About

Provided by Haynes and Boone, LLP

With over 120 Intellectual Property lawyers across the U.S. and one of the largest IP practices in Texas, we help protect, enforce and defend our clients’ inventions, innovations and brands. Our clients range from entrepreneurs to many of the world’s largest companies, such as AT&T, Cisco, Google, PayPal, Qualcomm and TSMC.

With extensive experience in virtually every aspect of IP, we serve clients in the areas of:

•          Patent prosecution & counseling

•          Post-grant proceedings, including inter partes review

•          IP litigation

•          Trademarks

•          Copyrights

•          Technology transactions

•          Advertising, marketing & promotional law

•          Privacy and data security

•          Precision medicine & digital health

•          AI & deep learning

Haynes Boone is one of the nation’s most active firms in PTAB trials, ranking in the top ten of firms filing IPRs on behalf of the petitioner (Lex Machina, 2021) with an IPR success rate among the highest.

Our trademark lawyers handle brand management, including worldwide clearance and filing initiatives, enforcement in court, social media counseling, advertising review, and cybersquatting and Internet issues. We actively manage a trademark docket of well over 13,500 applications and registrations in more than 180 jurisdictions, and we have filed over 19,000 patent applications in the past five years in diverse technologies.

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Texas

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Excellent IP practice group providing comprehensive support to clients on the full array of matters, including trademark and copyright work and patent litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Specialist lawyers offering extensive expertise in areas such as prosecution, post-grant reviews and inter partes review proceedings. Particularly esteemed for its USPTO practice, while also frequently appearing in district and federal court trials, as well as the United States International Trade Commission. Clients include household names in the technology and telecom industries.

Work Highlights

  • Haynes and Boone were successful in obtaining a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for Moser Energy Systems.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David McCombs
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David McCombs
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Band 1
David McCombs maintains a wide-ranging IP practice, often representing clients in complex patent litigation. He is particularly renowned for his work on inter partes reviews.

David has high sophistication and excellent commercial vision.

Jeffrey Becker
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Jeffrey Becker
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Band 1
Jeffrey Becker offers substantial expertise advising on trademark clearance and enforcement, as well as copyright and patent matters. He has recent experience acting for the clients in the technology and oil and gas sectors.
Purvi Patel Albers
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Purvi Patel Albers
1
Band 1
Purvi Patel Albers comes recommended for her expertise advising on various trademark matters. She counts Fortune 500 companies and international retailers among her clients.

Purvi is incredibly bright and knows the law back to front.

David A Bell
3
David A Bell
3
Band 3
David Bell serves as chair of the firm's trademark group and is noted for his experience in managing and enforcing trademark portfolios.

David works seamlessly with other teams to allow me to make informed decisions.

Russell Emerson
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Russell Emerson
3
Band 3
Russell Emerson is recognized for his experience representing clients in IP disputes. He offers particular expertise in trade secrets cases and can draw on his background in mechanical and nuclear engineering.
Tiffany Ferris
3
Tiffany Ferris
3
Band 3
Tiffany Ferris focuses on advising clients in all aspects of brand management and promotion. From analyzing potential risks associated with advertising claims to evaluating the availability of a potential trademark.
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Mike McArthur
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Up and Coming

Mike McArthur specializes in various aspects of trademark law, including brand management, clearance, prosecution, and global enforcement. He represents clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies

Ranked Lawyers at
Haynes and Boone, LLP

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Intellectual Property

David McCombs
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David McCombs
1
Band 1
Russell Emerson
3
Russell Emerson
3
Band 3
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets

Jeffrey Becker
1
Jeffrey Becker
1
Band 1
Purvi Patel Albers
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Purvi Patel Albers
1
Band 1
David A Bell
3
David A Bell
3
Band 3
Tiffany Ferris
3
Tiffany Ferris
3
Band 3
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Mike McArthur
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Up and Coming