Mr. McCormack is a Seattle native with noteworthy international experience, having formally studied in Japan and the United Kingdom (Oxford), and has traveled to over 25 countries around the world. Tim recently studied documentary filmmaking at the University of Washington, received a B.A. in Speech Communication (cum laude) from the University of Washington, with an emphasis on rhetorical analysis (1994), and a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Oregon School of Law (1997) with a special certificate of study in the area of intellectual property.
Practice covers varied intellectual property issues, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, patents, unfair competition, licensing, litigation and related business concerns, such as: business formation, employer/employee issues, contracts and corporate governance. Accomplishments:
Outside counsel for Getty Images, the world’s largest stock photography company in the world, relating to Unauthorized Use and copyright infringement.
Lead outside counsel overseeing special matter for Microsoft Corporation.
Lead outside intellectual property counsel for Washington Shoe; assist client in developing IP strategy and enforcing IP rights worldwide.
Lead counsel in two-plus year software litigation centered on patented compression algorithms for space-based satellite image programs used by NASA, the CIA and other government agencies. This case involved the challenged use of proprietary / patented software algorithms in a commercial software product developed originally at Los Alamos National Laboratories. This case traversed patent law, copyright law, anti-trust law and involved novel issues of trade secret law. Supervised six attorneys and four paralegals that worked on this case over a two-plus year period.
Counsel for local business, hired to procure licensing agreements with the National Football League, a Major League Baseball team, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Successful negotiations resulted in licensed product. Lead counsel in trade secret litigation as attorney for Northwest Calibration Systems and Davis Inotek. Case involved theft of electronic database.
Counsel for Lopez USA, retained to assist in product development. Work included procuring copyrights and trademarks for martial arts and fitness DVD’s featuring Olympic gold medalist Steven Lopez and development of talent contracts and model releases. Later represented Lopez USA in a lawsuit involving a non-compete contract.
Lead counsel for retail import company Mais oui! Represented client in unfair competition and trade secret and defamation case. Achieved favorable resolution that included published opinion in Washington State Appeals Court.
Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer/DP, and Editor. An established Seattle-based business owner and intellectual property attorney by day and an independent filmmaker by night. His predisposition as a storyteller is to look for life’s universal connections and meanings in the human stories that might not otherwise be told. Tim’s first documentary film can been seen at Rise N’ Shine Movie
