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Recent SEC Accounting and Financial Reporting Enforcement Actions and What to Expect Under Trump 2.0 (The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation)

Craig Hoffman Comments on Cybersecurity and Startups in Wall Street Journal

Lynn Sessions Explores Legal Considerations of Cybersecurity in Healthcare at UT Law CLE’s Health Law Conference

BakerHostetler’s IP Technology Patent Prosecution team is a fierce ally for any business to have on its side as it develops and protects its innovations.

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Several dozen patent attorneys and agents comprise our team, and many of our members hold advanced degrees in a range of relevant fields. They have worked as engineers, making their knowledge technical as well as legal, and they are widely acknowledged as leaders in technologies associated with semiconductors, navigation systems, medical devices, aeronautics and wireless communications, among many others.

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We have an outstanding record of success in patent protection, but our focus on customizing our clients’ IP portfolios is what really sets us apart. That’s why multinational corporations, Fortune 25 companies and innovative emerging businesses choose to partner with us. They know that BakerHostetler can help ensure their IP strategy aligns with their strategic objectives and will enable them to reach and maintain their best-possible market position.

We are on-hand as clients develop new products and technologies to help identify and counsel on a winning IP protection strategy that integrates patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret strategies. When challenges arise, we have the depth of knowledge and experience to manage them effectively.

International patents have become a crucial component of protecting companies’ assets and increasing their market share. To advance our clients’ international IP strategies, we frequently partner with IP firms in the United Kingdom and across Europe, Asia, North and Latin America and other regions of the world. We also use sophisticated tools to help assess the value of foreign patents and determine which of them should be maintained.

Our electrical patent attorneys have prosecuted patents in technologies ranging from automotive diagnostic test equipment through&nbsp;Z-Wave home automation devices. We represent clients designing and producing cable communications, Internet backbone equipment, computer hardware, semiconductor mask repair technologies and much more.

Our deep bench of mechanical patent attorneys helps clients obtain utility and design patent protection for mechanical inventions. We work with makers of the very largest and the very smallest devices, with a particular focus on nanotechnologies. Our experience cuts across all industries, with attorneys working in fields as varied as medical devices and oil well drilling.

From underground utility-locating equipment to large-scale remote access servers, software including artificial intelligence and machine learning is at the heart of new technologies. Our attorneys are well-versed in protecting these innovations via utility and design patents and complementary copyright protection. In addition to helping clients protect their Internet- and software-related products, we help our clients obtain business method patents in the insurance and banking fields.

Combining their experience with hardware, software, and electrical technologies, our attorneys also help clients secure patent protection for smart devices and other systems that utilize artificial intelligence, including control systems, fabrication systems, and image analysis systems.

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<li>Chambers USA
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<li>Intellectual Property ‒ Ohio (2011 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property ‒ Georgia (2017 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property ‒ Pennsylvania (2007 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property ‒ Washington (2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property: Litigation ‒ District of Columbia (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution ‒ District of Columbia (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright &amp; Trade Secrets ‒ New York (2014 to 2024)</li>
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<li>The Legal 500 United States
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<li>Intellectual Property – Copyright (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property – Patent Litigation: Full Coverage (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property – Patents: Licensing – Firms to Watch (2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property – Patents: Prosecution (Including Re-Examination and Post-Grant Proceedings) (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>Intellectual Property – Trade Secrets (Litigation and Non-Contentious Matters) (2017 to 2024)</li>
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<li>Intellectual Property – Trademarks: Non-Contentious (Including Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing) (2019 to 2024)</li>
<li>Daily Report Intellectual Property Litigation Department of the Year (2017)</li>
<li>Global IP Awards recognized BakerHostetler as its U.S. Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year for 2022-2024</li>
<li>IAM Patent 1000 ‒ DC Metro Area (2015 to 2024); Georgia (2019 to 2024); Illinois (2019 to 2024), Pennsylvania (2015 to 2024); Washington (2015 to 2024)</li>
<li>WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals ‒ Firm and attorney rankings (2013 to 2025)</li>
<li><em>U.S. News – Best Lawyers</em> “Best Law Firms” – National Rankings
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<li>Copyright Law (2012 to 2025)</li>
<li>Litigation – Intellectual Property (2012 to 2025)</li>
<li>Litigation – Patent (2014 to 2025)</li>
<li>Patent Law (2014 to 2025)</li>
<li>Trademark Law (2015 to 2025)</li>
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<li>WIPR’s Trademark Rankings (2024) recognized for “Non-Contentious – Trademarks: Firm – Recommended” and “Contentious – Trademarks: Firm – Recommended”</li>
<li>WIPR’s Patent Rankings (2024) recognized for “Highly Recommended, Non-Contentious – Patents” and “Recommended, Contentious – Patents”</li>
<li><em>The</em> <em>Patent Lawyer Magazine</em> named BakerHostetler as one of the Top-10 Patent Firms and “An Award Winning Law Firm” for North America – Northeast in 2024 and 2025</li>
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IP Intelligence Report

Trump’s Nominee for Director of the USPTO Has Pro-Patent Ties

BakerHostetler Named to 2025 Top 10 Patent Firms for North America – Northeast

2025 BakerHostetler IP Perspectives

USPTO Set to Raise Fees in early 2025 – How to Reap the Most Benefits from your Patent Budget

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John S. Hilten

Tayan B. Patel

Kevin P. Flynn

Nikki L. Sanford

Brendan E. Clark

Christopher M. Arena

Timothy D. Casey

Kenneth R. Eiferman

Adam J. Forman

James B. Hatten

Jeffrey W. Lesovitz

Aaron B. Rabinowitz

Jeffrey H. Rosedale, Ph.D.

Steven B. Samuels

Michael J. Swope

Miranda Aiqing Wang

Scott S. Simpkins

Brandon S. Mecham

Jonathan S. Werner

Katharine Y. Domitrovich

Jonathan G. Lombardo

Mark S. Einsiedel

Cory C. Davis

Cory N. Nesemann

Timothy A. Worrall, Ph.D.

Eric Shreiner

Mark I. Bentley

Michael G. Dreznes

Mark J. Itri

Louis Levenson, Ph.D.

Paul A. Leicht

Chad Eimers

Kyle Morse

Elizabeth A. Browning, Ph.D.

Anthony R. McCain Jr.

Benjamin J. Bolin

Sunil Chacko

Rolando González

Troy L. Gwartney

Daniel P. Wicklund

William P.W. Kehoe

Jerome M. Miller

Dalton L. Eschberger

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Celebrating World IP Day 2025: Music, Innovation, and Intellectual Property

Agentic AI: A Primer for Patent Practitioners (The Patent Lawyer)

Potential Effects of the Trump Administration’s First Actions on the USPTO

Brendan Clark, Nathaniel Goldfinger Speak at December CIPLA Meeting

Craig Carpenter Speaks on Advertising Law at Dallas Intellectual Property Law Meeting

Patent Legislation Watch: PTAB Reform Bill ‘PREVAIL[S]’ Out of Senate Judiciary Committee

Federal Circuit Reverses Ineligibility Finding on POV Cameras and Processing

BakerHostetler IP Group Garners Recognition from 2024 IAM Patent 1000 Guide

Janine Anthony Bowen Moderates Panel at 2024 Annual Meeting for INTA

Brendan Clark Joins Panel at BRIDGEOhio Seminar

USPTO Delivers Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions

White House Instructs USPTO to Provide Guidance on AI

Are Your Granted Patents in Danger of a Post-Grant Double Patenting Challenge? Time To Update Your Playbook in the Wake of In re Cellect

Brendan Clark Speaks at Ohio Global Aerospace and Supplier Summit

Federal Circuit Inventorship Decision Literally Saves the Appellant’s Bacon – and Reiterates the Framework for Assigning and Analyzing Inventorship

How the National Cybersecurity Strategy Could Impact Your Business 

New Combined Petition Option for the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot Program – Is It Worth Implementing Into Your International Patent Portfolio Strategy?

BakerHostetler’s Intellectual Property Group Provides Look Back at Highly Successful 2021

Cory Davis Selected as a Member of Leadership Georgia Class of 2022

Tayan Patel, Hussein Akhavannik Recognized for Work with Clients in India

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<h5>Using Structural Claim Limitations to Protect Software Patents</h5>
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