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Allen Baden is a partner in the firm's Silicon Valley office and serves as a chair for our Internet & Information Technology Practice Management Group, and our Trademark & Copyright Practice Management Group. Mr. Baden is also active in our Asia Pacific and Interactive Entertainment Practice Management Groups. As the chair of our Technology Committee, Mr. Baden is responsible for negotiating all firm agreements and guiding our information systems group on technology issues.
Mr. Baden's practice entails extensive work with emerging and mature technology and consumer products companies in establishing, enforcing, and defending their intellectual property rights. Mr. Baden counsels clients on the practical effects of both technical and business developments, and the application of legal principals to new media and new markets.
Mr. Baden also has substantial experience in corporate asset acquisition and transfers, including associated due diligence; designing and implementing U.S. and foreign patent and trademark filing programs; policing for intellectual property infringements; rendering opinions; and associated counseling to a diverse, multi-national client base.
Within the scope of his practice, Mr. Baden advises clients regarding the worldwide protection, registration and enforcement of their patent, trademark and copyright rights, renders opinions on the scope and enforceability of intellectual property rights, and negotiates the sale, acquisition and licensing of those rights. In addition, he is involved in a substantial amount of litigation, both before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in the federal courts. These litigations involve issues such as patent and trademark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, and contractual disputes.
Mr. Baden is active in bar association work, including the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, and the AIPPI. In addition, Mr. Baden speaks and writes on product design protection, gaming, multimedia, trademarks, and the Internet.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS New York
Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Languages French
Professional Organizations
The International Trade Association; the Copyright Law Society; and the Licensing Executive Societ. | 