Bateman IP Law Group "Where Inovation Becomes Assets"

RANDALL B. BATEMAN, founder of BATEMAN IP LAW GROUP, specializes in the protection of Intellectual Property. He has been recognized by his peers with a number of awards, including:

Forty Under 40: Utah's Rising Stars - Utah Business 2008
Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008
Utah Legal Elite 2006, 2007, 2008
Mountain States Super Lawyers 2007
vSpring 100 Nominee 2008

Rand has also served as Chair of the Intellectual Property Law section and the Cyberlaw section of the Utah State Bar.

Rand attended Weber State University where he was a member of the debate team and served on the Student Senate. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelors in Chemistry, Zoology and Anthropology at the age of 19.

Rand attended the University of Utah College of Law, where he was a Note and Comment Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Law, a research assistant to the Utah State Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee, and took first place in the Stephen F. Traynor Moot Court Competition. He is a member of the Order of the Coif and graduated in 1993 in the top 5 percent of his class.

Rand is a registered patent attorney, and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the International Trademark Association (INTA), and the Federal Bar Association. Rand has published numerous articles on intellectual property and litigation matters including:

  •  The Non-Competition Agreement, Connect, November 2006
  •  Keeping Up With Patent Reform, Connect, February 2006
  •  Intellectual Property - Trademarks, Connect, June 2005
  •  Who Owns Your Logo? Connect, May 2005
  •  Intellectual Property Connect, April 2005

You can review Rand's blog on intellectual property and small business issues at IPThoughts.com.

•	"Medical Procedure Patents, The 1996 Amendments and Who is Really Liable," Intellectual Property Today, December 1997.
•	"Terminal Disclaimers and Why the Secured Creditor Should Feel Insecure," The Law Works, Feb. 1996.
•	"Return to the Ethics Rules as a Standard for Attorney Disqualification: Attempting Consistency in Motions for Disqualification by Use of Chinese Walls," 33 Duquesne Law Rev. 249 (1995)
•	"Animal Legal Defense Fund vs. Quigg: The Illogical Climax to the Animal Patenting Debate," 19 J. Contemp. Law 115 (1993)

Rand’s practice focuses both on patent and trademark prosecution and on intellectual property litigation. Rand has represented clients from across the United States and several foreign countries. He has obtained more than 170 patents for his clients, and has overseen registration of nearly 100 trademarks. Rand has also litigated numerous patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters, ranging from small architectural copyright cases to patent cases in which his clients received multi-million dollar settlements.