Practice Teams

Industries

Communications & Mobile Commerce

Education

Georgetown University, J.D., cum laude, 1992,
London School of Economics and Political Science, LL.M., with merit, intellectual property law, 2002
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1987

Bar Admissions

Washington, 1992
Idaho, 2006

Court Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
U.S. District Court, District of Idaho
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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Publications

12.03.19	Washington Supreme Court: Consumer Protection Act Applies Broadly, Federal Courts Wrong
10.31.19	I, Robot: PTO Seeks Comments on Protection for AI-Created Works
06.25.19	Your Secrets Are Safe(r) With the Government Now
06.18.19	"Supreme Court to Rule Whether Congress Appropriately Abrogated State Sovereign Immunity for Copyright Claims in Allen v. Cooper," IPWatchdog, quoted (June 2019)
01.23.19	Supreme Court to Take Up Protection of Confidential Information Provided to the Government: Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
10.08.18	Insurance Coverage for Trade Secrets Claims
10.02.18	Copyright Office Red Cards UEFA Trophy Application
08.14.18	And Then There Was One…Massachusetts Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act
07.17.18	The State Can Plunder Your Copyright: Allen v. Cooper
05.08.18	Replacement Parts Manufacturer Gets Burned: Music City Metals Co., Inc. v. Jingchang Cai
04.05.18	New Public-Private Partnership Authority Available for Ports
01.22.18	Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Lawsuit on a Lien Release Bond
12.11.17	Tenth Circuit Update: Statutory Violations Don’t Prove Irreparable Harm and "Bad Faith" Gives Rise to Misappropriation Claims
10.10.17	Court of Appeals Holds That “Call Before You Dig” Creates Strict Liability
08.17.17	We Built This City on…False Advertising?
05.30.17	Supreme Court Squeezes Patents: TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods & Impression Products v. Lexmark
05.15.17	A Light in the Darkness: The “Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017”
05.09.17	It’s Not Always Sunny in Philadelphia: CertainTeed v. BIPV
03.24.17	Sis Boom Bah? Cheerleading Uniforms and Copyright Protection—Star Athletica Case Decided!
01.31.17	Copyright Office Requiring New DMCA Agent Designation by Year’s End
12.08.16	TTAB Continues to Trim Cannabis-Related Marks
11.22.16	Washington Court of Appeals Signals Change in Notice Requirements Under Construction Contracts
11.08.16	Precedential TTAB Ruling Vaporizes Marijuana-Related Trademark Registrations
10.26.16	Keeping Secrets – Don’t Overdo It
11.18.13	Washington Supreme Court Announces the Death of Contracts: Donatelli v. D.R. Strong Consulting Engineers, Inc.
04.03.13	Be Prepared for "Call Before You Dig" Law Changes
02.07.13	The Dirt on Washington's New Dig Law
2010	U.S. chapter for Electronic Evidence (LexisNexis Butterworths 2007, 2010)
07.01.10	Seattle Roofbrokers Enjoined From Making False Statements
2008	Expensive Inspiration, The Advocate (Aug. 2008)
2008	Mobile Commerce: The Legal Landscape, The Classic Guide to Mobile Commerce (2008)
2007	The Dilution Debate, The Advocate (Aug./Sept. 2007)
05.24.06	Think Twice Before Reusing Those Plans: The Lessons To Be Learned From LGS Architects, Inc. v. Concordia Homes
2005	"Filtering, Blocking and Rating: Chaperones or Censorship?," in Human Rights and Technology (Glasshouse Press 2005)
2005	Streamlining Civil Discovery: Discovery Limits in King County, King County Bar Bulletin (2005)
11.14.05	PLI 2005: Litigating Claims Under the Alien Tort Statute After SOSA V. ALVAREZ-MACHAIN
2003	Is There a Right to Make “Backup Copies” of DVDs in the UK?, 19 Computer Law & Security Report, vol. 6 (2003)
2003	Judas or Messiah? The Implication of the Mod Chip Cases for Copyright in an Electronic Age, 1(1) Hertfordshire Law Journal 1-13 (2003), available HERE.
2003	Protecting the Protection: A Trans-Atlantic Analysis of the Emerging Right to Technological Self-Help, 43 IDEA 603 (2003)
1991	Other Forms of Discipline, 5 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics (1991)