Experience 

Intellectual property litigator Brandon Baum represents industry leaders in telecommunications, computer hardware and software as a partner in the Palo Alto office of Mayer Brown LLP.  He combines a superb understanding of the patent laws, practical knowledge of the high technology and computer industries, and extensive jury trial experience.  Brandon has served as lead counsel in patent cases, Markman hearings, mediation, and arbitrations, and has first-chaired  numerous jury and court trials.  He has litigated disputes involving such technologies as telecommunication devices (hardware and software), thin films, computer methods and software, microprocessors, smartcards, business methods, computer aided design (CAD), Java™, medical devices, cryptography and GPS devices.

Since 2002, Brandon has served as an adjunct professor at U.C. Hastings, teaching an upper-division course in patent litigation techniques.  He also serves as a court-appointed Early Neutral Evaluator for patent cases in the Northern District of California. Brandon joined the firm as a partner in 2005, having previously been a shareholder at Cooley Godward and served for nearly a decade as prosecutor. 

Notable Engagements 
Representative matters include (party represented in bold): 

• Viacom International, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) Representation of YouTube against Viacom related to the application of the DMCA to the YouTube website. 
• Island IP, LLC v. Promontory Interfinancial Network, LLC  (S.D.N.Y.)  Prosecution and defense of parallel patent litigations involving competing business method patents for bank deposit services. 
• Intelligraphics. Inc. v. Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) Representation of Marvell Semiconductor in a case involving allegedly infringing software incorporated into Marvell’s wireless 802.11 chips. 
• Tegic Communications, Inc. v. Zi Corporation (N.D. Cal.) Representation of Zi Corporation against patents allegedly covering predictive text entry software used in the Nintendo Wii. 
• Digital Technology Licensing LLC v. Cingular Wireless (E.D. Tex.) Defense of infringement allegations against GSM cellular telephone systems.   
• Cryptography Research v. VISA International (N.D. Cal.) Defense of Visa International against patents allegedly covering cryptographic protection of smartcards.
• FusionArc, Inc. v. Pay by Touch (N.D. Cal.) Defense of payment processor against patent allegedly covering biometric payment system. 
• Regents of the University of Texas v. Kyocera Wireless, et al., 533 F.3d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2008) Defense of cellular handset manufacturers against patent on predictive text entry.
• IpVenture v. Prostar Computer, et al., 503 F.3d 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2007) Defense of computer manufacturers against patent on methods for thermal and power management (ACPI). 
• Perfect 10 v. iBill, 340 F.Supp.2d 1077 (C.D. Cal. 2004) Obtained summary judgment for online payment provider against copyright infringement allegations.

Education 

University of California, Hastings College of Law, JD, 1985; (Comm/Ent Law Journal) • University of California, Berkeley, BA, 1982

Admitted

• California, 1985
• United States Supreme Court
• US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit