Kurt Lockwood

Kurt Lockwood is a registered patent attorney and member of the intellectual property law firm of Seager Tufte Wickhem.  He is based in the firm’s Boston office.

Kurt has garnered a thorough understanding of the business aspects of intellectual property, as well as the industries and technologies represented by Seager’s clients, with a career spanning experiences in private practice and as in-house IP counsel.

As a partner with Seager Tufte Wickhem, Kurt’s practice focuses on patent matters, including clients across a range of industries and technologies.  Kurt has a particular expertise in medical device and healthcare technologies, including representations of Fortune 100 and mid-sized private and public companies.  Prior to joining Seager in 2022, Kurt worked in private practice with a Boston-area IP boutique firm.

Prior to his return to private practice in 2015, Kurt worked in-house for thirteen years with Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC).  Kurt was Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel for several business groups at BSC. His in-house experience at the company included: leading an intellectual property legal team in support of the Endoscopy, Urology & Women’s Health and Interventional Oncology divisions, having combined global revenues of $1.8B; development and execution of strategies to grow and enforce divisional worldwide IP portfolios, as a member of the divisional project investment and management boards of BSC; oversight of all IP aspects of numerous acquisitions, investments and divestitures, with a combined value in excess of $4.6B; and management of offensive and defensive IP litigation and EU opposition proceedings.

Kurt began his legal career with the IP boutique firm, Cushman Darby & Cushman, in Washington, D.C., and then with the general practice firm, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, in Boston.

Raised in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Kurt received his J.D. degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law and his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Syracuse University.