Timothy Casey provides distinctively practical and strategic IP and technology legal services. His practice includes patent and trademark opinion, preparation, prosecution, monetization and strategic planning. He also routinely assists clients with transactional matters and business planning, including sales support, licensing, acquisitions, development agreements and assets transfers. Additionally, he frequently manages IP and IT due diligence support on corporate transactions. Notably, Timothy has extensive experience advising clients on complex technology and IP policy issues around the world, including significant aspects of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, the EU E-commerce Directive, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute-Resolution Policy and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Timothy has a heightened understanding of in-house counsel needs and limitations, as well as a sophisticated knowledge of business operations and the nuances associated with how businesses work. He spent decades serving as in-house counsel to IP and transactional departments for large corporations in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C., and previously ran the IP group for a Wall Street law firm, supporting M&A and corporate transactions. Timothy also co-founded and managed a firm providing business and legal services to small to medium-sized entrepreneurial companies.
Timothy has written and prosecuted thousands of patents worldwide for technologies such as electrical/electronics, computer science, medical devices, mechanical, physics and industrial. He has also managed trademark portfolios including more than 10,000 marks and written and negotiated business and technology contracts for clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. Timothy’s extensive industry experience combined with his thorough comprehension of business make him a trusted source for domestic and international clients on their patent and trademark matters.
Timothy is the Seattle partner-in-charge and the Seattle Intellectual Property Leader.