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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices

Baker Botts L.L.P.
2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2980
TEXAS
United States
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Chad Walters

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+1 214 953 6511 chad.walters@bakerbotts.com View profile

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Practice Group Co-Chair – PTAB Trials (Firmwide)

Career

Chad Walters is co-chair of the firm’s PTAB Trials Practice. His practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation, portfolio development and procurement and dispute proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office involving a wide variety of applications.

In federal courts in Texas and across the country, Mr. Walters litigates patent disputes relating to a range of technologies, from Internet technologies to complex software and telecommunications applications. He represents both companies seeking to enforce their intellectual property rights and those accused of infringement. Mr. Walters also represents clients in patent challenge proceedings and complex disputes involving priority rights in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Walters helps clients of all sizes identify, develop and protect their intellectual property assets. He has developed patent portfolios in a broad spectrum of technologies, including telecommunications, semiconductors, software, optical networks, oil and gas production, medical equipment, business methods, wireless components and the mechanical arts. He has also prepared and negotiated various licensing and technology transfer agreements for clients seeking to attain value from and leverage their intellectual property portfolio.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas

Alabama State Bar

United States Patent and Trademark Office

United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; the Middle District of Alabama; the Northern District of Florida and the District of Colorado

Supreme Court of Texas

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Dallas Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section

Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association

 

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law 1999
Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of Law and Technology
Pro Bono Criminal Adjudication Project

B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University 1996
cum laude

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)

An extensive team of specialists oversee Baker Botts L.L.P.‘s collective, which is noted for its ‘dedication to staying at the forefront of the legal landscape’. Christa Brown-Sanford, high-tech specialist Samir Bhavsar and Chad Walters at the Dallas office, life sciences specialist Sandra Lee and Jennifer Tempesta in the New York hub, and Eliot Williams who co-leads from Palo Alto. Walters and Williams are both on the PTAB board, while Lee and Bhavsar have a particular focus on the patent prosecution side of the practice. The team’s workload incorporates a notable number of PTAB trial cases, patent litigation cases, post-grant proceedings before the USPTO and portfolio management matters for its client roster which includes names such as Samsung, Mastercard and Bank of America. There is a range of IP expertise across the group and it is noted that ‘the team’s diversity contributes to a richness of perspectives’. The ‘exceptional’ Matthew Avery in San Francisco is noteworthy for his ‘deep expertise in navigating the intricacies of patent prosecution’, while David Wu in Palo Alto has a particular focus on assisting research and development investment clients in complex cases.

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