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Brandon C. Stallman

Brandon C. Stallman

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Brandon Stallman's practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property law, including utility and design patent, trademark, and copyright procurement and counseling, patent portfolio management, strategic IP counseling, and licensing and other technology agreements. His practice further includes the preparation of opinions regarding matters of patent infringement, validity, and enforceability, conducting intellectual property due diligence investigations, and related litigation, including post-grant proceedings such as inter partes reviews (IPR), ex parte reexaminations, post-grant review (PGR), reissues, and supplemental examinations with the United States Patent Office. As a former patent examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Brandon understands patent prosecution from both sides, and he utilizes this information to his clients' benefit.

Brandon also advises on privacy policies, end-user license agreements, terms of use agreements for web sites, and other software licensing and use issues. He assists clients in developing the agreements necessary to protect intellectual property while doing business with others, including non-disclosure agreements, product development agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, software development agreements, and other transactional agreements involving intellectual property. He provides these services across a broad range of multidisciplinary industry sectors including wireless communications, medical devices, software, transportation, forest products, material handling, recreational devices, and consumer products.

Brandon is named to Intellectual Asset Management's IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals in 2017 - 2024.

  • J.D., St. Louis University School of Law, 1998
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, 1994

  • Washington State Bar
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

  • Christensen O'Connor Johnson KindnessPLLC
    Seattle, WA, 2000 - present
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
    Washington, D.C., 1998 - 2000
  • Missouri Innovation Center
    Columbia, MO, 1994 - 1995

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board Bar Association
  • Washington State Patent Law Association

Federal District Court

  • MercAsia USA, Ltd. v. Jianqing “Johnny” Zhu and 3BTech, Inc.
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
    Representing MercAsia USA, Ltd. in enforcing patent rights and to obtain preliminary injunction related to consumer products.
  • Shinn Fu Company of America, Inc. et al. v. Alltrade Tools LLC
    U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
    Represented plaintiffs Shinn Fu Company of America, Inc. and Shinn Fu Corporation to enforce patent rights and to obtain declaratory judgments concerning defendant’s intellectual property.
  • wedi Corp. v. Wright et al.
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
    Represented defendant Hydro-Blok USA LLC et al. against complaint of various causes of action, including unjust enrichment based on misappropriation of trade secrets.
  • Dorman Products, Inc. v. PACCAR IncU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    Represented defendant PACCAR Inc in a declaratory judgment action to enforce patent rights and defend against various state law unfair business practice allegations.
  • Alfdex AB et al. v. PACCAR IncU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    Defended PACCAR Inc in patent infringement litigation pertaining to mechanical devices.
  • InterForm Inc. v. Target Corp.U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
    Defended Target Corporation in patent litigation matter pertaining to mechanical devices.
  • Illinois Tool Works, Inc. et al. v. Seattle Safety, LLCU.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
    Defended Seattle Safety, LLC in a suit for breach of contract, trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition and patent infringement related to crash test sleds.
  • Eazypower Corporation v. Jore CorporationU.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
    Defended Jore Corporation in a patent infringement and patent mismarking case related to flexible extensions for powered screwdrivers.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

  • Yita LLC et al. v. MacNeil IP LLC (IPR2023-00172)
    Represented patent owner MacNeil IP LLC in an inter partes review proceeding of US Patent No. 8,899,655 related to vehicle floor trays.
  • Yita LLC et al. v. MacNeil IP LLC (IPR2023-00173)
    Represented patent owner MacNeil IP LLC in an inter partes review proceeding of US Patent No. 9,138,917 related to vehicle floor trays.
  • 3BTech, Inc. v. Jingle Master International Ltd. (IPR2018-00663)
    Represented patent owner Jingle Master International Ltd. in an inter partes review proceeding for a certain claim of US Patent No. 7,882,986 related to liquid dispensing devices.
  • Taser International, Inc. v. Digital Ally, Inc. (IPR2017-00515)
    Represented petitioner Taser International in an inter partes review proceeding for certain claims of US Patent No. 9,253,452 related to surveillance systems.
  • Taser International, Inc. v. Digital Ally, Inc. (IPR2017-00376)
    Represented petitioner Taser International in an inter partes review proceeding for certain claims of US Patent No. 8,781,292 related to surveillance systems.
  • Taser International, Inc. v. Digital Ally, Inc. (IPR2017-00375)
    Represented petitioner Taser International in an inter partes review proceeding for certain claims of US Patent No. 8,781,292 related to surveillance systems.
  • Dorman Products, Inc. v. PACCAR, Inc. (IPR2014-00542)
    Represented patent owner PACCAR Inc in an inter partes review proceeding that challenged the invalidity of US Patent No. D525,731 related to a truck headlight.
  • Dorman Products, Inc. v. PACCAR, Inc. (IPR2014-00555)
    Represented patent owner PACCAR Inc in an inter partes review proceeding that challenged the invalidity of US Patent No. D526,429 related to a truck headlight.

Presentations

  • “Intellectual Property: From Fundamentals to Enforcement,” Seattle University School of Law, Summer Practice Academy (Seattle, WA, July 2017).
  • "How Recent Case Law and Post-Grant Challenges Affect Patent Valuation," Licensing Executives Society, Vancouver Chapter (Vancouver, BC, June 2015).
  • "Anatomy of a Patent License," Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property, Patent and IP Law Summer Institute (Seattle, WA, July 2011, 2013, and 2014).
  • "Protecting Your Intellectual Property – Protecting Your IP Rights through Agreements," Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness (Seattle, WA, November 2014).
  • "AIA Trial Roundtables," Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; panelist (Seattle, WA, May 2014).
  • "Protecting Your Intellectual Property," Northwest Entrepreneur Network (Seattle, WA, July 2013).
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