KURT M. RYLANDER
Managing Attorney

Articles and Presentations

Mr. Rylander is an experienced trial attorney and a registered patent attorney. He handles all aspects of intellectual property representation. He prepares and prosecutes applications for patents, trademarks, and copyrights. He reviews and handles licensing and acquisition negotiations and transactions. He also handles intellectual property suits and regularly appears in State and Federal courts, at the trial level, and at the appellate level. He consults businesses on the intellectual property aspects of business transactions.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Rylander graduated from the University of Washington, and received his juris doctor with cum laude honors from Lewis and Clark Law School, where he was appointed to and served on law review (winning the law review writing contest).

Kurt talks about inventors at Camp Invention, Franklin Elementary, 2008

Prior to opening his firm, Mr. Rylander practiced law for a number of years in Washington DC, where he handled commercial, regulatory, constitutional, and intellectual property law suits against the Federal Government and private entities, including appearing on brief for amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court in Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995).

He has tried numerous jury trials to verdict as lead trial attorney. He has been to court thousands of times. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in cases for patent infringement, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, and unfair competition, as well as government contract cases and general litigation in Federal courts, among others. He has secured preliminary injunctions against patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and against hiring of key personnel pursuant to noncompetition and trade secret provisions. He recently secured a victory before the Federal Circuit for his client in the precedential patent suit, Campbell Pet Company v. Miale et al., _ F.3d _ (Fed. Cir. 2008).

He has prosecuted patent applications in the mechanical, chemical, material science, business, software, electrical circuit, and manufacturing arts, among others. His patent practice includes both domestic and international applications and prosecution. He has conducted successful patent appeals before the BPAI. He is one of the few patent practitioners to handle a Section 146 civil action in District Court to review (and successfully reverse) a priority interference decision by the BPAI. He has prosecuted trademark applications and successfully handled trademark opposition proceedings before the TTAB.

He has spoken at the U.S. Capitol for the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, broadcast on CSPAN, and conducted seminars for public and private entities. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles, which have been published by the New York University School of Law and the American Bar Association, among others. He has coached high school mock trial teams and served as a mock trial judge for high school competitions. He has conducted CLEs on government contracting, intellectual property, corporate record keeping, and ethical dilemmas. He is a regular guest lecturer at Washington State University on Negotiation and the Law. He served as Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit from the Western District of Washington. He currently serves as Trustee of the Clark County Bar Association, Chair of the Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee for Clark County, Washington, and he has been a past Chair of the CLE Committee for Clark County, Washington. Mr. Rylander is a member of Rotary and served as Chair of the 2008 Festival of Trees Teddy Bear Carnival Committee.

Mr. Rylander has a black belt in ju jutsu, is a marathon runner and a triathlete. He recently completed the 2008 Timberline Marathon.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Stealth Expert,Intellectual Property Today Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 Gives Inventors New Weapon, WSTLA Trial News Protecting Your Invention, Vancouver Business Journal Saving a Disappearing Exemption to CERCLA Liability, New York University Environmental Law Journal Scanwell Plus: Challenging Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Awards,ABA Public Contract Law Journal A Review Of Federal Laboratory Credentials, American Environmental Laboratory Is This The End Of Federal Minority Contracting?,The Federal Lawyer

CLE LEGAL PRESENTATIONS

Panelist & Moderator, Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer-In House Counsel (2008). Washington State Bar Association CLE Panelist & Moderator, Interview with U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman (2008). Clark County Bar Association CLE Presenter, Civil Practice in the Federal and State Courts of Washington-A Selective Comparison (2008). Clark County Bar Association CLE Presenter, Law Firm Practice Management (2007). Clark County Bar Association CLE Panelist, Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer-Using Experts (2007) Washington State Bar Association CLE Presenter, Corporate Record Keeping for Fun and Profit (2006). Clark County Bar Association CLE Presenter, Overview of Intellectual Property (2005). Clark County Bar Association CLE

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