John Baird of Duane Morris LLP is an IP litigator frequently called upon by major household names from the tech industry. He is noted for his ability to lead in inter partes review proceedings before the PTAB and the USPTO, often entailing large monetary damages. Baird can support clients engaged in patent and trade secret disputes, involving emerging issues such as missile countermeasure systems and multicarrier modulation.
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John M. Baird has two decades of experience in defending major technology clients in patent litigation. Examples of his successes include:
- Obtaining complete defense verdict in retrial of a multi-billion dollar cybersecurity patent litigation involving nearly a dozen patents;
- 100% success rate as lead counsel for a seasoned IPR petitioner in challenging the validity of patent claims at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board; and
- Winning case-critical claim construction and summary judgment rulings in popular patent venues such as the District of Delaware and the Eastern District of Texas.
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Key clients
- Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Cox Communications, Inc. Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC Verizon Services Corp. ARRIS Group, Inc Cisco Systems, Inc. Aeroflex Incorporated
Work highlights
Lead counsel in IPR proceedings for Comcast Cable Communications LLC, Cox Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, Verizon Services Corp. and ARRIS Group, Inc. against TQ Delta LLC, proving the patentability of their multicarrier comms.