Jim Ruttler
jim@ruttlerlaw.com
Jim Ruttler is a downtown Seattle, Washington based attorney licensed to practice both patent and trademark law before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He graduated from Ramstein H.S. in Germany and attended the University of Washington where he earned a degree in neurobiology. After working in the field of healthcare software, Jim returned to graduate school and earned law and MBA degrees from Seattle University with honors. He and his wife and their young son live on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Education
- JD Magna Cum Laude, Seattle University
- MBA Beta Kappa Sigma, Seattle University
- BS Neurobiology, University of Washington
Bar Memberships
- Washington State Bar (#37,834)
- United States Patent Bar (#56,919)
Practice Areas
- Patents
- Trademarks
Professional Affiliations
- Washington Bar Association
- American Intellectual Propery Law Association
- Washington State Patent Law Association
Eagle Scout
Representative Work
U.S. Patent Applications
- Systems and Methods for Providing Vehicle Camper (Pub. No. 20090179455)
- System and Method for Wirelessly Monitoring Brochure Box (Pub. No. 20090192764)
- Billiards Stroke Training Device (Pub. No. 20090186712)
- Method and System for Awarding User Points (Pub. No. 20090164321)
- Ergonomical Wheelchair (Pub. No. 2009032563)
- Retractable Article Tether (Pub. No. 20080313862)
- Shape Memory Alloy Controlling Temperature (Pub. No. 20090026278)
- Toilet Seat Lifting Device (Pub. No. 20090113611)
- Work Through Magnetic Forces (Pub. No. 20090058582)
- Personalized Exchange Market (Pub. No. 20070185808)
- Personal Affector Machine (Pub. No. 20080192104)
- Systems and Methods for Online Advertising (Pub. No. 20070265919)
- Systems and Methods for Social Networking (Pub. No. 20070250336)
- Systems and Methods for Virtual Trading of Securities (Pub. No. 20070203822)
- Movable Computer Display (Pub. No. 20070217131)
- Network Based System (Pub. No. 20030126064)
- Lightweight Armor Composite (Pub. No. 20080060508)
- Toy Incorporating Illuminated Components (Pub. No. 20080113578)
- Information for Objects in Electronic Documents (Pub. No. 20080229218)
- Consolidated Card Delivery for Plurality of Advertisers (Pub. No. 20080208687)
- Electromagnetic Transducer for Instrument Pickups (Pub. No. 20080245218)
- A Telephony-Based Content Portal (Pub. No. 20080281708)
- Photo-Detector Filter (US 7,511,254)
- Photo-Detector Filter (US 7,542,133)
- Structured Voice Interaction (US 7,551,728)
- Augmented Photo-Detector Filter (US 7,649,164)
- Semi-Permanent Electronic Paper (US 7,643,005)
PCT International Patent Applications
- PCT/US2008/074038 Ergonomic Multi-Speed Wheelchair
- PCT/US2008/053612 Personal Affector Machine
- PCT/US2007/078050 Lightweight Armor Composite
- PCT/US2008/057908 Electromagnetic Transducer
Trademark Applications
- PILLID (Serial No. 77850835)
- CAKE CENTRAL (Serial No. 77834513)
- ABSOLUTE CEDAR (Serial No. 77835053)
- WOODTONE (Serial No. 77820794)
- BRAKLETS (Serial No. 77823911)
- C ROBOTS COGNITIVE (Serial No. 77859289)
- COGNITIVE ROBOTS (Serial No. 77859334)
- ALAFFIA (Serial No. 77906566)
- BLINK PRODUCT DESIGN (Serial No. 77786258)
- BLINK Stylized Design (Serial No. 77786328)
- BLINK (Serial No. 77786249)
- ULTIMATE AFRICA (Serial No. 77673780)
- ACE ACUPUNCTURE CHIROPRACTIC EXCELLENCE WELLNESS (Serial No. 77764064)
- ILINKX (Serial No. 77733749)
- ILINKX BECAUSE LIFE CAN CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN I (Serial No. 77731007)
- ENVIROVOGUE (Serial No. 77686344)
- WOMANKIND (Serial No. 77760250)
- WELCOME TO THE NEW YOU (Serial No. 77760200)
- Bottle Design (Serial No. 77757534)
- BEVERAGETTE (Serial No. 77739325)
- GEM (Serial No. 77629747)
- Canada - GEM (Serial No. 1440587)
- WOMANKIND (Serial No. 77698696)
- CXM CMX (Serial No. 77362653)
- AMABEL (Serial No. 77516212)
- BYTOR SECURITY SOLUTIONS (Serial No. 77302127)
- ILINKX (Serial No. 77733749, 77731007, 77667583)
- STRATEGY OF WAR (Serial No. 77732773)
- Canada - GREENSHIELD (Serial No. 1361275)
- BAMBOOBABYNY (Serial No. 78926310)
- BAMBOO BABY (Serial No. 78756349)
- BAMBOOBABY.NET (Serial No. 77361541)
- BABY ISIS (Serial No. 78593146)
- SAN FRANCISCO BATH SALT COMPANY (Serial No. 78279743)
- GREENSHIELD (Serial No. 77251225)
- KEEP IT COOL (Serial No. 77688333)
- C'MON FOCUS (Serial No. 77698341)
- LET IT GO (Serial No. 77698600)
- LEAN ON ME (Serial No. 77698636)
- LOOKIN' GOOD (Serial No. 77698636)
- SPAIRZ (Serial No. 77712592)
- SIMPLE (Serial No. 77698696)
- 2BOT (Serial No. 77085980)
- ACE WELLNESS (Serial No. 77091056)
- RELAXING THE WORLD ONE BATH AT A TIME (Serial No. 77253279)
- GREENSLEEVE (Serial No. 77330303)
- QUESADILLA FACTORY (Serial No. 77362140)
- DABBA WALLA BAGS (Serial No. 77359364)
- FARWEST HOMES (Serial No. 77457584)
- GAME LINX NEXT GEN ARENA (Serial No. 77440618)
- AGRI ORGANICA (Serial No. 77417615)
- UNIVERSAL FRONTIER APPAREL (Serial No. 77160587)
- FIREGUARD (Serial No. 77489931)
- SHUT UP LITTLE MAN (Serial No. 77529311)
- FARWEST HOMES (Serial No. 77552431)
- LOLLIDOO DIAPERS (Serial No. 77502940)
- GENTLE EDGE (Serial No. 77534004)
- LOLLIDUDS (Serial No. 77583031)
- LADYDOO (Serial No. 77583020)
- RAGTIME PANTIES (Serial No. 77583013)
- HAPPY BABY HAPPY PLANET (Serial No. 77592590)
- Canada - BYTOR SECURITY SOLUTIONS (Serial No. 1388528)
Trademark Trial and Appeals Board
ILINKX LLC V. The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (Case No. 77718776)
The Chamberlain Group, Inc. V. ILINKX (Case No. 91192205)
Commonwealth Soap and Toiletries, Inc. V. San Francisco Bath Salt Company (Case No. 92048086)
Gotlib v. Gharabegian (Case No. 91186187)
Woodtone Industries USA v. Molander, Harold J. (Case No. 91188482)
Sugarcraft v. Cake Central (Case No. 92048419)
ACE v. ACE Wellness (Case No. 91181226)
Woodtone Industries USA v. Niedermeyer-Martin Company (Case No. 92049433)
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