Chris Bakewell

Vice President
Christopher Bakewell | Intellectual Property | Charles River Associates

Chris Bakewell specializes in the valuation and licensing of intellectual property (IP) rights.

Chris assists companies in developing competitive advantages through IP and is often requested to serve as an expert witness regarding damages, licensing, and financial issues. His career encompasses senior roles in corporate finance and business development, providing him with extensive first-hand licensing and contract negotiation experience. Prior to CRA, Chris founded and led a leading intellectual property advisory practice.

He has testified as a damages expert in global forums, demonstrating significant expertise in patent infringement; breach of contract; trade secret misappropriation; trademark and copyright infringement; injunctive relief; name, image and likeness (NIL) and rights of publicity; and international trade, including analyses of domestic industry, remedy, and bond. In patent infringement matters, Chris has analyzed various forms of lost profits and reasonable royalty damages. He has worked with standards essential patents (SEPs) and evaluated economic issues related to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing. Chris has also evaluated disgorgement and actual harm in other IP disputes. He has developed complex damages models and performed statistical and other data analyses.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    Expert testimony helps deliver win
    Mr. Bakewell demonstrated, among other things, that the accused feature had low value based on an analysis of customer usage metrics, and plaintiff’s claim of...
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  • 02
    Economic testimony supports defense verdict 
    CRA’s Chris Bakewell was engaged as an economic damages and licensing expert on behalf of Cloudflare in a Texas district court.
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  • 03
    Time series forecasting in commodities dumping matter before the International Trade Commission
    CRA experts performed financial and economic analyses regarding significant injury or threat of significant injury to the steel producer’s domestic industry....
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Recent achievement

IAM Patent 1000
Recommended Expert Witness 2025

Credentials