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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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Tommy Martin

Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Tommy Martin’s practice centers around complex patent and trade secret litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S district courts, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Martin represents clients in all phases of pre-trial, trial, post-trial and appeal, as well as before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Mr. Martin also represents clients in seller disputes before Amazon.com. His experience in this regard includes initiating and responding to take-down requests under Amazon.com’s Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation (UPNE) process, as well as Amazon.com’s Brand Registry infringement reporting process.
Mr. Martin is a registered patent attorney that has counseled clients in all phases of patent prosecution, including post-grant prosecution before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB).
Mr. Martin has drafted, filed, and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in a diverse field of technologies.
In addition, Mr. Martin counsels clients on patent portfolio development, management, and enforcement. This includes counseling emerging tech companies at all stages of funding and development.
Through his intellectual property practice, Mr. Martin has gained significant knowledge and experience in the fields of alternative energy, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, life sciences, and complex machinery.
Mr. Martin’s pro bono practice includes representing under served individuals with child custody and landlord-tenant matters in the District of Columbia Courts, and immigration matters in U.S. Immigration Courts.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Martin worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He served as a lead engineer on aircraft carrier overhaul projects with a particular focus on steam and hydraulic power in aircraft launch and recovery systems.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
Virginia State Bar
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Supreme Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
United States International Trade Commission
Education
J.D., William and Mary Law School
Editor, William and Mary Law Review
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
Baker Botts L.L.P. has a team of ‘true experts on International Trade Commission litigation‘ capable of handling a broad variety of Section 337 proceedings for the likes of Motorola Solutions, DISH Network and CMC Materials. Lisa Kattan is hailed as an ‘ITC Superstar’ as well as a ‘fierce advocate and a good writer’ and has vast experience litigating before the ITC; Kattan co-chairs the team together with IP specialists Christa Brown-Sanford, based in Dallas, and Jennifer Tempesta, who practices from New York. Katharine Burke focuses on intellectual property litigation and licensing and handles patent infringement cases related to telecoms, mobile phone operating systems and medical devices. New York-based trial lawyer Robert Maier handles IP cases across a broad range of technologies. Patent and trade secret litigator Tommy Martin is also a key contact for the firm’s ITC practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- 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
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- 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)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)