Marc E. Brown is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and head of its patent procurement practice in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. As a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department, Marc focuses on computer hardware, software, the internet, electronics and biomedical devices.
Marc is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School and teaches Patent Preparation, Prosecution and Counseling. He managed one of the largest patent infringement lawsuits ever filed that was directed against $6 billion in sales of client/server computing technology. He has been involved with high-technology intellectual property for over two decades and regularly represents clients in the procurement, litigation, evaluation and enforcement of high-technology patents, trademarks (including domain names), trade secrets and copyrights, with emphasis on computer hardware, software, the internet, electronics and biomedical devices. Marc also performs due diligence studies, renders patentability and freedom to operate opinions, and negotiates and drafts software development and licensing agreements, as well as other technology-transfer agreements.
Marc’s writings on intellectual property law are extensive and widely published [view complete list of publications]. This includes Brown on Patents, an interactive, on-line guide to patents; PatentBites.com, a condensed, interactive guide to patents; the columns “On The Law” in Electronic Business, “Software and the Law” in Dr. Dobb's Sourcebook and “Electronics and the Law” in Electronics; and "Internet Business Method Patents,” an internet-linked CD containing a compendium of reports and related information on internet business method patents.
Marc has been invited to speak at several legal conferences, trade shows and universities [view complete list of seminars]. He also is often contacted by the press for comment on new legal developments [view complete list of articles quoting Marc Brown ].
Marc served as Law Clerk and Technical Advisor to the United States Court of Claims (now called the United States Claims Court) in Washington, D.C. This court decided major patent infringement lawsuits brought against the United States government. He received his bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering with high honors; held an Advanced Class Amateur Radio Operator's License (WB6WRI); designed digital systems, analog circuitry, servo systems and R.F. equipment; and has written database, web scraping and other software programs.
Marc is admitted to practice before numerous federal and state courts, both at the trial and appellate level, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
- George Washington University Law School, J.D.
(with honors), 1979 - Case Western Reserve University, B.S.E.E.
(with high honors), 1975
