Trackpad not registering my clicks

When I turn the computer on, the cursor will move around when I use my trackpad, but it won't click on anything. Sometimes, it's 'stuck' mid-action; for example, I turn it on and the pull-down menu under Finder on the menu bar is pulled down. As I move the cursor over the other menu items (without clicking), it pulls down the menus as I go over them, but won't let me click on anything. Sometimes, it's in drag and highlight mode. Moving the cursor over the icons on the dock, they don't magnify, and again, aren't clickable. I have to use the power button to turn it off, and I get the window that asks if I really want to shut down; I can't click on the 'shut down' button, but I can enter to select it and it then shuts down. I usually have to turn it on and then shut down this way 2-3 times, and then it finally works fine. And this doesn't happen every time I turn it on.
Took it to the Genius Bar, they couldn't recreate the problem, but they took the trackpad apart, "re-seated" it, however, it's still happening on an intermittent basis.
I've seen the past discussions regarding this issue that were posted in 2009 and 2010 and didn't see a resolution. Mine is the 2011 13" MacBook Pro that came out in March of 2011 - I bought it on the day the came out with it.
Any help is appreciated! This computer is only 4 months old, and has been treated very well, and I immediately update everytime I get an system or software update notification.

Just a little more information: I reset PRAM yesterday to see how long it would take for the "lost click" problem to recur. The reset cleared up the problem, but the issue recurred within a couple of hours of very intermittent use (that is, a few minutes of use, sleep, wake, a few minutes of use, repeat).

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