Baker Hostetler has added three lawyers to its IP group in Cincinnati.
John M. Mueller and Kevin S. Sprecher join as counsels, while Jared A. Brandyberry assumes the role of staff attorney. The firm’s IP practice is now 75-strong in the US.
Mueller moves from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he was a partner in the IP group. His practice includes patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law. He has experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the consumer products industry.
Sprecher was a partner at Frost Brown Todd LLC. His practice focuses on areas such as patent procurement and exploitation; trademark and patent licensing; patent and trademark clearance and validity opinions;software licensing and Internet policy; and brand development.
Brandyberry specialises in patent preparation and prosecution, as well as patent litigation. Before joining Baker Hostetler, Brandyberry served in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) legal division at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.