Mr Luke Pedersen > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
700 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001-5692
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Luke Pedersen
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Practice Group Co-Chair – IP Transactions (Firmwide)
Career
Luke Pedersen is the Co-Chair of the Firmwide Tech Transactions Practice Group. His practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on technology transfers, licensing, patent portfolio management and litigation involving complex and emerging technologies. He regularly represents Fortune 500 companies in mergers and acquisitions involving fledgling software companies. On behalf of technology startups, Mr. Pedersen develops and implements sophisticated programs for the protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights. He is a frequent lecturer on software related topics including the legal implications of cloud computing, software-as-a-service and open source software.
Memberships
DC Bar; Texas Bar; U.S.P.T.O.; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Education
Rutgers Law School; Rutgers College of Engineering
Personal
Luke regularly publishes articles and programs regarding the protection of intellectual property and software related topics.
Research, Education and Innovation Advisory Board Member at Children’s National Hospital; Board Member – McLean-Great Falls Football Association; Luke coaches tackle football and little league baseball.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
Baker Botts L.L.P. handles the full spectrum of licensing matters for multi-party transactions, including patent, copyright and trademark license agreements, alongside technology development, acquisition, distribution and outsourcing agreements. The firm also conducts due diligence investigations relating to M&A. The firm regularly acts for Cisco on patent licensing and strategic portfolio development, and also represents Toyota in the development of their hydrogen fuel cell technology for heavy-duty vehicles. Christa Brown-Sanford, who is active in the firm’s Dallas office, has experience of patent licensing in relation to telecommunications, electronics and other technologies, working with notable clients such as Toyota and Cisco. Washington DC’s Luke Pedersen strengthens the team with his expertise in technology-related matters, particularly including technology transfers, licensing and patent portfolio management, as well as emerging technologies. Highly experienced patent trial attorney Robert Scheinfeld, who is based in New York, also co-heads the team.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
Baker Botts L.L.P. has a ‘wide range of experience making it easy to get complicated multi-topic issues addressed’. Clients particularly appreciate the firm’s willingness to ‘dig into details to understand the business goals‘. A major sweet spot is in energy tech, where the firm’s deep roots in the energy sector combine with its sizeable IP team. Beyond the energy sector, the firm represents technology clients and investors on a wide range of strategic transactions, including licensing, distribution, outsourcing and development agreements. Samantha Hale Crispin and Jonathan Gordon respectively lead the team from Dallas and New York. Washington DC-based IP transactions chair, Luke Pedersen, is another key team member.
Lawyer Rankings
- Patents: licensing United States > Intellectual property
- Technology transactions United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense