Scott Tobias

Scott focuses on helping clients obtain patent protection for their inventions in the software, wired/wireless networking, image/video processing, video game, electrical and mechanical technology areas, and counsels clients on domestic and foreign patent strategy.  Scott also advises clients in U.S. patent reexamination and European opposition proceedings.

Before becoming an attorney, Scott worked as a software engineer primarily engaged in application and compiler development.  As an undergraduate and graduate student, Scott performed research in experimental high-energy astrophysics as part of a multi-institutional team investigating concentrations of atomic nuclei and other particles in cosmic radiation.

In his spare time, Scott enjoys traveling, and is an avid game and puzzle enthusiast.

PUBLICATIONS

Scott M. Tobias, No Refills: The Intellectual Property High Court Decision in Canon v. Recycle Assist will Negatively Impact the Printer Ink Cartridge Industry in Japan, 16 Pac. Rim L. & Pol’y 775 (2007).

Scott Tobias, An Expressly Conditional Sale Cannot Exhaust Patent Rights: LG Electronics v. Bizcom Electronics, CASRIP Newsletter, Vol. 14, Iss. 1 (2007), available at http://www.law.washington.edu/Casrip/Newsletter/.

J. Clem, T. Guzik, M. Lijowski, J.P. Wefel, J.J. Beatty, D.J. Ficenec, S. Tobias, et al, Balloon Observations of Galactic Cosmic Ray Helium Before and During a Forbush Decrease, 20 Geophysical Research Letters 1743 (1993).

J.J. Beatty, D.J. Ficenec, S. Tobias, et al, The Cosmic Ray 3He/4He Ratio from 100 MeV/nucleon to 1600 MeV/nucleon, 413 Astrophysical Journal 268 (1993).