Pamela Baxter is an associate attorney in the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller.  She joined the firm in 2007 and practices in the business, corporate and intellectual property groups. Pamela assists business clients in obtaining and protecting patent rights, trademark registration and protection, and in copyright and trade secret matters.  She represents litigation clients in cases involving allegations of unfair competition.  Pamela has particular expertise in the development of negotiation of software license agreements and agreements involving the Internet and Web-based applications.

Representative Experience

• Representation of a client in an unfair competition case involving false marketing claims
• Representation of clients in patent prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Representation of clients in prosecution of trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Representation of client in the commercialization and transfer of intellectual property assets
• Representation of Fortune 1000 industrial client in negotiation of software licenses and software development agreements with major software providers
  

Education

Pamela earned her B.S. in Genetics in 2002 from Texas A&M University.  She earned her J.D. and her B.S. in Civil Law in 2007 from the LSU Law Center where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Intellectual Property Moot Court team.  Pamela was awarded the CALI Award for Advanced Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, International Intellectual Property, Conflicts Law, Corporate Taxation, Louisiana Civil Procedure II, Administration of Criminal Justice, Antitrust Law and Patent Law.

Admissions

• Admitted, Louisiana, 2007; United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; United States Patent and Trademark Office
  

Memberships

• Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, American and Federal Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association

Articles, Publications and Presentations

• The continuing Importance of Patent Infringement Opinions, Kean Miller Business Newsletter, June 2009.

Community Service

• Supervisor, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, 2007
• Member, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, 2006