Litigation assistance with a wide range of experience

Otto Hinks assists clients with patents, litigation and other intellectual property issues. He prepares and executes cease and desist actions, discovery, motion practice, claim construction and proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Otto also helps clients enforce intellectual property on various e-commerce platforms, including utilizing Amazon's Utility Patent Neutral Evaluation Procedure (UPNEP). His experience includes advising clients in:

• Procurement and enforcement
• Patent, trademark and copyright litigation
• Trade secret and trade dress litigation
• Unfair competition and false advertising litigation

Prior to law school, Otto spent over a decade as part of the management team for a privately run company based in Phoenix. This business background informs his understanding of his client's overall business needs and how those needs interact practically and strategically with intellectual property issues.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona

Education

• Arizona State University (B.S.E.E., 2002)
  • Major: Electrical Engineering
  • Maroon and Gold Scholar Athlete (Men's Varsity Swim Team)
  • NCAA Division 1 Swimming and Diving Team All American

• Arizona Summit Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2015)
  • Arizona Summit Law Review (Executive Board, Executive Articles Editor)
  • Intellectual Property Student Association (Member)
  • CALI Awards for Lawyering Process II, Patent Law and Drafting, and Evidence

• Supreme Court Holds AIA Reviews Constitutional, PTAB Must Decide Validity