Intellectual Property (Cross-Border Business)

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The Intellectual Property Group defends and enforces patents, trademarks and copyrights in the United States and throughout the world.

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Facilitated applications for patents and registration of trademarks in more than 145 foreign jurisdictions

Practice Overview

The Intellectual Property Group undertakes responsibility for the protection of inventions and other forms of intellectual property for clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. We obtain, defend and enforce patents, trademarks and copyrights in the United States and throughout the world. Our attorneys have established a reputation for practical, common-sense business approaches to client concerns, as well as sophistication in dealing with a range of intellectual property issues for firms of all sizes.

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Protected client's intellectual property of 26 generic pharmaceuticals and four medical devices with a mandatory preliminary injunction in Winston Salem, North Carolina Federal District Court. A manufacturer was paid to formulate the drugs and devices and to file Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) and Premarket Notifications (510k) with the FDA on the client's behalf, then claimed ownership of all the non-patent intellectual property created in the process of developing these drugs and devices, and refused to give the client the information it was paid to create.

"Booking.com? Booking.yeah! Supreme Court Weighs In On Trademark Protection for Generic Terms Combined with Generic Top-Level Domains" (July 2020)
"File Your Patents & Trademarks NOW!," republished in IPWatchdog® (May 13, 2020)
"Supreme Court Clears an Obstacle to Profit Awards for Trademark Owners, But Doesn't Completely Flush "Willfulness"," republished in IAM (May 2020)
"Checking in on China: Developments in Litigation and Policy and How They Impact Foreign Intellectual Property" (December 2017)
"Supreme Court Limits Overseas Contributory Liability" (February 2017)

Memphis Bar Foundation Welcomes Adam S. Baldridge and Mary Wu Tullis as 2024 Fellows (May 16, 2024)
Baker Donelson Corporate Attorney Justin S. Daniels Co-Authors Data Reimagined: Building Trust One Byte at a Time (October 11, 2022)
Baker Donelson's Joel Buckberg Named Among Franchise Times' Legal Eagles (May 26, 2020)
Baker Donelson Names William S. Painter to New Role of Chief Innovation Officer (September 26, 2016)
Joel R. Buckberg Named Leader of Baker Donelson's Commercial Transactions and Business Counseling Group (December 16, 2015)
Baker Donelson's Joel Buckberg Named Among Franchise Times' Legal Eagles (April 7, 2015)

Nicole Berkowitz Riccio Quoted in Managing IP on Tennessee's ELVIS Act (March 28, 2024)
Justin Daniels Quoted in The Drum on Need for Meaningful Legislative Change Around Data Privacy and Security (February 7, 2023)
Justin Daniels Featured on The Technologist's Tech Snippets Today (January 23, 2023)
Justin Daniels Discusses Legal Concerns Regarding the Use of NFTs for Campaign Fundraising in InvestorPlace (October 8, 2022)
Justin Daniels Shares the Best Professional Advice He Ever Received on Middle Market Growth's GrowthTV (August 1, 2022)
Justin Daniels Featured on Middle Market Growth's GrowthTV Discussing Importance of Cybersecurity in Exit Planning Process (July 11, 2022)
Justin Daniels Talks with Daily Report About Growing NFT Market (May 11, 2022)
In Q&A with Global Atlanta, Justin Daniels Outlines Why the Ukraine War is a Watershed Moment in U.S. Cyber Readiness (March 3, 2022)
Justin Daniels Discusses SEC Push for More Transparency Related to Cybersecurity in Inc. (February 14, 2022)
Justin Daniels Quoted in E-Crypto News on Potential Regulatory Issues for NFTs in 2022 (January 28, 2022)
Justin Daniels Offers His Perspective on NFT Industry Predictions for 2022 in App Developer Magazine (January 4, 2022)
Justin Daniels Talks with Cybersecurity Insights About What Organizations Should Consider as They Face Ransomware (June 29, 2021)
Justin Daniels Featured in Cybersecurity Insights Fireside Chat on What's Broken with M&A Cybersecurity (April 26, 2021)
Chris Sloan Talks with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Regarding Importance of Communicating with Clients During Coronavirus Crisis (March 23, 2020)
Adam Baldrige Quoted in Bloomberg Law on Issues in Supreme Court Case Involving Trademark Dispute (January 10, 2020)
Adam Baldridge Quoted in Memphis Business Journal on Copyright Law Regarding Anonymous Works (September 19, 2019)
Adam Baldridge Discusses Patent Litigation Changes During 2018 in Law360 (January 31, 2019)
Adam Baldridge Quoted in Law360 on Patent Hotspots in 2018 (January 31, 2019)
Edward Ramage Discusses Use of Contract Law to Limit Patent Power in Law360 (June 1, 2017)
Edward Ramage Discusses U.S. Supreme Court Patent Exhaustion Ruling in IP Watchdog (May 30, 2017)
Justin Daniels Talks with Hypepotamus About Atlanta Cyber Week (May 17, 2017)
Justin Daniels Talks About Growing Number of Israeli Cyber Companies in Atlanta with Atlanta Business Chronicle (March 24, 2017)
Justin Daniels Quoted in American Lawyer on Baker Donelson's Cybersecurity Accelerator (January 2, 2017)
Baker Donelson's Cybercon 2016 Featured in Global Atlanta (September 27, 2016)
Chief Innovation Officer Bill Painter Featured in Memphis Business Journal (September 26, 2016)
Chris Sloan Talks with Entrepreneur Magazine About How Start-Ups Can Attract and Keep the Right Investors (October 9, 2015)
Edward Ramage Comments on Supreme Court Patent Royalties Case in Law360 (June 22, 2015)
Chris Sloan Quoted in Nashville Ledger About Tennessee Startups (May 16, 2015)
Joel Buckberg Profiled in Law360 Dealmakers Q&A Series (September 26, 2014)
Chris Sloan Discusses Intellectual Property Mistakes Startup Entrepreneurs Make with JD Supra (February 3, 2014)

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Memphis Bar Foundation Welcomes Adam S. Baldridge and Mary Wu Tullis as 2024 Fellows

Press Release / May 16, 2024

Nicole Berkowitz Riccio Quoted in Managing IP on Tennessee's ELVIS Act

News / March 28, 2024

Justin Daniels Quoted in The Drum on Need for Meaningful Legislative Change Around Data Privacy and Security

News / February 7, 2023

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