Mark J. Itri is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Orange County office. He is a member of the Firm’s Capital and Management Committee and heads the Firm’s IP Prosecution, Transactions & Strategy Practice Group.
Mark’s practice encompasses the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications, and he has considerable involvement in both patent and trademark litigation matters. Mark has extensive experience in client counseling, negotiating and drafting technology transfer agreements, joint development agreements and licenses for various technology clients. He also has significant experience in IP strategic planning, patent and trademark portfolio management, and opinion work, as well as due diligence in connection with technology and trademark acquisitions.
For the fourth year in a row (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011), Mark has been named among the Daily Journal's Top 25 Portfolio Managers. The Legal 500 United States 2010 and 2011 recognized him as one of the leading lawyers in the United States for utility and design patent prosecution. He hosts and lectures frequently at the Firm’s Orange County IP Management Roundtable programs. Mark has also lectured for the California Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section.
Prior to practicing law, Mark gained practical engineering experience in the private aerospace industry in research and development of microprocessor designs and flight control systems. He now concentrates his IP practice on high technology relating to electronics and computer software arts, semiconductors, microprocessor design, the internet, image processing, pattern and speech recognition, server and network systems, and mechanical devices and instruments.
Mark is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1990
- Boston University, B.S.E.E, 1985
