Dyan M. House

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Dallas

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Biography

Dyan M. House practices in the area of intellectual property. She advises clients in a variety of industries, including restaurants, financial services, retail, consumer products, technology and oil and gas. Her domestic and international experience encompasses all facets of trademark counseling and prosecution as well as licensing, privacy and copyright.

Practice Focus

Dyan's practice centers on international and domestic brand protection. She routinely represents clients in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She drafts and negotiates co-existence and license agreements domestically and abroad. Dyan has represented numerous clients before the United States Patent Trademark Office, including in many opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Professional Honors

Recognized as “Trademark Star,” Managing IP, 2022-2025
Ranked Gold in Individuals: Texas, World Trademark Review (Texas), 2025
Recognized as a “Global Leader: Trademark,” World Trademark Review, 2024
Ranked Silver in Intellectual Property, World Trademark Review, 2024
Recognized as a “Recommended” lawyer in Trademark, WIPR (Nationwide), 2024
Ranked Silver in the State of Texas, World Trademark Review, 2021-2023
Recognized in Best Lawyers for “Trademark Law,” Best Lawyers, 2022- 2023
Appointed to Parallel Imports Committee, International Trademark Association, 2021

Professional Associations and Memberships

International Trademark Association (INTA) - Member of Law Firm Committee, Co-chair in Dallas Regional Competition (Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition Project Team)
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Foundation
Dallas Bar Association
Texas Bar Foundation
DFW Women in IP
Attorneys Serving the Community

Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit~United States (2013)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas~United States (2012)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas~United States (2008)
Texas~United States (2002)

Education

Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (J.D.) (2002)
University of Notre Dame (M.A.) (1998)
University of Texas at Austin (B.A. B.A.A.) (1996)

Languages

English
Italian

Presentations

Co-presenter, “Keep Up with the Acronyms: Doing Cross-Border Transactions is Getting More Difficult in an Increasingly Complex Global Regulatory Environment,” ACC Corporate Counsel Symposium, November 2022

Speaker, “Best Practices for Creating and Implementing an Effective Anti-Counterfeiting Program,” USPTO Anti-Counterfeiting and The Global Marketplace, August 2017

Moderator, “#tminfringement #orisit? Hashtags as Trademarks,” National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, November 2016

Speaker, "Brand and Content Protection," Apple Briefing Room, April 2016

Speaker, "Trademark Law Update," The Center for American and International Law, November 2015

Speaker, "Copyright and Trademark Primer," TexasBarCLE Webcast, April 2015

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