About the Firm

At Bates & Bates, we are committed to providing you with diverse senior-level attorneys, knowledgeable of your business and legal needs. Each of our attorneys has had significant experience and training as in-house counsel at Fortune 500 corporations and large law firms, ensuring that you’re paying for superior legal representation, not on-the-job training.

Multinational Approach.
Local Expertise.
Global Scale.

We offer IP protection without borders, even where we don’t have an office. In addition to our world-class team, we partner with attorney firms globally. We have a superior, well vetted and annually audited network of outside counsel supporting our global reach to over 200 countries.

California — Washington — Florida — Georgia — Hawaii — London — Johannesburg

200

Jury Trials

50

Billion dollar brands portfolio-managed

100

Trademarks managed in over 200 countries

8

Offices globally and expanding

*Attorneys experience

Why
Bates & Bates
Stands Above
All Others

Supremacy in Intellectual Property

Our proactive, forward-thinking counsel shapes industries, defines markets, and consistently delivers results that far exceed expectations. We don’t just protect your IP; we build strategies that propel your innovation and secure your competitive advantage.

Tailored, Impactful Solutions

Our clients trust us with their most valuable assets, knowing that we can protect them at every turn. We are the GO-TO firm for intellectual property enforcement, specializing in complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation, complex pharmaceutical patents and counterfeit goods.

Elite Experience in Global Intellectual Property Enforcement

Our IP litigators have very successfully led over 200 jury trials and matters across a diverse range of industry sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry, sport, music and instruments, food and beverage sectors and many other FMCG matters. Our commercially led advice and unmatched breadth of experience have been the cornerstone of our success in domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes.