Over the course of more than 25 years as a patent attorney matched with in-house experience as a pharmaceutical chemist at DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals and Smithkline Beecham, Allen Baum, partner-in-charge of the Raleigh office, has the ability to take complex scientific and legal issues and distill them into timely, relevant and useful counsel.
Allen represents life sciences companies in patent and licensing matters. Clients hire Allen to identify and execute strategies to protect key commercial products, license important intellectual assets, and bring lucrative products to market in areas heavily patented by competitors. With an extensive litigation background, he is also frequently retained to evaluate the strength of patents under consideration for licensing, acquisition or investment.
Credentials
Education
- Delaware Law School, J.D., 1992
- Muhlenberg College, B.S., chemistry, 1989
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- North Carolina Supreme Court
- Virginia Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Wisconsin