Professional Biography

Kevin A. Zeck Counsel

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3002

    F +1.206.359.4002

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3002

    KZeck@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Kevin Zeck is a versatile, experienced counsel focused on achieving client goals, including vindication of rights through litigation. He has represented sophisticated clients in high-stakes patent, trade secret, and trademark litigation, as well as intellectual property licensing negotiations and transactions. Kevin has deep experience in standard essential patent (SEP) issues, and his litigated matters have covered a wide-range of technologies, such as mechanical, cellular communications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, opto-electronics, video game systems, and pharmaceuticals (e.g., cancer drugs).

Kevin has managed major aspects of complex patent litigation, prepared summary judgment motions, took and defended depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and prepared claim construction briefing. He has also worked with experts to prepare noninfringement, invalidity, and damages reports and managed large-scale document and e-discovery efforts, including those related to General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR) issues.

Kevin has litigated before numerous federal forums, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, the Western District of Texas, the District of Delaware, the Eastern District of Virginia, the Northern District of California, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Western District of Washington; the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Kevin’s representative accomplishments include assisting a pharmaceutical company obtain an award of over $100 million in a complex trade-secret arbitration, and assisting a national retailer obtain a case-ending judgment-on-the-pleadings of invalidity under 35 U.S.C. § 101 on a discount processing patent.

Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Kevin spent thirteen months with the King County Prosecutor's Office. During his time there, he was lead prosecutor in more than ten trials and argued numerous motions.

Kevin has also been involved in several significant pro bono efforts, including the resolution of a protracted domestic violence divorce litigation.

Professional Recognition

  • Listed as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers Magazine, 2015 – 2021

Professional Leadership

  • Washington State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
    • Chair, 2017 – 2018
    • Executive Committee Member, 2013 – 2018
  • Seattle Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
    • President, 2022 – 2023
    • Board Member, 2015 – present

Related Employment

  • King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, Deputy Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 2009 – 2010
  • Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, Spokane, WA, Clerk, 2009; Extern for the The Honorable Kevin Korsmo, 2008

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • State Supreme Court of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • Gonzaga University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, Business Editor, Gonzaga Law Review
  • Creighton University, B.S., Business Administration & Finance, magna cum laude