Baker Botts L.L.P.

Baker Botts L.L.P.

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Douglas Kubehl

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Practice Group Co-Chair - IP Litigation (Firmwide)

Career

Mr. Kubehl is the firmwide co-chair of Baker Botts’ IP litigation patent group. He is a first chair trial and appellate lawyer specializing in patent and trade secret cases involving, for example telecommunications, software, electronics, optics, and semiconductors. Mr. Kubehl has particular expertise dealing with standard-essential patents and representing parties (both patent holder and defendants) in competitor cases as well as defending against ultra-complex patent aggregator cases. Outside of the courtroom Mr. Kubehl has significant licensing and technology due diligence experience.

Memberships

State Bar of Texas; U.S. Courts of Appeals for Fifth and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas; US Patent and Trademark Office; DBA Foundation Fellow.

Education

JD (magna cum laude, order of the coif ), University of Minnesota Law School, 1996; BS (with distinction), electrical and computer engineering, University of Wisconsin,1993.