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Mark B. Wilson, JDPartner, FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLPMark Wilson is a partner in the Austin office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., where his practice focuses on all aspects of patent prosecution and enforcement.Mark's docket is split among patent counseling, patent prosecution, and patent litigation matters, with an emphasis in biotechnology related matters. Mr. Wilson has significant experience in the areas of genetic engineering, gene therapy, molecular biotechnology assays, chemotherapy, drug screening and targeting, animal and plant breeding programs, biomass production, renewable energy, clean energy technologies, organic chemistry, pharmaceutical development, and medical devices. Mark counsels clients regarding intellectual property portfolio development, management, and commercialization on a global scale. He is experienced in technology transfer, including both licensing and company formation and funding. Mr. Wilson drafts and reviews licensing, confidentiality, and material transfer agreements. He also prepares pre-litigation, infringement, validity, patentability, and freedom-to-operate opinions and provides due diligence review of intellectual property to companies and investors. Mark's patent prosecution practice includes all aspects of drafting and prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He also supervises the prosecution of patent applications before many foreign patent offices. In addition, Mr. Wilson is experienced in appeal and interference practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Mark's litigation experience includes all phases of discovery and trial in federal district courts, including investigation and formulation of litigation strategy, motion practice, depositions, preparation and examination of witnesses, trials, and evidentiary hearings. He has experience in briefing and the development of appellate strategy before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mark is involved in a wide variety of professional activities. Currently, he is the Assistant Reporter General of the CET of FICPI (Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle). Mark is a frequent presenter at FICPI events and participant in FICPI delegations, visiting government IP offices around the world. |
