Baker McKenzie
Firm overview:
With more than 300 IP lawyers in 45 countries, Baker McKenzie has an international reach that draws clients looking for a single point of contact for the global protection and enforcement of their IP assets. The firm helps clients identify key jurisdictions for patent coverage, and offers patent prosecution and portfolio management across the world.
The practice also advises on patent assignments and licensing, research and development agreements and third-party collaboration arrangements, acquisitions and disposals, due diligence and audits.
Baker McKenzie’s patent litigation practice benefits from more than three decades’ experience handling significant patent litigation matters, by 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 team also acts in patent and design arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings where possible and advantageous to the client.
Team overview:
Notable members of the US patent team for non-contentious matters include Vas Vedantam, in Dallas, who provides strategic legal advice on procuring patents for a range of hardware and software technologies.
On the contentious side, New York partner James Blank focuses on patent litigation and has represented major companies including Nintendo, Enterprise Holdings, Bosch and TouchTunes.
Changes to the team over the past year include the departure of former co-lead of the Global Patent Practice Mackenzie Martin, now senior IP counsel at Schneider Electric.
The firm welcomed back experienced IP litigator Benjamin Kelly to its Dallas office, and added veteran trial lawyer Christa Anderson in Washington, DC; she joined from Cooley and has broad experience in litigating IP matters.
Tom Oslovar also joined the team in 2025 in Palo Alto, bringing a wealth of experience in technology transactions.
