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Mark L. Whitaker
1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
+1 202.383.7222
+1 202.383.6610 (Fax)
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Partner
Mark Whitaker is a Partner in Howrey's Intellectual Property practice group. Mr. Whitaker's practice is devoted to patent and trademark litigation and counseling. He also represents clients in fast-track intellectual property litigation before the International Trade Commission (ITC) under Section 337 (19 U.S.C. §1337).
Currently, Mr. Whitaker is serving as counsel on behalf of Teles AG against Cisco Systems, Inc. in a patent infringement dispute involving voice-over Internet protocol (VOIP) technology, and on behalf of Caterpillar in a trademark (gray market) infringement case before the US International Trade Commission against importers and resellers of Caterpillar hydraulic excavators.
Mr. Whitaker is a veteran of the US Navy, having served first as a Surface Warfare Officer, where he gained a technical expertise in mechanical systems and controls. Later, Mr. Whitaker served as a member of the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. Following his military service, he began his private-practice legal career as a commercial litigator before focusing his concentrations on IP and technology litigation. In addition to the mechanical arts, he has successfully represented clients in electronics, telecommunication, chemical, and software process patent disputes and licensing campaigns.
Mr. Whitaker has been a frequent speaker at meetings of the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), American Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the Old Dominion Bar Association, and numerous law schools and local CLE events.
Representative Highlights
- NTP, Inc. vs. Research In Motion, Ltd. Served as counsel on behalf of Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind BlackBerry, in its longstanding patent infringement dispute with NTP, a patent holding company.
- Verizon California Inc. v. Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Represented Verizon California Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, Inc. (formerly GTE), in a complex patent infringement litigation that resulted in a favorable settlement between Verizon California and Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, Inc.
- Certain Network Interface Cards and Access Points for Use in Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Wireless Local Area Networks and Products Containing Same. Defended Proxim, Inc. in a patent infringement case concerning the unlicensed importation and sale of network interface cards and access points for use in wireless local area networks (WLANs) and products using the IEEE 802.11b wireless technology standard, which led to a settlement favorable to Proxim.
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Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1990
- District of Columbia, 1992
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- United States District Court for the District of Maryland
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States International Trade Commission
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (JD, 1990).
- Northeastern University (BS, 1981). magna cum laude.
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