Baker & Daniels LLP
Intellectual Property
We understand the importance of protecting your intellectual property rights – because we've been in your shoes. Baker & Daniels lawyers have served in the roles of patent counsel, engineers and chemists in developing, expanding and guarding the intellectual assets of industry leaders around the world. Members of our intellectual property team have spent more than 75 years in corporate IP practice, including five lawyers with Fortune 500 companies. Our practice group also has the experience of a former examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as a senior intellectual property counsel for an international multimedia entertainment company.
Competition in U.S. and international business grows every day, and creative strategy is crucial to keeping your competitive edge. Baker & Daniels professionals represent regional, national and international companies, helping translate technical and complex issues into comprehensive and sound business decisions. We work across the United States and throughout the world to help clients achieve global strategies. Two of our partners have eight years of experience as expatriate employees, living and working overseas as in-house patent counsels for European affiliates of American companies. Baker & Daniels also has an office in China and access to recognized and respected IP lawyers in virtually every country as Indiana's exclusive member of Lex Mundi, a global association of more than 160 independent law firms.
Baker & Daniels has more than 50 intellectual property lawyers in seven offices in Indiana, Chicago, Washington , D.C. and China. We're working alongside clients, protecting ideas and innovations to help them stay ahead of the competition. Whether it's preserving inventions with patents, text with copyrights, brand names with trademarks or e-commerce with monitoring searches, we understand the rules and regulations. For clients with in-house intellectual property programs, Baker & Daniels professionals serve as "partners" by working closely with inventors, counsel and marketing representatives.
Intellectual property knows no boundaries, and Baker & Daniels lawyers have experience in a wide range of technological areas. In addition to undergraduate and graduate degrees in a number of scientific and technical fields, our lawyers have professional experiences in medical devices; chemicals and pharmaceuticals; biomedical and biotechnology; electrical and mechanical arts; electronic and consumer products; computer software, hardware and e-commerce; telecommunications systems; optics; and manufacturing processes.
Baker & Daniels' service extends beyond knowledge. We take the time to get to know you. First, we listen to your challenges, your needs and your goals. We learn your mission, your operations and your products. Then, we collaborate with you in a relationship to develop intellectual strategies to take you where you want to go.
Services
Intellectual property is one of the fastest growing practice groups at Baker & Daniels because more businesses than ever are recognizing the urgency to define and defend their creativity and innovations. Our practice spans the full spectrum of U.S. and international intellectual property law, including:
* Providing legal opinions on patents, trademarks, copyrights, e-commerce, trade dress, trade secret and other intellectual property issues
* Preparing, prosecuting and litigating patent, trademark and copyright applications
* Conducting intellectual property audits, maintaining client portfolios and overseeing maintenance fees, renewals and other procedures
* Helping avoid infringement
* Assisting in intellectual property transfers, as "stand-alone" or more general business transactions
* Drafting and negotiating patent, trademark and copyright license agreements
* Negotiating and documenting computer software agreements
* Creating corporate research and development agreements
* Preparing employment agreements for employees with access to sensitive or competitive information
* Advising on the planning and development of strategies and portfolios
Baker & Daniels LLP
111 E Wayne St #800
Ft Wayne IN 46802
Tel: 260 424-8000
Fax: 260 460-1700
Lawyers providing advice and counsel for international, national and regional clients' legal and business needs
Lawyers providing advice and counsel for regional, national and international clients' legal and business needs. Creative approaches to litigation, corporate finance, health care and life sciences, labor and employment, intellectual property, international and other leagl issues. Baker & Daniels has offices in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Beijing.
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