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Chike Eze

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T 206.757.8151 Seattle
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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

Negotiated and drafted a Software Platform Integration agreement involving the integration of two major commercial SaaS application platforms that allows mutual business customers to manage their accounts and cloud-based features across platforms. (Surfaced data privacy and protection issues for internal discussion and resolution.) Negotiated and drafted SaaS integration and collaboration agreements enabling technology clients to offer enhanced cloud-based software services to business customers. Negotiated amendments to platform/developer terms governing client's access to third-party software APIs, SDKs, tools, and services.

Intellectual property enforcement

Assisted an online retailer of technology products in enforcing its intellectual property rights against competitors by convincing those competitors to remove infringing content from their websites and to make significant changes to their websites to avoid or mitigate the likelihood of consumer confusion. Executed client's trademark enforcement strategy, including sending demand letters, filing letters of protest with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), filing takedown requests with web hosts, and negotiating settlement and consent agreements with adverse parties. Secured a trademark settlement agreement between our client, a non-profit provider of software services to caregivers, and an International Development Organization which operates in several countries. Assisted clients in obtaining the transfer of domain names registered in bad faith through the UDRP process.

Trademark protection

Cleared trademarks for use and registration for clients in various industry sectors, including cloud-based services, software services, computer networking, e-commerce, and electronic games. Drafted trademark coexistence, consent, and assignment agreements in support of prosecuting federal trademark applications before the USPTO. Helped clients obtain state and federal trademark registrations.

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington, 2016

Education

  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2016
    • Senior Managing Editor, Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
  • B.A., Business Administration (Information Systems), University of Washington, 2011

Memberships & Affiliations

    • 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

    • 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
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