Todd Vare is a trial and appellate advocate focused on protecting his clients' intellectual property and counseling on their data security and privacy needs. Todd is client-focused, staunchly loyal to those he serves, and passionate about the law and innovation. He is at his best where advocacy, business and competition intersect.
Todd advocates for his clients in complex, high-stakes litigation involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, technology licensing, software development, data protection and privacy matters. A significant focus of Todd’s national trial practice involves patent litigation in some of the busiest patent jurisdictions, including District of Delaware, Eastern District of Texas, Northern District of Illinois, and Central District of California. He has represented clients in a wide variety of technologies, including internet-based systems and processes, LED lighting, online retail systems, telecommunications, integrated circuits, software, cellular antenna systems, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, herbicides and pesticides, dielectric fluids and mechanical devices.
Credentials
Education
- Miami University, B.A., 1987
- Indiana University, M.B.A., 1989
- Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., 1995, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Indiana
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas