John Flaim > Baker McKenzie LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
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John Flaim
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Position
John is a member of the Firm’s Global Intellectual Property Group, where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and portfolio management. He has extensive experience handling patent infringement litigation in federal district courts and proceedings before the US International Trade Commission.
John is continuously ranked in the Intellectual Property realm by Chambers USA, Managing IP, World IP Review, World Trademark Review, IAM 1000 and Best Lawyers. In a Chambers 2023 interview, one client highlighted John “knows exactly which disputes are better settled outside of the courtroom and has a keen sense for when aggression is the best play.” Furthermore, John’s exceptional capabilities have earned him a nomination as a Thomson Reuter Stand Out Lawyer in 2024. Clients commended him as an “excellent lawyer” with a “deep expertise in intellectual property and successful leadership of significant IP litigation.”
Career
John has significant experience representing multinational clients, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in patent litigations throughout US District Courts and before the US International Trade Commission. Many of the patents litigated by John cover electrical and computer related technologies, such as software, voice messaging, semiconductor processing and circuitry, smart cards, wireless and wireline telecommunication systems, and digital image editing. In the course of his practice, John counsels clients regarding the infringement, validity and enforceability of patents, including the preparation of formal opinions concerning those issues. He is also experienced in licensing, acquisition, development, and co-development transactions and agreements involving various technologies. In addition, he also advises clients on copyright, patent and trademark matters, including the protection of intellectual property assets and infringement assessments.
Languages
English, Italian
Memberships
- International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Dallas/Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association
- State Bar of Texas
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
Baker McKenzie LLP works with a host of clients—from software and tech, to entertainment—on the full range of patent matters. Its workload includes obtaining the grant of patents to establish a portfolio, providing pre-litigation advice to well-known names, and preparing and prosecuting patent applications in national and international contexts. John Flaim, who handles patent litigation and portfolio management in particular, leads the Dallas-based team. Mackenzie Martin is equipped to litigate in patent infringement cases and proceedings before the USPTO and the ITC. Vas Vedantam is praised for an ‘analytical approach’, while Jessica Greenwald is also noteworthy. Richard Wells left in November 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense