Brian G. Bodine Merchant & Gould P.C., Seattle Brian G. Bodine (Partner, Merchant & Gould P.C., Seattle, WA) has extensive experience litigating patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, and other intellectual property related disputes at both the trial and appellate level. Mr. Bodine, who is a registered patent attorney, has taught Patent and Trade Secret Law at Seattle University School of Law. He is listed in Band 1 in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2007 ed.). Mr. Bodine has also been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Before entering private practice, Mr. Bodine clerked for the New Mexico Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He frequently speaks concerning subjects of interest to the intellectual property bar.