Greg Baker

Registered Patent Attorney

Greg holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and specializes in intellectual property portfolio building, evaluation, and management.  Greg’s practice focuses on the development of intellectual property protection strategies that are customized to each company and its products and services and enjoys working as a close-knit team with in-house personnel and inventors.

Greg specializes in various fields including composite materials, aerospace, fluid handling, computer devices and systems, gaming devices and systems, and medical devices. Prior to becoming an attorney, Greg worked as a television engineer where he worked with automation, digital asset management, and signal processing.

Greg is recognized as an IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, as a Legal Elite IP Attorney by the Utah Business Magazine, and as a Super Lawyer. Greg is also active in the Utah chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engineering (SAMPE).

In law school, Greg was a William H. Leary Scholar and received the CALI Award for the highest grade in patent law. Greg was also an editor of the Utah Law Review and was a clerk for the Honorable Dee V. Benson of the U.S. District Court of Utah.

Professional Recognition: IP Stars • Legal Elite • Super Lawyers • Best Lawyers

Areas of Special Expertise: Infringement, validity, and enforceability evaluations • Patent and technology portfolio building and assessment • Patent and trademark evaluation and procurement • Product clearance opinions • Reissue and reexamination proceedings • Technology evaluation and invention identification • Trade secrets and handling of company information

Admissions: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office • Utah Bar • Supreme Court of Utah • U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Community and Professional Organizations: Utah Law Review • Utah Chapter, Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engineering (SAMPE)

Education: University of Utah, B.S., Mechanical Engineering • Masters, Mechanical Engineering • S.J. Quinney College of Law, J.D.

Professional Experience: Merchant & Gould • University of Utah Technology Commercialization Office • Clerk for Judge Dee V. Benson, United States District Court • Television Engineer, KUED Television • Web Developer, Affirma Consulting

Terry S. Jones

Registered Patent Attorney

Terry’s practice focuses on patent prosecution, intellectual property licensing, post-grant proceedings, and intellectual property enforcement strategy. Terry previously worked as General Counsel for CAO Group, Inc., where, in addition to his responsibilities as a general legal advisor, he managed and enforced a large patent portfolio. While General Counsel at CAO, Terry oversaw numerous patent litigations and licensing negotiations, including against top ranking Fortune 500 companies, and negotiated multi-million-dollar intellectual property transactions.

Terry received his law degree from the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he was a William H. Leary Scholar, W.J. Mitchell Family Endowed Merit Fellowship recipient, CALI Award recipient, and was a Western Region Finalist in the Giles Rich IP Moot Court.

Prior to practicing law, Terry worked as a design engineer at Autoliv North America, where he designed, developed, and launched into production the roll-over side curtain airbag for Honda’s first truck. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah.