Buether Joe & Carpenter

Buether Joe & Carpenter, LLC is an intellectual property and commercial litigation boutique law firm based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2007, the firm is a small regional patent shop with a size estimated at under a dozen attorneys. Despite its size, the firm is recognized in the legal industry, earning a "Spotlight" ranking for intellectual property in Dallas from Chambers and Partners. It was formed by attorneys with experience at larger litigation firms, including Greenberg Traurig and McKool Smith.

The firm's practice is focused on complex litigation, with a specialty in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret disputes. While the firm describes its practice as representing both plaintiffs and defendants, its single tracked patent litigation appearance was on behalf of the plaintiff, Monticello Enterprises LLC, in a case against Petco Animal Supply Stores. While at a prior firm, founding partners won a notable $41 million judgment for Halliburton in a patent case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The firm's litigation practice is led by its founding partners. The late Eric W. Buether was a founding member of McKool Smith's patent litigation practice before co-founding BJC. Christopher S. Joe has been repeatedly recognized as a Texas "Super Lawyer" for intellectual property litigation and previously practiced at Greenberg Traurig and McKool Smith. There is no significant public record of a parallel practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).