Mark C. Nelson

Mark C. Nelson


Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Recognized since 2018

Dallas, Texas

Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

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Mark Nelson is a partner in Barnes & Thornburg's Intellectual Property and Technology practice based in Dallas and Houston. He has more than 20 years of experience litigating large, multifaceted patent infringement cases in federal district courts and before the International Trade Commission. Mark also has experience in post-grant proceedings, including both inter partes and covered business method reviews (“IPRs” and “CBMs”).

Mark's experience in patent litigation spans a number of diverse technologies, including semiconductor products and the processes used to make such products; telecommunications and networking; satellite communications; gaming technology; pointing systems (indirect and direct); financial services technology (e.g. payment systems, mobile payment systems, check processing, ATM functionality, and software, hardware, and infrastructure supporting same); machine learning; personalized communications systems; solar-powered lighting devices, LED technology and fabrication;Internet-related personalization; location-based technologies and navigation technology; cryptography; electronic circuitry; Internet business methods; search engines; and internet sales; computer software; explosives used in automobile airbags and other automotive technology; soft drink bottling technology; electric motor technology; stereo speakers; cosmetics; chemical compositions used in cosmetics; asexually reproduced plants and plant patents; biotechnology and asynchronous assembly techniques.

In addition, he has experience drafting and negotiating IP license agreements, counseling clients on setting up and maintaining IP licensing and/or IP capture programs, performing corporate IP due diligence, and opinion work. He also has handled copyright, trademark and trade secret matters, and other technology-related litigation matters.

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Location
  • 2121 North Pearl Street, Suite 700
    Dallas, TX 75201
Education
  • University of North Dakota, MS, Biology (concentration in Genetics), graduated 1989
  • University of North Dakota, BS, Biology (minor in Chemistry), graduated 1986
  • The University of Texas, JD
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • United States, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Co-chair, Genetics and Medical Research Committee, 2005 – 2007
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) - Member
  • Dallas Bar Association - Member, Intellectual Property Section
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association (DFWIPLA) - Member
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association (DFWIPLA) - President, 2002
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association (DFWIPLA) - President, 2002
Court Admissions
  • Texas
  • US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
Awards:
  • "Texas Super Lawyer" Intellectual Property Litigation, Thomson Reuters 2012-2013
  • Ranked in Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine's Patent 1000, Texas Intellectual Property-Litigation 2017

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