Baker Botts L.L.P.

Intellectual Property

Partner

Practice Group Co-Chair -  IP Transactions (Firmwide)

Paul Ragusa is a partner in the Intellectual Property section of the firm's New York office. His practice encompasses patent litigation, inter-partes reviews, IP transactions and licensing, including of standard-essential patents (SEPs).

His diverse technical experience spans audiovisual compression and transmission, semiconductor device fabrication, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, software applications, techniques for delivering pharmaceutical products and medical devices. He was part of the team that drafted the patent licensing agreements directed to the MPEG-2 digital video compression standard, and continues to focus on Standard Development Organizations (SDOs), related Open Source Software (“OSS”) consortia, and licensing of SEPs, including 3G/4G/5G, 802.11, ARIB, ATSC/ATSC3, AV1, AVC, Blu-ray, CRISPR, DASH, DisplayPort, IETF, HEVC, LTE, MVC, UHDTV, VVC and WiFi-6.

He is the programs subcommittee Chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Standards and Open Source Committee, Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Owners’ (IPO) Standards Setting Committee, and serves on the Advisory Board at IP Litigator, using those positions to address the practical implications of important changes to the law.

New York State Bar

United States Patent and Trademark Office

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York

American Intellectual Property Law Association, Standards and Open Source Committee, Programs Subcommittee Chair 2021-2023; Committee Chair 2019-2021; Vice Chair, 2017-2019; Chair, Antitrust Law Committee, 2014-2017; Vice Chair, 2013-2014; Pharmaceuticals subcommittee chair 2012-2014; member, PTAB Trial Committee, 2018

Intellectual Property Owners Association, Vice Chair, Standards Setting Committee, 2021-2024; Secretary, 2020

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), Intellectual Property Disputes Committee, 2016-2019

New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Committee Chair, 2008-2009

J.D., George Washington University Law School 1993 with high honors Order of the Coif Member, The George Washington Journal of International Law & Economics Moot Court Board Prettyman-Leventhal American Inn of Court

B.S., Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton 1990 with honors Sigma Pi Sigma