaimer. The Site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent permitted by law, TPLG disclaims all warranties, express or implied. These include warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free or free of harmful components.
Your use is at your own risk. You use the Site, its content and any linked third-party site at your own risk. You are responsible for deciding whether any information on the Site fits your situation and for getting advice from a qualified lawyer before acting on it.
Exclusion of damages. To the fullest extent permitted by law, neither TPLG nor its affiliates, shareholders, attorneys, employees, contractors or agents (together, the "TPLG Parties") will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages. This includes lost profits, revenue, business opportunities, data, goodwill, or patent or other intellectual property rights. It applies to any claim arising from or relating to the Site, its content, these Terms, any action taken or not taken in reliance on the Site, any linked third-party site, any interruption of the Site, or any virus or other harmful component. It applies whether the claim rests on contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or any other theory, and even if we were advised that those damages were possible.
Liability cap. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the total liability of the TPLG Parties for all claims arising from or relating to the Site, its content or these Terms will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (US$100). This limit applies regardless of the number of claims or claimants.
What these limits do not cover. These limits do not apply to liability for fraud, willful injury, or any other liability that the law does not allow to be excluded or limited. They also do not apply to legal services TPLG provides to a client. Our responsibility to a client is governed by the client's engagement agreement and the applicable rules of professional conduct, and nothing in these Terms limits our liability to a client for professional malpractice. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty disclaimers or damage limits, so some of these limits may not apply to you.
Time limit for claims. To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising from or relating to the Site, its content or these Terms must be brought within one year after the claim arises. A claim not brought within that period is permanently barred.
Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the TPLG Parties from all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from or relating to (a) your access to or use or misuse of the Site, (b) your violation of these Terms or any applicable law, (c) your violation of any right of a third party, including any intellectual property or privacy right, or (d) any content or information you submit through the Site. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to this indemnity, and you agree to cooperate with that defense.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising from these Terms or the Site will be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and you consent to their jurisdiction. If you live in a state or country whose laws give you a right that cannot be waived by contract, such as the right to bring a claim in your home courts or under your home consumer protection law, these Terms do not take that right away. Engagements with clients are governed by their engagement agreements, not by these Terms.
We want the Site to be usable by everyone and work toward conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA. If you have difficulty using any part of the Site, please contact us at info@torreypineslaw.com or +1 (858) 869-1250. We will provide the information in another format and work to fix the problem.
Entire agreement and order of precedence. These Terms, together with any additional terms posted for particular parts of the Site, are the entire agreement between you and TPLG about the Site. They replace any earlier understanding about the Site. If you are a client and these Terms conflict with your engagement agreement, your engagement agreement controls.
Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and interpreted to best achieve its purpose, and the remaining provisions will stay in full effect.
No waiver. Our failure or delay in enforcing any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision or of any later breach. Our rights and remedies under these Terms are cumulative with any other rights and remedies we have.
Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms from time to time. The Effective Date at the top shows when they last changed. Changes apply from the time they are posted, but they do not apply retroactively to disputes that arose before the change. If we make material changes to how we use personal information, we will give notice as the law requires.
Use outside the United States. The Site is operated from the United States. We make no representation that its content is appropriate or available in other locations, and anyone who uses it from elsewhere is responsible for complying with local law.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights under them. We may assign these Terms to an affiliate or to a successor to our practice or to the Site.
Electronic communications. You agree that we may provide notices and other communications about the Site electronically, including by posting them on the Site or sending them to an email address you gave us. Electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.
Suspension of access. We may modify, suspend or discontinue the Site, remove content, or restrict or end your access at any time and for any reason, without notice.
Unintended access. If you gain access to information on the Site that was not intended for you, you agree to stop using it, notify us promptly and destroy all copies in your possession.
Third-party beneficiaries. The TPLG Parties other than TPLG may enforce Section 10 as third-party beneficiaries. Otherwise, these Terms do not create rights for anyone other than you and TPLG.
Survival. Sections 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 and 13 survive any end to your use of the Site.
Interpretation. Headings are for convenience only and do not affect meaning. "Including" means "including without limitation."
Torrey Pines Law Group, PC
Attn: Kevin Buckley, Responsible Attorney
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400
San Diego, California 92130
Email: info@torreypineslaw.com
Telephone: +1 (858) 869-1250
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Torrey Pines Law Group, PC serves technology innovators with protecting intellectual property, obtaining regulatory approvals and clearances, and making deals and closing technology transactions throughout the U.S., including in major technology hubs such as San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Boulder, Orlando, the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill), the Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC), Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, and throughout Southern California in Los Angeles, Orange County, Irvine, Torrey Pines, Sorrento Valley, and La Jolla.
We have experience with international intellectual property, regulatory and transactional matters pending in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou China; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt Germany; Tel Aviv Israel; Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi India; London and Edinburgh United Kingdom; Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal Canada; Dublin, Ireland; Cape Town, South Africa; Mexico City and Tijuana Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Madrid and Barcelona Spain; Moscow, Russia; Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Milan, Italy; Singapore; Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Kiev, Ukraine; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czechia; Geneva and Lausanne Switzerland; Bahrain; Doha, Qatar; Abu Dhabi and Dubai UAE; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
