Admissions

  • California

Recognitions

  • Chambers Global
    2022 - Band 2, USA International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
    2015-21 - Band 2, USA International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
    2014 - Band 3, USA International Trade: Intellectual Property
  • Chambers USA
    2021 - Band 2, Nationwide International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
    2021 - Band 4, California Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
    2014-20 - Band 2, Nationwide International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
    2013 - Band 3, Nationwide International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
  • The Legal 500 United States
    2021 - Leading Lawyer, Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission) 
    2021 - Recommended, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
    2018-20, 2013-16 - Recommended, Patent Litigation: Full Coverage
    2019-20 - Leading Lawyer, Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
    2012-18 - Recommended, Patents: Litigation (International Trade Commission)
  • Named by IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals (2019)
  • Named by the Daily Journal as a Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer in California (2018)
  • Selected as a Leading Lawyer in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers of America (2018), a guide that recognizes lawyers who are an "ascendant group defined by passion, precision and perspective"
  • Named an "Intellectual Property Trailblazer" by National Law Journal (2018), which recognized those who "make their mark in various aspects of legal work in the areas of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret law"
  • Named among IAM Patent 1000's list of The World's Leading Patent Practitioners and noted as "a well-armed combatant in any forum." IAM interviewed lawyers and clients around the world to determine who companies turn to "when only the best patent work will do" (2017)
  • Named to the Daily Journal's Top 75 California IP Litigators (2015)
  • Selected as a "Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property" by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell (2013)
  • Featured along with his DLA Piper partners on the cover of The Lawyers, a widely-read Japanese legal publication, with the cover headline, "DLA Piper, the largest law firm in the world with over 4,000 lawyers, has launched IPT practice in Japan"
  • Named to the National Law Journal's Defense Hot List, identifying Mark's work in the Zoran/Media Tek ITC litigation as one of the firm's noteworthy successes (2006)

Education

  • J.D., Stanford University 1986
  • Harvard University
  • A.B., University of California at Berkeley 1983