Ellen Bierman

Practice Areas

Ellen Bierman is a USPTO registered patent attorney specializing in software, Internet related inventions, business process, AI and machine learning, and computer-related patents, trademarks, portfolio strategy, and litigation. Over the years she has participated in several litigation matters including several involving intricate software and hardware architectures and processes. She also develops presentations on intellectual property protection for clients, performs due diligence studies, and provides infringement and validity opinions.

Career

J.D., University of Puget Sound (Seattle University School of Law), with honors

M.S., Computer Science, University of Washington; A.B., Arts and Sciences, Cornell University

Software engineer and tech leader at Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and a start-up company from 1981-1993. She has designed multiple consumer-facing products and is an expert in user interface design principles.

Publications

Co-author, Software Patents, Procuring and Enforcing, Patent Resources Group, Florida, April 2000; Co-author, Litigation Issues on the Information Superhighway, presented at The Electronic Information Law Institute, BDA, San Francisco, CA, March 1995; Article on substantial similarity law applied to user interfaces, in16 U. of Puget Sound Law Rev. 1, 319, 1992. Guest Lecturer for University of Washington School of Law and the Dept of Computer Science and Engineering in IP law.

Personal

Alpine Level-III Certified Professional Ski Instructor and trainer.