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Tim 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&amp;A and corporate transactions. Tim also co-founded and managed a firm providing business and legal services to small to medium-sized entrepreneurial companies.

Tim has written and prosecuted thousands of patents worldwide for a wide range of technologies, including software, electrical/electronics, computer science, medical devices, mechanical, physics and industrial. He has 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. Tim’s extensive industry experience, combined with his thorough comprehension of business, makes him a trusted source for domestic and international clients on their patent, trademark and other IP matters.

Tim is the Seattle Partner-in-Charge and the Seattle Intellectual Property Leader.

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J.D., Santa Clara University School of Law, 1988

B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984

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<li>Managing IP, Corporate IP Stars: Patent Star (2024 to 2025)</li>
<li>The Legal 500 United States
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<li>Intellectual Property: Patents: Prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) (2024 to 2025)</li>
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<li>Chambers USA: Intellectual Property in Washington
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<li>Band 4 (2022 to 2025)</li>
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<li>IAM Global Leaders (2023 to 2025)</li>
<li>IAM Strategy 300: The World&#8217;s Leading IP Strategists (2019 to 2024)</li>
<li>IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders (2025)</li>
<li>IAM Patent 1000: The World&#8217;s Leading Patent Practitioners
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<li>Washington: Highly Recommended for Patent Prosecution (2014 to 2025)</li>
<li>Washington: Recommended for Transactions (2020 to 2025)</li>
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<li>The Best Lawyers in America®
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<li>Washington: Patent Law (2024 to 2025)</li>
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<li>WIPR Insights: USA Patent Rankings: Highly Recommended &#8211; Non-Contentious Litigation (2024)  
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IAM honors several BakerHostetler attorneys as global leaders

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BakerHostetler attorneys and practice areas spotlighted in the 2025 Legal 500 annual guide

Managing IP Announces 2025 IP Stars

Chambers USA Guide 2025 Recognizes 171 BakerHostetler Attorneys and 73 Practice Areas

BakerHostetler Achieves Contentious and Non-Contentious Recognition in Inaugural WIPR USA Patents Ranking 2024

Timothy Casey, Tayan Patel Recognized by IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025

Timothy Casey, Tayan Patel Named to IAM Strategy 300

BakerHostetler attorneys, practice areas stand out in The Legal 500 annual guide

Chambers USA Guide 2024 Recognizes 155 BakerHostetler Attorneys and ­66 Practice Areas

Chambers USA Guide 2023 Honors 147 BakerHostetler Attorneys and Recognizes 64 Practice Areas

Chambers USA Guide 2022 Honors 145 BakerHostetler Attorneys and Recognizes 62 Practice Areas

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<li>Provides IP and technology transactional support to a large number of companies in North America, Europe and Asia in a wide range of industries, including software, electronics, consumer products, gaming, medical devices, semiconductors, telecommunications, services, chemical/cleantech and manufacturing.</li>
<li>Identifies buyers and successfully negotiates the sale of patent portfolios.</li>
<li>Drafted and negotiated research and consortium agreements involving dozens of academic institutions.</li>
<li>Manages IP and transactional due diligence in support of numerous public and private commercial transactions.</li>
<li>Prepares licensing, confidentiality, procurement, development, outsourcing, sales, distribution, alliance and other types of software, communication or service agreements.</li>
<li>Successfully defended ex parte reexaminations, leading to very positive settlements of patent litigation on behalf of patent owners.</li>
<li>Successfully opposed trademark registrations in the U.S. and Europe on behalf of a number of clients’ marks.</li>
<li>Created the strategy behind the development of a portfolio of a large number of patents, including the successful submission of a nearly 3,000-page swear-behind declaration.</li>
<li>Represented numerous smaller companies opposing legislation leading to the America Invents Act of 2011 and played a significant role in preventing the legislation from being voted on in the Senate in 2010.</li>
<li>Served as one of the earliest WIPO domain name dispute resolution services panelists, deciding more than 60 disputes since 2000.</li>
<li>Developed and introduced the concept of “notice and take down” as a statutory solution to copyright infringement over the Internet within the U.S., and led a policy team supporting inclusion of the concept in the DMCA and globally through the EU’s E-Commerce Directive.</li>
<li>Represented a surveillance company in trademark battle with a Serbian pirate. Obtained a successful outcome for the client through a worldwide settlement agreement and created a plan for continued protection of the client’s trademarks as the company and its IP portfolio grow.</li>
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Prior Experience
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<li>Played a leading role in the establishment of Apple’s patent program as one of the company’s first patent attorneys, including creation of its incentive program, invention disclosure and processing operation, IP database and management program, and patent licensing operations. Initiated the effort to protect software and user interface technology, resulting in licensing revenue in excess of $100 million.</li>
<li>Created IP and technology transactions programs at a computer hardware and software company, including IP training and marketing materials, unique incentive and trade secret programs, a profitable IP licensing program and a database and management program that was subsequently licensed to a commercial provider.</li>
<li>Created an IP/tech department for a major telecommunications company, resulting in hundreds of issued patents; more than a thousand newly pending applications; a 60 percent reduction in trademark expenses while increasing the strength of the company’s portfolio worldwide; an integrated, corporate-wide procurement operation; and a licensing and litigation strategy that saved the company more than $700 million and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.</li>
<li>Co-founded the IP operations of a novel IP and business development firm called SilverSky Group and ran the group for nearly eight years, gaining unique insight as to what it is like for clients to start and run their own businesses.</li>
<li>Initiated a licensing and litigation program, including acquisition of the right to license/enforce the Katz patent portfolio with respect to a major telecommunications company, resulting in successful settlement of related litigation. The Katz license was the first of its kind and is now known in the industry as the “Hunting License.”</li>
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Patents Invented (18 and counting)
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<li>U.S. Patent No. 6,556,662, issued April 29, 2003, titled “Method and Apparatus for Providing Dialed Number Verification.” This patent is owned by Verizon.</li>
<li>U.S. Patent Nos. 7,424,447, issued September 9, 2008; 7,848,962, issued December 7, 2010; 8,135,629, issued March 13, 2012; and 8,484,090, issued July 9, 2013, all titled “List-Based Selection System and Methods for Using Same,” U.S. Patent No. 10,157,403, issued December 18, 2018 and U.S. Patent No. 10,929,882, issued February 23, 2021, each titled “List-based Coupon System and Methods.” These patents are owned by Google LLC.</li>
<li>U.S. Patent No. 8,647,273, issued February 11, 2014, titled “Non-invasive Weight and Performance Management.”</li>
<li>U.S. Patent No. 11,045,683, issued June 29, 2021, titled “Weight Lifting Apparatus and System.”</li>
<li>Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 9,639,871, issued May 2, 2017, titled “Methods and Apparatuses for Assigning Moods to Content and Searching for Moods to Select Content,” U.S. Patent No. 9,875,304, issued January 1, 2018, titled “Music Selection and Organization Using Audio Fingerprints,” U.S. Patent No. 10,061,476, issued August 28, 2018, titled “Systems and Methods for Identifying, Search, Organizing, Selecting and Distributing Content Based on Mood, U.S. Patent No. 10,242,097, issued March 26, 2019, titled “Music Selection and Organization Using Rhythm, Texture and Pitch,” U.S. Patent No. 10,225,328, issued March 5, 2019, titled “Music Selection and Organization Using Audio Fingerprints,” and U.S. Patent No. 10,623,480, issued April 29, 2020, titled “Music Categorization Using Rhythm, Texture and Pitch,” U.S. Patent No. 11,271,993, issued March 8, 2022, titled &#8220;Streaming Music Categorization Using Rhythm, Texture and Pitch,&#8221; U.S. Patent No. 11,609,994, issued March 21, 2023, titled &#8220;Music Streaming Playlist Creation and Streaming Architecture.&#8221;</li>
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