Clive Thorne—Baker Botts LLP

Baker Botts LLP has announced that Clive Thorne has joined the firm as special counsel in the IP department of the London office.

Before joining Baker Botts, Clive served as a partner in the IP and commercial team at Wedlake Bell. He previously spent three years as a partner at RPC and 23 years as a partner and head of the IP practices at Denton Hall and at Arnold & Porter. Clive qualified in 1977 with Clifford-Turner and spent four years practising in Hong Kong.

Clive is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators. He is also a founding member of The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation and former vice chair of the disputes sub-committee of the IBA Technology Committee. He is an established writer and lecturer on IP law, and joint author of the User's Guide to Copyright Law and User's Guide to Design Law published by Bloomberg Professional.

“Clive is a highly regarded litigator and specialist in Intellectual Property litigation and arbitration, including patents, designs, copyright, branding and trade secrets with a distinguished pedigree, and I am delighted that he has chosen to join our firm,” said Barton E. Showalter, chair of the IP department at Baker Botts and partner in the Dallas office.

“Clive is a great addition to our London practice and I am excited about the prospect of working with such a talented senior litigator,” added Mark Rowley, partner-in-charge of the firm’s London office. “As we continue to build on our international capabilities, particularly with clients seeking representation in Asia, his unmatched experience in the conduct of multi-jurisdictional litigation and cross-border IP matters will help to grow our IP practice.”

”I very much look forward to working alongside such a commercially focused lawyer who can lead core IP matters for businesses of all stages effectively and is so highly sought after for his design, trade mark, trade secrets and patent work, ” commented Neil Coulson, a London based partner and chair of the London IP department.