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Scott is a member of the firm’s Patent Litigation team. Although he concentrates on patent issues, his experience covers the range of intellectual property matters including trademarks, false advertising, unfair competition and trade secrets. As a trial lawyer, Scott is skilled in all phases of litigation, from pre-filing investigations, pleadings&nbsp;and fact and expert discovery, to summary judgment, trial and post-trial work. In patent cases, Scott also performs portfolio analysis, drafts contentions, conducts claim construction and evaluates remedies.

Beyond litigation, Scott has experience in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and, on the advertising side, in challenges before the National Advertising Division (NAD) at the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Scott routinely relies on his strong technical background in cases comprising a wide variety of technologies, such as computer software, consumer electronics, household appliances, retail display systems, medical devices, golf clubs and agricultural products.

Scott maintains an active pro bono practice, with notable experience litigating claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, advancing public records requests under state and federal law, and serving as a court-appointed guardian ad litem.

Prior to joining BakerHostetler, Scott worked in the Intellectual Property Litigation group of a top 10 Vault 100 international law firm.

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J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, 2015, 

B.S., Computer Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2011

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<li>Represented an international manufacturer of vacuum cleaner products in two separate false advertising litigations against a competitor. In the first, after a two-week trial where the client challenged the competitor’s carpet-cleaning superiority advertising claims, obtained a jury verdict in the client’s favor on all grounds, including willful false advertising, and further obtained a damages award of $16.4 million. In the second, where the competitor challenged the client’s suction performance and carpet-cleaning superiority claims, obtained dismissal of the case and a favorable settlement for the client on the eve of trial.</li>
<li>Represented an international manufacturer of agricultural products in a patent litigation against an importer of a particular fungicide. After a seven-day trial, obtained a jury verdict in the client’s favor, including a permanent injunction against the importer and a damages award of nearly $1 million.</li>
<li>Represented a nationwide golf club fitting business in an Inter Partes Review proceeding before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) challenging certain claims of a patent asserted against the client in a related district court litigation. Obtained a favorable final written decision finding claims unpatentable and denying the patent owner’s request to amend the patent with new, substitute claims.</li>
<li>Represented a manufacturer of retail display systems in three separate litigations brought by another company relating to such systems.</li>
<li>Represented a Fortune 500 medical device company in a patent infringement litigation brought by a non-practicing entity relating to artificial heart valve technology.</li>
<li>Represented multiple clients in confidential proceedings before the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.</li>
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