Benjamin J. Byer

Partner

I am passionate about resolving disputes involving technology and the law.

Ben Byer resolves disputes involving technology. This often includes litigating patent infringement claims and cybersecurity issues, including biometric privacy, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and related trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement claims. He litigates before trial and appellate courts nationwide, representing clients in disputes involving cellphone hardware, cellular communication standards, tablets, image processing, payment systems, e-commerce, internet-based customer service, search engine ranking algorithms, photogrammetry, electro-optical systems, internet chat, speech recognition, laser devices, control systems, and automotive products. Ben has a diverse technical background that includes electrical engineering, computer architecture, and atomic physics research.

Practice Highlights

Biometric privacy

Advising clients on nationwide strategy involving biometric privacy regulations.

Patent litigation

Representing parties in disputes involving patent infringement claims targeting a wide range of technologies and industries before trial and appellate courts nationwide.

Technology

Leveraging my diverse technical background in electrical engineering, computer architecture, and atomic physics research, to help my clients navigate diverse disputes involving high-risk use and acquisition of technology.

Admitted to Practice

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2008
Washington, 2006
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2016
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2012
U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 2008
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 2008

Education

J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 2006
- Best Oral Advocate, First Year Moot Court Competition
Semester Law Program, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, 2006
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 2003
- Dual Specialization: Digital Systems (VLSI); Electronic Circuits and Devices
- Dean’s List
B.S., Physics, University of Washington, 2003
- Dean’s List

Memberships & Affiliations

- President, The Seattle Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
- Federal Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Washington State Patent Law Association

Professional Recognition

- Named one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" by Chambers USA in Intellectual Property (Washington), 2021-2022; Listed as "Up and Coming" in Food & Beverages: Alcohol (Nationwide), 2022; Listed as "Up and Coming" in Intellectual Property (Washington), 2016-2017; Listed as an "Associate to Watch" in Intellectual Property (Washington), 2012-2015
- Named one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Litigation - Intellectual Property by Best Lawyers, 2020-present
- Selected to "Washington Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2012-2016

Background

- Associate, Merchant & Gould P.C., Seattle, 2006-2008
- Senior Research Assistant, Physics Department: Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003
- Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department: ACME Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003

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