“In patent law it is important to be able to focus on the nuances of an issue while still remaining cognizant of the big picture, and to think creatively when analyzing technical subjects.”
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Mark Borsos has a particularly broad spectrum of skills to assist clients of various sizes with all facets of intellectual property. His experience includes patent litigation, patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, post-grant patent proceedings (including reissue, reexamination, and inter partes review proceedings), trademark litigation, trademark prosecution, trade secret litigation, copyright litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
Mark’s experience in strategic patent portfolio creation and management complements his comprehensive patent litigation experience in discovery, summary judgment briefing, pretrial preparation, settlement negotiations, and trial work as a member of both large and small litigation teams. Mark is also skilled at employing reissue, reexam, and other post-grant mechanisms to advance licensing and litigation objectives, both offensively and defensively.
Mark’s patent prosecution, litigation, and freedom-to-operate analysis extends to a wide array of technical fields, including, among others:
Mark also has broad experience in trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. Mark has experience both in defending clients accused of infringement and in enforcing clients’ trademark and trade dress rights, and assists clients in trademark prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, litigation, and licensing. He counsels trademark clients from a holistic viewpoint in order to help clients to understand not only the extent of their rights, but also the importance of specific trademark assets to their overall branding strategy. Likewise, Mark has helped both copyright holders and accused infringers to understand and protect their rights in a wide variety of circumstances.
In all situations, Mark seeks to help clients develop strong positions with respect to intellectual property while also making sure that the scope and cost of legal representation makes sense in view of the client’s long-term goals.
Mark is a member of Fitch Even's Recruiting and Employment Committee.
Represents a midsized medical device company in patent prosecution matters, product clearance for new devices, licensing, and miscellaneous intellectual property issues.
Counsels a large supplier to the construction industry with respect to product clearance issues.
Counsels a small pharmaceutical manufacturer with respect to patent prosecution and litigation.
Prosecutes a variety of U.S. patent applications originating outside of the United States.
Prosecutes reissue applications to broaden the scope of patent protection and make other corrections to patents for various clients.
Represented a midsized medical device company in patent infringement litigation and licensing discussions relating to interspinous implants.
Represented a small technology company in litigation for trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract.
Represented a Fortune 500 company in a lawsuit regarding patent infringement and license issues relating to reissue patents for cardiac stimulation devices.
Represented a midsized medical device company in patent infringement litigation relating to orthopedic screws.
Represented a large food processing company in patent infringement litigation relating to a family of patents for processing and packaging of liquid egg products.