Priya Sinha Cloutier
1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-223-1313
206-224-8010 Direct
206-682-7100 Fax
Education
- B.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1990
- Graduate work in Mathematics, University of Connecticut
- Graduate work in Nuclear Engineering, Idaho State University
- J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 1997
Admitted to Practice
- Washington State Bar
- Connecticut State Bar
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court of Connecticut
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
Major Areas of Practice
Patent Law, protection and litigation trademark, copyright and other intellectual property, protection and litigation
Professional Activities
- Washington State Bar Association
- Connecticut State Bar Association
- Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- National Association of Patent Practitioners
- Government Affairs Committee
- Washington Patent Law Association
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Law Diversity Committee
Priya Sinha Cloutier
Special Counsel to the Firm
Priya Sinha Cloutier joined Karr Tuttle Campbell as special counsel to the firm in 2009. As a patent attorney and experienced litigator, she works with inventors, artists, and businesses to help create and protect intellectual property. Ms. Cloutier is Certified by the National Association of Patent Practitioners.
Ms. Cloutier received her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico. She also did graduate work in Nuclear Engineering at Idaho State University and graduate work in Mathematics at the University of Connecticut. She has worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
Ms. Cloutier received her law degree from Seattle University School of Law. Before coming to Karr Tuttle Campbell, Ms. Cloutier helped found and was the managing partner for the law firm Cloutier & Engle, in Edmonds, Washington. While there, she focused on representing start-ups, entrepreneurs, and small businesses in intellectual property matters. She has extensive experience in both state and federal courts, litigating matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property disputes.
Ms. Cloutier began her legal career at Connecticut Legal Services. There she had experience in litigating class action suits and in advocating for policy changes in rulemaking proceedings in the Connecticut Legislature. Ms. Cloutier drafted proposals and reviewed proposed legislation and regulations, and also testified before legislative committees and agency policy- decision makers.
Reported Cases:
- Sikand v. Wilson-Coker, 2004 WL 1098822 (May 2004)
- Karen L. v. Wilson-Coker, 267 F. Supp 2d 184 (June 2003)
- Raymond v. Rowland and Wilson-Coker, 220 FRD 173 (March 2004)
Representative Patents -
US Patent 8,089,283 Apparatus and Method for High-Speed Determination of Bioelectric Impedances
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US Patent 8,043,400 System and Method for the Thermal Processing of Ore Bodies
- US Patent 7,914,338 HDMI Connection System and Method for Use
- US Patent 7,789,684 5 PIN PRO AUDIO SSW1
- US Patent 7,928,607 Aircraft Power System and Apparatus for Supplying Power to an Aircraft Electrical System
- US Patent 7,654,948 Automated Insomnia Treatment System
- US Patent D598,250 Sport Spatula
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