Brian N. Platt,  Attorney
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Education

Walla Walla College
B.S., Engineering, cum laude, 1995

Seattle University School of Law
J.D., summa cum laude, 2003

Judicial Clerk, The Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash., 2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007

Judicial Clerk, The Honorable James L. Robart, U.S. District Court, W.D. Wash., 2006

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of Washington
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Professional Affiliations

Washington State Bar Association
Washington State Patent Law Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Federal Bar Association

Brian Platt focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret litigation. Brian has represented technology clients in United States District Courts throughout the country, on a variety of intellectual property litigation matters. Prior to his legal career, Brian was a project manager at an engineering firm in Redmond, Washington. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Washington.

Before joining Merchant & Gould, Brian served as a judicial law clerk for United States District Judges Thomas S. Zilly and James L. Robart, in the Western District of Washington, and as a law clerk on loan to United States District Judge Marsha J. Pechman.

Publications and Professional Seminars

Speaker at Licensing Essentials for Business and Technology Lawyers: The Annual Intellectual Property Licensing Seminar where he presented Calculating Reasonable Royalties for Licenses . Co-sponsored by the Intellectual Property Section of the Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, Washington, October 20, 2007.

Notable Cases

Patent

F5 Networks, Inc. v. Radware, Inc. (W.D. Wash.) Represented plaintiff in patent infringement suit relating to internet traffic routing methods.*

Smart Parts, Inc. v. Dye Precision, Inc. (D. Or.) Represented plaintiff in patent infringement suit relating to electro-pneumatic paintball markers.*

Forgent Networks, Inc. v. Echostar Communications Corporation et al . (E.D. Tex.) Represented defendants in patent infringement suit relating to digital video recording technology.*

Trademark

9 Squared, Inc. v. InfoSpace, Inc (D. Colo.) Represented InfoSpace in a trademark action relating to ring tones.*

* Experience prior to joining Merchant & Gould.