John D. Cline

Summary of Patent Litigation Practice for John D. Cline

John D. Cline is a solo practitioner at the Law Office of John D. Cline in Seattle, Washington. His career has been overwhelmingly focused on federal and state criminal defense, including white-collar crime and appellate matters. Public profiles and his professional website do not indicate a focus on patent litigation. His one tracked appearance in this area was as plaintiff-side local counsel in Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve Corporation. This engagement is consistent with the role of local counsel, who is retained for expertise in a specific court's procedures rather than the substance of the patent dispute.

Based on the provided data, Mr. Cline has represented plaintiffs in his limited patent litigation appearances. His work in Ironburg Inventions for the plaintiff does not establish a pattern but reflects his sole tracked case in this field. There is no publicly available information to suggest he has a practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Mr. Cline began his career at Williams & Connolly, where he made partner. He was later a shareholder at Freedman Boyd Daniels Hollander Goldberg & Cline and a partner at Jones Day in San Francisco before opening his own office in 2010. He is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law (J.D. 1985) and is admitted to practice in Washington, California, Texas, and several other jurisdictions.