Seattle Patent Dispute Attorney
Patent disputes often begin before anyone files suit—through customer complaints, competitive launches, licensing breakdowns, or a letter threatening enforcement. We represent businesses and inventors in patent disputes involving both utility and design patents, with an emphasis on early assessment, leverage, and practical resolution planning.
The right approach depends on the problem you actually have: infringement exposure, validity vulnerabilities, licensing economics, or a need to clear the path for a product launch. We help clients evaluate claim scope, map infringement theories, identify prior art, and decide whether the best next step is negotiation, PTAB action, design-around, or litigation.
Use the chatbot to get oriented on patent dispute pathways
If you’re still evaluating next steps, try our custom (experimental) RAG chatbot for general educational information about patent disputes—such as how utility and design patent disputes differ, what “claim construction” means in practice, common defenses (non-infringement and invalidity), and how PTAB proceedings can interact with federal court litigation. The chatbot provides general information only and does not offer case-specific legal advice. When you are ready to discuss your dispute posture and objectives, you can schedule a meeting with Mitchell.
About Mitchell
Mitchell D. West is a litigation attorney with Lowe Graham Jones PLLC, combining expertise in litigation with a deep understanding of Seattle’s startup ecosystem. Mitchell has collaborated with innovative companies in software development, digital assets, decentralized physical infastructure, and legal technology.
Mitchell has represented clients in a range of sophisticated disputes, including trade secret litigation involving silicon-carbon anode technology, patent cases spanning plant varieties to thermoforming products, high-stakes business divorces, and trademark disputes resolved through strategic negotiation. While specializing in litigation, Mitchell also advises emerging technology companies on legal challenges to avoid disputes and ensures they succeed when litigation arises.
As part of his commitment to leveraging technology in legal practice, Mitchell developed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbots trained on a curated set of legal documents he has developed and relies on in his day-to-day practice.The RAG chatbot is hosted on a hybrid decentralized cloud platform that Mitchell actively contributes to.
Learn more about Mitchell at Lowe Graham Jones PLLC.
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Education:
- J.D., Washington University School of Law (Washington University in St. Louis)
- B.A., Quantitative Economics and Political Science, Indiana University
Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Courts: Western and Eastern Districts of Washington
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- All Washington State Courts
Memberships:
- Seattle IP Inn of Court
- Seattle Yacht Club
Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or are interested in having a custom RAG chatbot developed for your website, you can reach Mitchell directly by email at west@lowegrahamjones.com or using the form below.