Mark Whitaker is Co-Chair of the firm’s global IP Litigation Practice and cross- disciplinary Intellectual Property Group. Whitaker’s clients benefit from his more than 30 years of experience crafting litigation strategies in high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation.
Whitaker sees the whole board for each of his clients, and works closely with them to define a successful litigation outcome, and determine the best path to achieve that goal. He has extensive experience navigating the rules and procedures in the nation’s top patent litigation venues, including U.S. district courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Court of Federal Claims.
Whitaker regularly acts as lead counsel in matters involving technologies such as semiconductors, photo/optical technologies, chemicals, and database analytics. His clients do business in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products, and telecommunications. He often leads a team of MoFo lawyers representing several defendants in parallel multi-patent litigations.