Aaron Barlow represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex patent litigation disputes. While he has a strong focus on patent infringement cases, Aaron has also secured wins in cases related to patent ownership disputes and cases involving alleged breaches of patent license agreements.
Aaron has a robust docket of work in the automobile industry. Many of his clients provide critical technology to auto manufacturers. Aaron also deals regularly with clients in the pharmaceutical industry, often counseling companies that are seeking to launch a generic version of pharmaceutical products. In both areas, Aaron has proved his talent for learning the intricate facts of the conflict or legal issue, crafting a strategy that aligns with his client’s business goals, and preparing and delivering arguments related to complex ideas in terms that are both clear and compelling.
Having taken nearly 15 cases to trial, Aaron understands what it takes to win in court. Likewise, he is savvy enough to know when designing a cost-effective settlement based on his client’s business goals is in their best interest.
The key to every patent case is identifying the issues that will drive the fact-finder to your side. These issues will motivate your adversary to settle or provide you with a winning argument for trial.
Representative Matters
- Represented infotainment supplier in a case involving alleged breach of license agreement.
- Represented a smart speaker manufacturer; demonstrated to opposing counsel that sales history of accused product proved invention lacked value, quickly leading to settlement.
- Represented a coal plant operator in a case that involved a bromide catalyst for use in removing mercury from the flue gas in a coal-fired electrical generation plant; worked with the client’s engineers to design around the patent with a slightly higher cost than the accused infringing process; shortly thereafter, the plaintiff agreed to a favorable settlement.
- Represented a major chemical company in Delaware in a patent case over polymer aqueous dispersions made in an extruder; obtained early summary judgment of non-infringement, which is unusual in Delaware.
- Represented a biosimilar company in a Delaware patent case under the BPCIA; won on a motion to dismiss based on defendant’s file history statements establishing file history estoppel.
- Represented a Detroit automobile manufacturer in a copyright infringement case against after-market supplier copying client’s software; within six weeks of being brought into the year old litigation on behalf of the car manufacturer, designed licensing terms that led to a settlement that provided the client all of its initial demands.
Credentials
Service / Recognition
Overview
Aaron Barlow represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex patent litigation disputes. While he has a strong focus on patent infringement cases, Aaron has also secured wins in cases related to patent ownership disputes and cases involving alleged breaches of patent license agreements.
Aaron has a robust docket of work in the automobile industry. Many of his clients provide critical technology to auto manufacturers. Aaron also deals regularly with clients in the pharmaceutical industry, often counseling companies that are seeking to launch a generic version of pharmaceutical products. In both areas, Aaron has proved his talent for learning the intricate facts of the conflict or legal issue, crafting a strategy that aligns with his client’s business goals, and preparing and delivering arguments related to complex ideas in terms that are both clear and compelling.
Having taken nearly 15 cases to trial, Aaron understands what it takes to win in court. Likewise, he is savvy enough to know when designing a cost-effective settlement based on his client’s business goals is in their best interest.
The key to every patent case is identifying the issues that will drive the fact-finder to your side. These issues will motivate your adversary to settle or provide you with a winning argument for trial.
Areas of Focus
Representative Matters
- Represented infotainment supplier in a case involving alleged breach of license agreement.
- Represented a smart speaker manufacturer; demonstrated to opposing counsel that sales history of accused product proved invention lacked value, quickly leading to settlement.
- Represented a coal plant operator in a case that involved a bromide catalyst for use in removing mercury from the flue gas in a coal-fired electrical generation plant; worked with the client’s engineers to design around the patent with a slightly higher cost than the accused infringing process; shortly thereafter, the plaintiff agreed to a favorable settlement.
- Represented a major chemical company in Delaware in a patent case over polymer aqueous dispersions made in an extruder; obtained early summary judgment of non-infringement, which is unusual in Delaware.
- Represented a biosimilar company in a Delaware patent case under the BPCIA; won on a motion to dismiss based on defendant’s file history statements establishing file history estoppel.
- Represented a Detroit automobile manufacturer in a copyright infringement case against after-market supplier copying client’s software; within six weeks of being brought into the year old litigation on behalf of the car manufacturer, designed licensing terms that led to a settlement that provided the client all of its initial demands.
Credentials
Admissions
- Illinois, 1989
- New York, 2008
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, JD, 1989
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, Chemical Engineering, 1986
Court Admissions
- US Supreme Court, 2006
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1989
- US Patent and Trademark Office, 1990
Service / Recognition
Awards
- Illinois Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2007-2019; 2022-2024