Jerald E. "Jerry" Nagae
Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
Recognized since 1991
Seattle, Washington
Copyright Law
Patent Law
Trademark Law
Jerry Nagae's practice spans over four decades, encompassing all aspects of intellectual property law providing vital counsel to clients on patents, trademarks, copyrights, IP transactions, and litigation. Jerry supports a wide range of clients in various fields such as automotive, consumer goods, sporting goods, food processing, video and audio hardware and software development, robotics, automated warehouses, airport ground support equipment, and semiconductor processing and packaging. Representative clients include Applied Materials Corporation, Avanade Inc., International Paper Company, John Bean Technologies Corporation, Nintendo of America Inc., and Premera Blue Cross.
With his extensive experience, Jerry is able to provide valuable legal opinions and advice to assist clients in developing comprehensive intellectual property programs to protect and defend their IP interests, both domestically and in foreign countries.
Jerry was a member of the firm's executive committee for many years and served as the firm's managing member from 2008 - 2011. In addition to his inclusion in the list of The Best Lawyers in America and as a Best Lawyers' "Lawyer of the Year," Jerry is included in Chambers USA, in Intellectual Asset Management's IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals, in World Trademark Review's WTR 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals, in Managing Intellectual Property magazine's IP Stars, and is named a Washington Super Lawyer.
- 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98101
- Oregon State University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering
- University of Washington, J.D.
- Washington, Washington State Bar
- American Bar Association - Member
- American Intellectual Property Law Association - Member
- International Trademark Association - Member
- King County Bar Association - Member
- Washington State Patent Law Association - Member
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
10 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
1 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America award
- Patent Law, Seattle (2014)
- Copyright Law, Seattle (2013)
- Trademark Law, Seattle (2012)
- Copyright Law
- Patent Law
- Trademark Law
- Copyright
- Patent
- Trademark
- Chambers USA
- Intellectual Asset Management, IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Practitioners
- Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars
- Super Lawyers, Washington
- World Trademark Review, WTR 1000 – The World's Leading Trademark Professionals
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