Todd G. Vare

Todd G. Vare

Indianapolis, IN recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

302 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Patent Privacy and Data Security Law Trademark Law

Biography

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.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

302 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • 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

  • Indiana, 1995
  • Illinois, 1997

  • 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
  • Indiana, 1995
  • Illinois, 1997
  • 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
  • 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

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Litigation - Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2017 - Litigation - Intellectual Property
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® 2026 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Privacy and Data Security Law
  • Trademark Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Copyright Law
  • Patent Law
Special Focus:
  • Patent
  • Trademark

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