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Mark Smith

Of Counsel, Intellectual Property

marksmith@paulhastings.com

Mark Thomas Smith is of counsel in the Litigation Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Chicago office.

Mark is no ordinary litigator. With 15 years of experience, he has litigated everything from trade secret misappropriation to wrongful death. He is often entrusted to manage high-profile cases drawing significant media and congressional scrutiny. But where he truly excels is in patent litigation, thanks to his technical skills as a registered patent agent and inventor of multiple patents. He has litigated patents in a wide range of technologies including nutraceuticals, diagnostics and medical devices as well as RFID, software and optical devices. From pre-suit investigation to trial and appeal, Mark has a proven track record of efficiently handling all phases of litigation with skill, always with his client's goals in mind.

REPRESENTATIONS

Patent Litigation
  • Solutex N.A. v. Designs for Health and KD Pharma Bexbach (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida). Represented Solutex in a patent infringement action involving novel fish oil fractionates containing specialized pro-resolving mediators and their precursors.

  • Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures v. The Oilgear Company (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas). Represented Oilgear in a patent infringement action involving accumulators in subsea systems.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Strategy Game, Intellectual Property Magazine

    MARCH 1, 2021

PAST ENGAGEMENTS

  • "Hot Topics in IP," Northwestern Law School, Chicago, Speaker
  • "Re-Designed: A New Approach to Intellectual Property for Start-Ups," Chicago, Speaker