Ryan McBrayer

Specialty / focus. Ryan McBrayer is a Seattle-based patent litigator focused on technology companies in patent and trade-secret disputes, with particular depth in wireless/telecommunications — handsets, protocols, network infrastructure, and 5G (he chairs Perkins Coie's Semiconductor and 5G Industry Groups). His verifiable docket spans mobile devices, software (security, tax-filing, mapping), and design patents, with appearances in district courts, the ITC, the PTAB, and the Federal Circuit.

Side preference. He works predominantly as defense counsel for operating companies — HTC, T-Mobile, McAfee, General Mills, Google, and Avalara — typically against NPEs and competitors; his single tracked appearance is defendant-side. He has also appeared plaintiff-side (e.g., for Amazon in a 2023 W.D. Wash. case), but the weight of his public docket is defense work.

Firm context. Firm and bar records (Perkins Coie bio; WSBA directory updated Nov. 2025) place him as a partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle, now part of Ashurst Perkins Coie. Note a discrepancy: the tracked-case data lists him at K&L Gates as of counsel, but I found no public source corroborating a K&L Gates affiliation — WSBA and firm records consistently show Perkins Coie — so that entry may reflect a data issue or a different attorney of the same name.

Notable cases / PTAB / credentials. Notable results include a jury verdict of invalidity and noninfringement for T-Mobile in DNT, LLC v. T-Mobile USA; a defense win for McAfee in CAP Co. v. McAfee, where the PTAB invalidated all challenged claims and the Federal Circuit affirmed; defeating a preliminary injunction for General Mills in Post Consumer Brands v. General Mills; and defending HTC in multi-patent suits by Philips and Apple. He reports 30+ jury trials as lead counsel and regularly appears in IPR/PGR proceedings at the PTAB. Washington bar (1998); USPTO-registered; J.D. with honors, University of Washington School of Law (1998); B.S. with distinction, U.S. Naval Academy (1992).