Jacob C. Bachman

Jacob’s practice covers a wide range of innovations including medical devices, household appliances, automobile navigation and entertainment systems, articles of footwear, manufacturing and packaging, office furniture, and exercise equipment, among others. A mechanical engineer by training, Jacob takes a practical, hands-on approach to client counseling, often working directly with inventors to devise patent protection, enforcement, and avoidance strategies, with respect to both utility and design patents.

As a litigator, Jacob has been involved in all phases of trial preparation and motion practice for patent, trade secret, and copyright cases. He has also prepared and defended against petitions for inter partes review of patents before the United States Patent Office. As a prosecutor, he has devised and implemented strategies to develop patent portfolios in the United States and internationally. He regularly drafts utility and design patent applications, as well as infringement, clearance, and patentability opinions.

Jacob communicates frequently and clearly with clients to gain an understanding of their ultimate business goals. Thinking forward, he focuses on the tactics and strategies that lead most directly to those objectives, ensuring that client investment justifies the possible outcome.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Jacob was a shareholder at Brinks Gilson & Lione.

Select Representative Matters

• Represented Trudell Medical International in assertion and defense of patents relating to respiratory treatment devices. 
• Represented medical device leader Cook in a number of cases, including defense of a patent infringement suit filed by Boston Scientific involving gastrointestinal stent technology; and assertion of patent infringement against Endologix involving endovascular stent technology. 
• Represented Progressive Casualty Insurance in high-stakes infringement litigation to protect its revolutionary Progressive Snapshot motor-vehicle monitoring technology. 
• In a 16-day arbitration trial, helped Amway win an award of more than $25 million for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and tortious interference—an award subsequently confirmed in district court. 
• Using novel defenses unique to the Internet and social media, defended Amway against copyright infringement claims in connection with videos posted to Websites such as YouTube and Vimeo. 
• On the prosecution side, secured and expanding a portfolio of patents for a medical device technology and product line that provides OPEP therapy to treat lung disease, aid lung hygiene, and enhance lung performance. 
• Assisted a leading manufacturer of footwear expand an international portfolio of patents and applications directed to footwear incorporating knitting technologies. 
• Donating his time pro bono, filed applications and obtained patents for solo inventors—for example, directed to an improved face mask protecting against coronavirus and other airborne diseases—and represented clients in multiple fair housing and eviction disputes.