Practice Strengths

In today's global economy, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names and other intellectual property are among the most valuable assets of market leaders and rising businesses. Baker Hostetler lawyers help such companies—as well as universities, start-ups, artists, producers, and authors—to procure, protect and exploit their intellectual property (IP) rights and to avoid the pitfalls posed by third-party assertions of IP rights.

Baker Hostetler's IP team provides guidance in all phases of IP planning—from the formulation of initial strategies and “best practices” to securing IP rights, creating strategies for exploitation (licensing, joint development, etc.), litigation and other forms of dispute resolution. From aerospace technology to antiviral drugs, from software and web content to consumer goods, entertainment, advertising, cartoon character rights and financial services, we have the hands-on knowledge to help our clients secure and use IP assets for maximum competitive advantage. In thousands of proceedings spanning more than 100 countries, we protect that advantage in negotiations, at trial and through other dispute resolution proceedings.

Baker Hostetler also provides enforcement monitoring services and can provide client-specific and portfolio-specific Internet portals. These portals allow clients to easily and efficiently assess the status and value of their IP portfolio for general commercial purposes and compliance with regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley.

Leadership in Action

Patents: Realizing the value of patents

Client: ImagExpo, L.L.C., a subsidiary of SPX Corporation, a multibillion-dollar global provider of technical products and systems, industrial products and services, flow technology and service solutions

Type of Matter: Patent infringement case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Our Client's Challenge: Patent infringement suit brought by ImagExpo to enforce a patent relating to collaborative software.

The Goal: Obtain damages for past infringement.

Our Strategy: Brought suit in the Eastern District of Virginia, known as the "rocket docket," to bring suit to trial quickly.

Results: Obtained a favorable settlement for ImagExpo/SPX Corporation.

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Recognition

• Named a "Go-to Law Firm" for IP law by in-house counsel at Johnson Controls and Thermo Fisher Scientific, surveyed for Corporate Counsel® magazine's 2009 guide to law departments in the nation's top companies.

About Our Intellectual Property Team

Our dedicated team of IP lawyers and patent agents has the diverse backgrounds and core strengths required to ensure that the full spectrum of domestic and international IP is considered in securing IP and formulating IP strategies. Members of our IP team have worked as engineers and in-house patent, trademark and copyright counsel for companies and agencies as diverse as Borg Warner, Capitol Records, DuPont, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Justice Department (Civil Division, Intellectual Property) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Our team members also include adjunct IP law professors, columnists, the co-founder of the longest-running journal on computer technology and regular lecturers for the Zurich Institute of Technology, Georgetown University and George Mason University. In addition, our team members frequently speak and write for continuing legal education programs and industry events and are quoted in the press on emerging issues.

Baker Hostetler is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executive Society (LES), The International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), International Licensing Industry and Merchandisers Association (LIMA), as well as numerous local and regional IP organizations.

Solution
Baker Hostetler develops client-specific, secure Internet sites or "portals" for fast and efficient matter management and client communication.   Read More