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Bodine, Brian G.

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Brian G. Bodine

Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7406 | bodineb@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Brian Bodine focuses his practice on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation.  Brian is a registered patent attorney and has served as a court-appointed expert to address issues relating to patent claim interpretation, infringement and validity.  Brian is also a qualified Rule 39.1 mediator for intellectual property disputes in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.  He served as President of the Washington State Patent Law Association and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the Washington State Bar Association.  He frequently speaks on issues of interest to the Intellectual Property Bar.

Professional Experience

  • Managing Partner, Seattle office of Merchant & Gould, P.C.
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Carolyn R. Dimmick, Chief Justice of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph F. Baca, Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington
  • New Mexico
  • Colorado
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Academics

  • University of Puget Sound (J.D.)
  • Montana State University (B.S., Chemical Engineering)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

  • Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies
  • Intellectual Property and Technology

Publications

  • “Recent Cases Relating to Licensing,” WSBA CLE Licensing Essentials: Practical Tools and Tips in Intellectual Property Licensing, May 2010 (co-authored with Tiffany H. Scott)
  • “Conflict Canons of Patent Claim Construction: Into the Valley of Death, Intellectual Property Vol. 15, No. 1, WSBA Intellectual Property Section, Winter 2004
  • “Practical Problems and Pitfalls in Trade Secret Cases – To Avoid or Create?,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section, March 2001

Speaking Engagements

  • “Patent Litigation Year-in-Review,” Washington State Bar Association’s 16th Annual Intellectual Property Institute, March 4, 2011
  • “Developments at the Federal Circuit,” Oregon Patent Law Association Meeting, December 2010
  • “A Year in Review – Patent Litigation,” Inland Empire Intellectual Property Institute, October 2010
  • “What’s New: Federal Circuit Court Review,” Washington State Patent Law Association, September 2010
  • “Recent Cases Related to Licensing,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section Meeting, May 13, 2010
  • “Patents and Trade Secret for Everyone,” Pincus Professional Education Webinar, July 22, 2010
  • “15th Annual Intellectual Property Institute,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section, March 2010 (Co-chair)
  • “A Year in Review – Patent Litigation,” The Second Annual Inland Empire Intellectual Property Institute, October 2009
  • “A Year in Review – Patent Law,” The Eastern Washington Intellectual Property Institute, October 2008
  • “The 2008 Business Law Section Midyear: Update Your Practice with Views from Leading Practitioners,” WSBA Business Law Section, June 2008
  • “13th Annual Intellectual Property Institute,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section, March 2007 (Co-chair)
  • “The 16th Annual Seattle Conference on New Developments in Technology Law,” Law Seminars International, December 2007
  • “AIPLA Roadshow Advanced Patent Litigation,” American Intellectual Property Law Association, Portland, June 2007
  • “Identifying and Protecting Trade Secrets,” American Conference Institute, San Francisco, June 2007
  • “Intellectual Property for the Rest of Us,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section, May 2007
  • “The Federal Circuit Year in Review,” Oregon Patent Law Association Meeting, Portland, March 2007
  • “12th Annual Intellectual Property Institute,” WSBA Intellectual Property Section, March 2007 (Co-chair)
  • “The Federal Circuit Year in Review,” Washington State Patent Law Association, January 2007

Awards and Honors

  • Peer Review Rated “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, 2006-2012
  • Recommended by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Intellectual Property, 2005-2011
  • Named as a “Washington Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers magazine, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2004-2011 (Named among “Top 100 Washington Super Lawyers,” 2011)
  • Named among “Top 40 Intellectual Property Law,” Washington Law & Politics, 2006-2009
  • Named as Washington “Rising Star,” Washington Law & Politics, 2001-2002

Professional and Community Activities

  • Immediate Past Chair, Washington State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  • Washington State Patent Law Association
    • Member, 1997-2005
    • Board of Directors, 2000-2005
    • President, 2003-2004
  • Co-Chair of Joint Meeting with Oregon Patent Law Association, 2005
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Federal Circuit Board Association
  • Member, Eastlake Little League Board of Directors, 2010-present