David Wu > Baker Botts L.L.P. > Palo Alto, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
1001 PAGE MILL ROAD
BUILDING ONE, SUITE 200
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1007
CALIFORNIA
United States
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David Wu
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
David Wu’s practice centers around protecting the intellectual property and R&D investments of clients. He has extensive experience advising clients on patent strategy and portfolio development, as well as patent enforcement and defensive strategies.
David works closely with clients to understand their business and technologies and tailors IP strategies to help achieve their business goals effectively and cost-efficiently. He has helped clients prosecute a variety of technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, prediction and recommendation systems, cryptography, computer graphics, image and video compression, virtual-reality and augmented-reality devices and platforms, operating systems, application frameworks, cloud infrastructures and services, desktop and mobile applications, UX/UI designs, mapping systems, social media platforms, hardware accelerators, telecommunication, network technologies, fleet-management systems, autonomous vehicles, micromobility vehicles, sensor calibration, sensor-data processing, power-management devices, medical devices, and the mechanical arts.
In addition to patent prosecution, David also provides freedom-to-operate assessments and provide counsel on product development to help clients minimize the risk of patent infringement.
Prior to practicing law, David was a software engineer at IBM, where he designed and developed enterprise system software and oversaw software development operations in China.
David is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Memberships
State Bar of California
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
J.D., USC Gould School of Law 2009
M. Eng., Computer Science, Cornell University 2002
B.S., Computer Science, Cornell University 2001
cum laude
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