Chike Eze
Associate
Chike Eze, CIPP/US, helps technology companies, including software and cloud-based service companies, protect and commercialize their intellectual property. He helps clients to obtain trademark registrations and to enforce their trademark and intellectual property rights. He also has experience representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Chike helps technology clients to negotiate, draft, and review software services and intellectual property related agreements, including software/SaaS integration and collaboration agreements, software licensing agreements, software APIs Terms of Use, brand licensing agreements, intellectual property assignment agreements, and technology services agreements. Chike utilizes his prior experience in software development and technical project management in handling intellectual property and technology matters.
Practice Highlights
Software/SaaS integration & collaboration agreements
Intellectual property enforcement
Trademark protection
Admitted to Practice
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Washington, 2016
Education
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J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2016
- Senior Managing Editor, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
- Senior Managing Editor, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
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B.A., Business Administration (Information Systems), University of Washington, 2011
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association, 2016-present
- CIPP/US, IAPP, 2021-present
- Pro Bono Attorney, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, 2016-present
Background
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- IP Associate, Garvey Schubert Barer, Seattle, 2016-2019
- Legal Intern, Amazon, Seattle, 2015-2016
- Legal Intern, Concur (acquired by SAP), Bellevue, Wash., 2014
- Software Engineer (Contractor), Garden City Group (acquired by Epiq), Seattle, 2013
- Software Engineer (Contractor), PACCAR, Seattle, 2012-2013