Michael Hawes is the chair of Baker Botts' Federal Circuit Appellate Practice Group and has been principal counsel for over 45 appeals and mandamus proceedings in appellate court. Clients rely on Michael to assist them in forming strategies to address current IP disputes and protect them from future disputes. He handles negotiations and cases dealing with patent and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and violation of employment agreement IP provisions.
Michael clerked at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. for the Honorable William C. Bryson, and has also argued many cases before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including appeals from both the Patent Office and District Courts.
Quarterly Index of Federal Circuit Cases
Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Mr. Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.) of relevant legal points - in order to assist clients seeking to identify recent law relevant to a particular problem. The links below provide the most recent documents.
Related Experience
- AT&T (District of Delaware and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defending patent lawsuit regarding co-extensive phone and internet signal systems
- AT&T Mobility (Central District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding mobile phone location privacy controls
- AT&T Mobility (Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding quality of service network traffic protocols
- AT&T, DirecTV and Dish Network (District of Delaware and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding simultaneous recording and playback technologies
- Arkwright Advanced Coating (District of Minnesota and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Principal counsel for appeal from six patent lawsuit regarding chemical application technologies
- BASF (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Argued appeal of inter partes reexamination concerning catalytic pollution reduction technologies
- Baylor College of Medicine (Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defending patent lawsuit concerning cancer treatment technologies
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade (Eastern District of Texas, Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended four patent lawsuit regarding compression technologies for financial information
- Dell (Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding hard drive technologies
- Fusion-io (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)ABS Principal counsel for mandamus petition regarding venue transfer for multiple patent lawsuit regarding flash memory software technologies
- Hughes Network Systems (Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding satellite transmission technologies
- Hydril (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Argued appeal of patent infringement and Walker-Process antitrust case regarding proprietary connectors for hydrocarbon conduits
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Appeal of patent lawsuit involving positron emission tomography
- ON Semiconductor (Northern District of California, District of Delaware, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Principal counsel for appeals and mandamus petitions from multiple patent lawsuits and inter partes reviews regarding power conversion technologies
- Samsung Electronics Co. (Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding media security technologies
- Samsung Electronics Co. (Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defending patent lawsuit concerning Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology
- TD Ameritrade (Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit concerning encryption software technologies
- Tele-Communications, Inc. (later Comcast) (Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) Defended patent lawsuit regarding optical cable equipment
- Toshiba (Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit) Defended a patent license agreement lawsuit regarding semiconductor packaging technologies
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Halliburton Defeats Two More USWS Electric-Fracking Patents
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High Court Again Asks For SG's Views On Patent Eligibility
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The Best Lawyers in America Recognize "Lawyers of the Year" and "Ones to Watch" from Baker Botts
Baker Botts Lawyers Ranked in 2022 IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals
Justices Sit Out Apple's PTAB Standing Saga
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Fed. Circ. Affirms Decision Clearing AT&T In Video IP Case
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Skilled in the Art: It's Google v. Oracle All Over Again at Second Circuit + Cisco Closes in on Flat Fee Award + Ericsson and Samsung Avert Injunction-Geddon
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PacBio v. Oxford Nanopore
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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Affirms Jury Decision to Invalidate Certain PacBio Patents
Fed. Circ. Backs Oxford Nanopore's DNA Tech IP Trial Victory
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Oxford Nanopore’s Trial Win Over DNA Sequencing Patents Upheld
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Fed. Circ. Affirms PacBio Loss on its DNA-Sequencing Patent Claims
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CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 10 Firms, 155 Lawyers, $10.4B
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Southern Company Gas' Sale of Its Wholesale Natural Gas Marketing and Trading Business
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Baker Botts Advises Southern Company Gas in Sale of Its Wholesale Natural Gas Marketing and Trading Business
Fed. Circ. Says Qualcomm Deal Dooms Apple's PTAB Appeals
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VoIP-Pal Loses Fed. Circ. Battle To Ship Cases To Albright
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Baker Botts’ IP Department Secures Highest Win Rate Nationally in Patent Challenges Over Last Five Years
Fed. Circ. Says UT's Immunity Can't Halt Cancer Patent Suit
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Top 6 Patent Rulings Of 2020: A Midyear Report
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Baker Botts Lawyers Ranked in 2020 IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals
Fed. Circ. Rejects Ex-Chief's Call To Clarify Alice In Dish Case
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Baker Botts Secures Precedential Decision on Prevailing Party Status for DISH Network
Fed. Circ. Gives Dish, SiriusXM New Shot At Fees In IP Fight
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Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Eye Alice Win For Tech Titans
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Pacific Biosciences of California Inc. v. Oxford Nanopore Technologies Inc
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Federal Jury Rules in Favor of Baker Botts Client Oxford Nanopore in Patent Infringement Case Involving Innovative DNA Sensing Tool
Fed. Circ. Won't Undo Voip-Pal's Patent Losses To Tech Titans
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Customedia Technologies v. Dish Network
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Baker Botts Secures Precedential Win on Patent Eligibility for DISH Network
Fed. Circ. Hands Wins To Dish In Ad Data Storage IP Fight
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Dish Says Customedia's 2nd Arthrex Expansion Bid Fails
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Sprint Asks Justices To Deny Inventor's 'Poor' Alice Challenge
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Texas Says It Can't Be Forced to Bring a Patent Suit
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Sovereign Immunity May Not Shield Schools in All Patent Disputes
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Fed. Circ. Skeptical Sovereign Immunity Bars Cancer IP Suit - Law360
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Fed. Circ. Affirms Dish's PTAB Win After Remand Bid Fails
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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive DRM Patent, In Win For Samsung
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Merger Ruling 'Artificially Narrows' IPR Rights, Fed Circ. Told
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Baker Botts Lawyers Ranked Among Top Patent Professionals in 2019 IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals
Era Group Inc.'s $40 Million Sale of its Dart Holding Company Ltd. Joint Venture – Global Legal Chronicle
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Baker Botts Represents Era Group Inc. in the Sale of its Dart Holding Company Ltd. Joint Venture
Fed. Circ. Says UK DNA Sequencers Don’t Infringe IP In US
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Fed. Circ. Partly Undoes AT&T, Internet Cos.’ Data IP Win
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Patent Cases To Watch In 2019
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ACC Houston Annual Symposium 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court's Impact on IP
ACC Annual Back to School Symposium
Please join ACC Houston on Thursday, August 15, 2019 for the "Back to School Symposium," a day-long diverse CLE program.
The U.S. Supreme Court's Impact on Intellectual Property 2019
On Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 11 am CST Baker Botts partners Aaron Streett, Michael Hawes and Jennifer Nall will take a hard look at Supreme Court IP decisions. They will also examine other IP cases to watch in 2019, and the current composition of the Court.