Andrew Baum is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. He is a member of the Trademark, Copyright & Advertising and IP Litigation Practices.
Prior to joining Foley, Mr. Baum was a partner and managing principal with Darby & Darby P.C., where he represented major clients in trademark and copyright litigation, oversaw the management of international trademark portfolios, and supervised the intellectual property aspects of significant corporate transactions.
Mr. Baum focuses his practice on trademark, unfair competition, false advertising and copyright litigation, counseling, licensing and a substantial amount of enforcement work on Internet domain names. He represents a broad cross-section of clients from the publishing, luxury goods, interactive entertainment, personnel staffing and home furnishings industries. Major cases include one in which he helped lead a team which defeated a $150 million damage claim for false advertising in a three-week jury trial, and successfully defended the verdict on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.
Mr. Baum has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system and was named in the 2011 and 2012 World Trademark Review's "WTR 1000" directory. He was selected for inclusion in the 2007 - 2011 New York Super Lawyers® - Metro Edition lists. Only five percent of New York Metro attorneys are named to the list. He is also one of less than 600 lawyers selected for inclusion in The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers (2010-2012). Mr. Baum has also been nominated by in-house counsel and his peers to appear in the eighth edition of the Guide to the World's Leading Trade Mark Law Practitioners.
Mr. Baum received his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1976, and received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972.
Mr. Baum is admitted to practice in New York.
Representative Cases Include:
· Allegiance Healthcare Corp. v. London International Group Ltd., et al, 70 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1286 (11th Cir. 2004)
· Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. v. Respect Sportswear Inc., 83 USPQ 2d 1555 (TTAB 2007)
· Merck & Co., Inc. et al v. Mediplan Health Consulting, Inc. et al, 425 F. Supp. 2d 402 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) and 434 F. Supp. 2d 257 (S.D.N.Y. 2006)
· Shine v. Childs, 382 F. Supp. 2d 602 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
· Bruce v. Weekly World News, Inc., 150 F. Supp 2d 313 (D. Mass. 2001), aff'd 310 F. 3d 25(1st Cir. 2002)
· Muze, Inc. v. Digital On-Demand, Inc., 123 F. Supp. 2d 118 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
Recent Publications:
· "Limiting Discovery in TTAB Proceedings," IP 360, January 20, 2012
· "Hoax Websites: Even If They Deceive, Are They Trademark Infringement?," New York Law Journal, January 9, 2012
· "It's Harder Now to Protect Designs Under Trademark Law," The National Law Journal, December 13, 2010
· "Incontestable Trademark Registrations: No Guarantee," IP 360, November 1, 2010
· "DMCA Protection for Online Service Providers: The Safe Harbor Gets Safer," IP 360, March 19, 2009
· "Protecting Architectural Works: Breaking New Ground With Familiar Tools," The Construction Lawyer (ABA), October 2007
Recent Presentations:
· Panel co-chair, "Navigating the New World of Domain Names," The Exponential Speed of Innovation: Is IP Driving Your Business? (Foley & Lardner's seventh annual IP conference), September 19, 2011
· In-House lecture, "What Every Lawyer Should Know About False Advertising," June 16, 2009
· Webinar, "What You Need to Know About The DMCA," March 17, 2009
· Lecturer, "Overcoming Ethical Challenges in IP Practice," Intellectual Property Law Update sponsored by National Business Institute, Washington, D.C., October 17, 2008
· Panel chair, "IP Gone Wild," Foley IP Conference "The Great Debate," New York, September 29, 2008
· Panelist, "IP Defense and Brand Protection," 20th Annual ALM General Counsel Conference, New York, June 9, 2008