Baker McKenzie

Firm overview:

With more than 400 IP lawyers in 40 countries, Baker McKenzie offers the full range of electrical, mechanical, software, pharmaceutical and biological advice on patent prosecution. The firm prosecutes, manages and advises on patent portfolios and strategy, including utility patents, design patents, and utility models.

Baker McKenzie advises and leads patent assignments and licensing, research and development agreements and third-party collaboration arrangements, acquisitions and disposals, due diligence and audits. The firm also has “acqui-hiring” experience.

Baker McKenzie’s patent litigation practice benefits from more than three decades’ experience handling significant patent litigation matters, by experienced patent trial lawyers in over 30 countries. The firm represents clients in first instance and appellate patent infringement litigation, particularly developing and executing patent enforcement strategies to resolve multijurisdictional disputes.

The firm acts in patent and design arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings where possible and advantageous to the client. It also advises on complex patent questions across the range of technical specialisations, including issuing opinions on patentability, validity, and infringement, and provides strategic advice on jurisdiction and forum suitability.

Team overview:

Mackenzie Martin in Dallas co-leads the Global Patent Practice and is a member of the North American Intellectual Property & Technology and North American Trial Team Steering Committees.

Sreenivas (Vas) Vedantam, also in Dallas, provides strategic legal advice on procuring patents for a range of hardware and software technologies.

In the same office, John Flaim is a member of the firm’s Global Intellectual Property Group, and focuses on IP litigation, counselling, licensing, and portfolio management. He has experience handling patent infringement litigation in federal district courts and proceedings before the US International Trade Commission (ITC).

Clients:

Revive Electronics.