Todd G. Vare

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Bio Information

Todd G. Vare is a partner in the Intellectual Property Department of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, where he concentrates his practice in the litigation of patent disputes and counseling on the protection of intellectual property assets. Mr. Vare has litigated patent disputes covering a wide variety of technologies, including gene sequencing, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications, software programs and processes, cellular antenna systems, and mechanical devices. Mr. Vare also has litigated a variety of other intellectual property and business disputes in state and federal courts involving trade secrets, copyright, software performance, software licenses, employee non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and rights of publicity. He is a frequent speaker on trial and litigation techniques, multi-media trial presentation strategies, and electronic discovery.

In addition to trial work, Mr. Vare has significant federal and state appellate court experience. He has represented clients in appeals before the 7th Circuit, the Federal Circuit, and the 11th Circuit. He won a reversal of a summary judgment of noninfringement for his client in Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. v. Graco Children's Products, Inc.

Mr. Vare also has argued before the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Santos, which resulted in a victory for his client involving the scope of the federal money laundering statute.

Mr. Vare is co-chairman of the firm's Nanotechnology Practice Group and a member of the firm's Life Sciences and Business and Technology Group (BTech) practice groups. In these roles, Mr. Vare counsels clients on a variety of matters along the pathway of "concept to commercialization" in the life sciences and technology industries, as well as the application of nanotechnology to these and other industry sectors. His client counseling includes IP protection, computer and software protection, e-commerce processes, electronic signatures, Internet security, and other business technology matters.

Mr. Vare is admitted to practice in Indiana and Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the 7th Circuit, the 11th Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Indiana, and Northern District of Indiana. Mr. Vare devotes a considerable portion of his time to pro bono matters and regularly accepts appointments under the Criminal Justice Act from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Vare received his J.D. summa cum laude from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1994. He graduated from Miami University in 1987 with a B.A. in international studies in 1987. He also received an M.B.A. from the Indiana University School of Business in 1989, and worked in marketing communications before attending law school.