Professional Experience

Charles P. Baker has been lead trial counsel or extensively involved in all aspects of patent litigation in fields ranging from computer systems to optical machinery, photocopiers, pharmaceuticals, synthetic textile fibers, military craft (in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims), optical fiber waveguides, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. He also has substantial experience advising clients in anticipation of litigation.

His patent litigations include representing:

• Essilor against Vision-Ease Lens in patent and breach  of non-disclosure agreement case involving ophthalmic lenses.
  
  
• AstraZeneca against Andrx, Genpharm, Dr. Reddy and Schwartz Pharma on patents relating to omeprazole and its formulations.
  
  
• Nintendo in a patent infringement dispute in Federal Court in New Jersey involving video game systems.

Education

J.D., University of Virginia, 1967
B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1964

Bar Admissions

State of New York, 1968; District of Columbia, 1973; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities

Past Chair and Honorary Member of Council, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law; Fellow, American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society; Federal Circuit Bar Association

Related Information

Representative Cases

Vision-Ease Lens, Inc. v. Essilor International S.A.
D. Minn. 2004

In re Omeprazole Patent Litigation
S.D.N.Y. 2002

General Electric Co. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Fed. Cir. 1999

Publications

When the Models Rule and Court Decisions Clash
The Brief
Summer 2007

Events

Conflicts Between The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct And Court Decisions Concerning Investigations
ABA 2006 Annual Meeting
August 6, 2006

Ethical Considerations in Investigations
ABA Torts and Insurance Practice Section
January 13, 2006

Whether Government Patent Offices Should Contract With Private Companies To Search The Prior Art
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys and the American Intellectual Property Law Association Colloquium
April 8-9, 2003

Exploring the Need for Harmonization of Law: Impending Impact of Globalization
2001 ABA Annual Meeting
August 4, 2001

In The News

Fitzpatrick Partner Speaks at Congressional Hearings
July 11, 2002

Charles P. Baker Appears Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property
November 8, 2001

Charles P. Baker Elected as Chair of the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section
2001