Timothy B. McCormack, attorney at law, is a Seattle native with noteworthy international experience, having formally studied in Japan and the United Kingdom (Oxford), and has traveled to over 28 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.

Timothy B. McCormack also publishes on the following blogs:

The “Don’t Copy This* (aka “The Trade Secrets of Intellectual Property” Online Book & Video Series (WWW.THETRADESECRETSOFINTELLECTUALPROPERTY.COM) is an online Creative Commons law online book and video series by attorney Timothy B. McCormack, the founder of Seattle based Intellectual Property Law Firm, McCormack Intellectual Property Law PS. The Trade Secrets of Intellectual Property or Don’t Copy This* online book series is divided into chapters that will be fully published as a book when done. The series is also offered under the Creative Commons license and is designed to be distributed for non-commercial educational purposes. This is a legal series. The series is good for business owners, judges, law makers, inventors and creative people like photographers, artists and web designers. Topics range from copyright infringement liability to Getty Images Demand letter type issues.

The Seattle Post intelligencer “Copyright Cow” Law, Society and Economics Blog (blog.seattlepi.com/timothymccormack/). Timothy B. McCormack, attorney, also has a news blog, noted above with the Seattle Post intelligencer covering recent developments in law and society through the lens of economics and critical thinking. The Seattle Post intelligencer “Copyright Cow” Blog focuses on the untold stories of the second largest export of the United States – intellectual property and technology – through the lenses of law, economics and society. Intellectual property is comic books, cartoon characters, the “Book of Life” embodied in the Human Genome, medicine, technology, movies, websites, and, for example, the business of producing and distributing milk (a Copyright Cow favorite).

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 www.risenshinemovie.com

Another legal blog is at www.McCormackLegal.com/Blog. This is a the firm blog of McCormack Intellectual Property PS, a Seattle based intellectual property law firm founded by Timothy B. McCormack, attorney at law.