March 11, 2010. Mr. Rylander lectures at Washington State University on Negotiation and the Law.
December 22, 2009. Mr. Rylander wins another appeal in Hendricks v. Estate of Dison.
December 8, 2009. Mr. Rylander elected Trustee of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington.
November 20, 2009. Mr. Rylander presented The Life and Times of Judge Robert Harris at the CCBA Roast of Judge Harris.
November 13, 2009. Mr. Rylander awarded a Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation by the WSBA for service in 2008.
October 14, 2009. Mr. Rylander served as Chair and Panelist in the Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer (2009) Washington State Bar Association CLE ("great moderator", "bright, intelligent, engaging & knowledgeable").
October 8, 2009. Mr. Rylander served as a Panelist on Busines Development Basics (2009) Lewis & Clark Law School Graduate Fellows Program
September 14, 2009. Mr. Rylander is elected Treasurer of the Clark County Bar Association for 2009/2010.
August 20, 2009. Mr. Rylander chaired the Litigation Bootcamp CLE presented by the Washington State Bar Association.
("great", "excellent", "good")
June 9, 2009. Mr. Beatty spoke at the Clark County Chamber of Commerce on How to Keep your Secrets Safe.
May 19, 2009. Mr. Rylander served on the Lincoln on Professionalism CLE Panel presented by the Washington State Bar Association at the Hilton, Vancouver, WA ( "5 on a scale of 1-4", "great", "good analysis").
April 10, 2009. RA secured a Preliminary Injunction for its client LawCapital Enterprises against a former employee.
March 11, 2009. Mr. Rylander lectured at Washington State University on Negotiation and the Law.
January 9, 2009. The PatentlyO Blog has reported, in two separate entries, a disturbing trend at the US Patent and Trademark Office. On January 5, 2009, PatentlyO reported a plummeting reversal rate at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). On January 8, 2009, PatentlyO reported a soaring appeal rate at the BPAI. The BPAI is the review board that reviews examiner rejections of patent application claims. Soaring appeals and plummeting reversals mean that getting a patent allowed is getting steadily more difficult.
January 7, 2009.R&A succeeds in having its Washington Court of Appeals victory in Custom Auto Interiors v. Custom RV Interiors (see May 20, 2008 entry, below) upheld with the Washington Supreme Court declining review of the opposition's petition for review. Custom Auto Interiors sued R&A's clients for trade name infringement and received an early injunction on use of the name CUSTOM RV INTERIORS. The Court of Appeals agreed with R&A on that the name CUSTOM RV INTERIORS was generic and not protectable, reversing the injunction (and sounding a death knell to the plaintiff's law suit). The Washington Supreme Court upheld this decision.
December 24, 2008.R&A announces the satisfactory settlement of J.E. Hynds LLC v. Hopscotch Technology, Inc, U.S. W.D.W. No. 08-5083-RJB, a patent infringement action brought by R&A on behalf of J.E. Hynds LLC. The complaint alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,162,378 for a "Point of Play Terminal", by Hopscotch Technology's BOB product.
December 1, 2008. Mr. Rylander's article Stealth Expert is published in Intellectual Property Today.
November 21, 2008. After securing a reversal of the district court's dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction (see September 18, 2008 entry), the case is resolved in favor of R&A's client, Campbell Pet Company, with a judgment of noninfringement and payment of its costs.
November 17, 2008. The PatentlyO Blog has published a data list of estimated times it takes the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to make a substantive first office action on a filed patent application by type of invention. See the list here.
November 10, 2008. Mr. Rylander and the Firm bring to a close his public defense contract with Clark County, ending seven years of handling felony public defender cases, including several hundred defendants, thousands of court appearances, and numerous jury trials.
October 16, 2008. At the Washington State Bar Association's request, Mr. Rylander appears as a panelist and moderator in a CLE on Ethical Dilemmas related to In House Corporate Counsel.
October 14, 2008. R&A is pleased to welcome Jon C. Reali to its team. Jon is a registered patent attorney with a number of years experience filing and prosecuting patent applications in the electrical engineering arts, computer engineering arts, and software arts. Jon is a graduate of Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business where he was a awarded a joint JD/MBA. Jon is additionally a member of the Oregon State Bar, admitted to practice before the highest court in Oregon.
October 3, 2008.. R&A filed suit on behalf of Bamburgh Marrsh LLC against Veritest International Corporation for breach of a technology licensing agreement in the case of Bamburgh Marrsh LLC v. Veritest Int'l Corp., Clark County, Washington Superior Court No. 08-2-06328-7.
September 18, 2008. R&A is successful in its appeal to the Federal Circuit in Campbell Pet Company v. Miale et al., _ F.3d _, 2008 WL 4249767 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2008). The Federal Circuit agreed with R&A and reversed the decision of the Western District of Washington. The decision is reported in national publications and noted in the alert services.
September 9, 2008. Mr. Rylander is reelected Chair of the Superior Court Bench Bar Committee for the Clark County Bar Association.
September 8, 2008. Mr. Rylander appeared as a panelist in a CLE Interview with U.S. District Court Judge Marsha J. Pechman, and conducted a CLE on A Comparison of State and Federal Civil Practice in Washington..
September 8, 2008. Mr. Rylander elected to be a Trustee of the Clark County Bar Association.
July 2008. Mr. Rylander asked to attend the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho as the stand-in Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit from the Western District of Washington.
June 24, 2008. Mr. Rylander gives presentation to elementary school children on inventions and patents at Camp Invention, a Summer camp sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation.
June 5, 2008. Mr. Rylander argues before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Campbell Pet Company v Miale et al.
May 20, 2008. R&A secures a victory at the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington, Division II, in the case of Custom Auto Interiors v. Custom RV Interiors, reversing the trial court's grant of a preliminary injunction, and agreeing with R&A's argument that the enjoined name "custom RV interiors" was generic and thus not protectable. The Court of Appeals also ruled that R&A's clients were entitled to attorneys fees and costs on appeal.
May 8, 2008. Mr. Rylander argues before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Blueport Company LLC v. United States.
February 2008. R&A filed suit on behalf of J.E. Hynds LLC against Hopscotch Technology for patent infringement.
November 2007. R&A is hired to defend in a plant patent infringement suit brought by Plant 21 LLC.
October 24 2007. Mr. Rylander served as a panelist on practical ethical dilemmas for a CLE put on by the Washington State Bar Association, Ethical Dilemmas in use of Experts.
October 12, 2007. R&A succeeds in getting a plant patent infringement suit brought by Proven Winners North America tossed out of court for lack of standing in Proven Winners North America v. Cascade Greenhouses et al. The licensing agreement asserted by Proven Winners did not give them standing to sue for plant patent infringement.
September 2007. Mr. Rylander conducts trial in defense of an Estate and succeeds in securing judgment against the Plaintiff, not only on all claims, but also securing attorneys fees for the Estate in the case of Hendricks v. Estate of Dison.
July 2007. R&A files a suit for declaration of noninfringement of a patent in the Western District of Washington to defend a local pet product manufacturing company.
July 2007. Mr. Rylander attends the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii as the Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit from the Western District of Washington.
June 6, 2007. R&A, defending a local nursery, succeeds in having a plant patent infringement case transferred from Florida where it was filed by Proven Winners North America, to the Western District of Washington.
