KURT M. RYLANDER
Managing Attorney

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CLIENT FOCUSED GOALS

• Provide timely turn-around of client projects
• Return phone calls and e-mails in a timely fashion
• Provide big picture counseling and project specific detailed work
• Secure clients the value of a broad based legal knowledge

DETAILED PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Kurt, President of the Bar, on the magazine cover

Mr. Rylander's broad based litigation, government contract, jury trial, and intellectual property (IP) experience maximizes client goals in all areas of IP representation and business litigation engagement. He secures new client IP in the preparation and prosecution of applications for patents, trademarks, and copyrights. He positions clients to maximize IP return in licensing and acquisition negotiations and transactions. He optimizes client litigation results in IP, commercial, and business lawsuits. He regularly appears in State and Federal courts. He advises businesses on the IP aspects of business transactions.

Prior to opening his firm, Mr. Rylander practiced law for a number of years in Washington DC handling Federal lawsuits against numerous Federal agencies and private entities. He was honored as junior associate to appear on the brief for an amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court in Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995). He has handled and managed lawsuits against government agencies, including, among others, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, the Department of Interior, the Department of Energy, among others.

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

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 regularly appears in State and Federal appellate courts. He recently secured a notable victory before the Federal Circuit in the precedential patent suit, Campbell Pet Company v. Miale et al., _ F.3d _ (Fed. Cir. 2008).

His patent prosecution experience includes 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 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (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 and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (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 is frequently asked to conduct continuing legal education seminars.He is a regular guest lecturer at Washington State University on Negotiation and the Law.

Mr. Rylander currently serves as President of the Clark County Bar Association for 2010-2011. He also received the honor of having the Federal Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington appoint him to serve on the 2010 Magistrate Judge Review Panel. He currently serves as Trustee of the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington and was appointed to the nominating committee. He has served as a Ninth Circuit Lawyer Representative from the Western District of Washington. He is the past Treasurer of the Clark County Bar Association, and former Chair of both the Superior Court Bench/Bar Committee and the CLE Committee for Clark County, Washington. Mr. Rylander is a member of Rotary and served as Chair of the 2008 Festival of Trees Carnival Committee.

Mr. Rylander has a black belt in ju jutsu, is a marathon runner and a triathlete. He recently completed the 2010 Reykjavik Marathon in Iceland.

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Stealth Expert, Intellectual Property Today (2008) Innovation Financing Security, Vancouver Business Journal (2011) 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

PRESENTATIONS

Panelist, One World Business Roundtable (2010) Vancouver Business Journal Sponsored Roundtable with Russian Federation delegation Chair and Panelist, Ethical Dilemmas for the Practicing Lawyer (2009) Washington State Bar Association CLE (evaluated "bright, intelligent, engaging & knowledgeable") Panelist, Busines Development Basics (2009) Lewis & Clark Law School Graduate Fellows Program Chair and Presenter, Litigation Bootcamp (2009). Washington State Bar Association CLE (evaluated "good", "excellent", "great") Panelist, Lincoln on Professionalism (2009). Washington State Bar Association CLE (evaluated "5+ on a scale of 1-4"). 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