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• Mr. Rohde has practiced law since 1982. He is the former chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Bogle & Gates PLLC.

• Mr. Rohde’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property litigation (patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights). He has tried many cases, both jury and non-jury, in federal and state courts. Mr. Rohde has also handled numerous alternative dispute resolution cases.

• Mr. Rohde is an accomplished appellate lawyer. He has argued numerous times before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Washington Court of Appeals. Mr. Rohde has prevailed on six of his last nine appeals.

• Mr. Rohde has been recognized by his peers as a Washington State Super Lawyer in Washington Law and Politics each year since 2002.

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      Internet Commerce Cases

• Carver v. Carver – Lead counsel for Carver Corp. in a patent and licensing dispute involving audio electronics. Obtained favorable settlement.

• Checkmate Systems, Inc., v. Applied Microsystems, Inc. – Patent and trade secrets cases involving microprocessor emulators. Obtained dismissal of trade secrets case and settlement of patent case.

• Forte Technologies Corp., v. Virtual I-O, Inc. – Representation of Virtual I-O in a patent case involving a head tracking system for virtual reality headsets. Defeated motion for preliminary injunction and purchased and revived abandoned patent application which forced plaintiff to settle case on extremely favorable terms

      Other

• Lamb Weston – Representation of Lamb Weston in a number of patent and trade secret cases.

• Sonus Pharmaceuticals v. Molecular BioSytems, Inc – Representation of Sonus defending counterclaims in a biotech patent case. Obtained Summary Judgment dismissing defendant's counterclaims.

• CMB v. Watts – Representation of CMB, a subsidiary of United Dominion, in a patent suit involving backflow prevention devices. Obtained consent decree in which accused infringer removed products from market and paid substantial settlement.

• Wade Cook v. Anthony Robbins – Representation of Wade Cook in a copyright infringement case against the nationally known motivational speaker. Obtained plaintiff's verdict, which was upheld on appeal.

• Norman v. KCTS – Representation of KCTS in dispute concerning rights to a high definition television program featuring Jessye Norman. Obtained dismissal on behalf of KCTS.

• Warner Bros., D.C. Comics – Representation of Warner Bros. and D.C. Comics as part of a nationwide program to enforce trademarks and copyrights in conjunction with the movie Batman.

• O’Conner v. Universal Studios – Representation of Universal Studios in a Lanham Act and copyright infringement action involving the hit television series Northern Exposure. Obtained favorable settlement.

• Saros Corporation v. Frame Technology Corporation – Representation of Frame Technology in a software-licensing dispute. Engineered quick and favorable settlement.

• US Tel v. Sprint – Defense of Sprint in a telecommunications rate dispute. Obtained favorable judgment after trial for Sprint.

• Van Ackeren v. KCTS – Defense of KCTS in a copyright and misrepresentation action involving the underwriting and production of KCTS’s highly successful “Over Washington” videotape. Obtained defense verdict.

• Software Architects, Inc. v. Elektroson B.V.I – Representation of the successor in interest to Elektroson in arbitration over the rights to DVD premastering software. Adverse award in favor of Software Architects.

• Washington State Bar Association
  
              Intellectual Property Section

• J.D., Cornell Law School, 1982
  
               Editor of the Cornell Law Review, 1981-1982
               Member of the Cornell Law Review, 1980-1981
   
• B.A., Indiana University, 1979
   
• Admitted to the Bar in Washington State in 1982; admitted to practice before the Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; specially admitted to practice before Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas courts in a number of cases.