Todd G. Vare

Todd G. Vare


Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Recognized since 2012

Indianapolis, Indiana

Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

Privacy and Data Security Law

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Todd Vare is a trial and appellate advocate focused on protecting his client’s 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. Here, he has protected or enforced his clients’ intellectual property covering a wide variety of technologies, including internet-based systems and processes, online retail systems, telecommunications, integrated circuits, software, cellular antenna systems, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, herbicides and pesticides, dielectric fluids and mechanical devices.

Todd also counsels clients on cyber-security and data protection, privacy, computer and software issues, e-commerce processes, and other business technology matters. As co-chair of the firm’s Data Security and Privacy practice, Todd works with clients to evaluate their data security needs, develop comprehensive data security plans, and manage responses to data breaches or other cyber-security incidents.

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Location
  • 11 South Meridian Street
    Indianapolis, IN 46204-3535
Education
  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., graduated 1995
  • Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapoli, M.B.A., graduated 1989
  • Miami University, B.A., graduated 1987
Bar Admissions
  • Indiana, 1995
  • Illinois, 1997
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 Eleventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Indianapolis, Indiana

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Indianapolis (2025)
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property, Indianapolis (2017)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
Special Focus:
  • Patent
  • Trademark
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Copyright Law
  • Patent Law
  • Trademark Law

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