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Mark A. Patrick
Associate
2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20006-6801
T: 202.747.2192
F: 202.747.3853 mpatrick@sheppardmullin.com
Practices
Intellectual Property
Patent Prosecution and Counseling
Post-Grant Proceedings
Industries
Mark Patrick is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's Washington D.C. office. He is also the Lead Associate on the firm’s Social Media and Games industry team.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Patrick is a patent attorney and focuses his practice on patent procurement and strategic patent portfolio development. Mr. Patrick also has experience representing clients in Inter Partes Review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His areas of technical focus include business methods, computer software, social media, mobile and social games, video games, augmented and virtual reality, blockchain technology and digital currency, e-commerce, and financial services, among others.
While in law school, Mr. Patrick externed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, first as an examiner in a business methods art unit and then as a judicial extern for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. He also served as a member of the American University Law Review and as a student attorney for the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic.
Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Articles
2 Courts Dismiss Class Actions Involving Virtual Casinos Law360, December 1, 2015
• Blockchain Technology and Digital Currency
• Social Media and Games
Education
J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2015
B.S., University of Maryland at College Park, 2011