Mark Samuels

Partner

Mark Samuels is a partner in O’Melveny's Los Angeles office, the Vice-Chair of the Firm, and the Chair of the Compensation Committee.  From 2000-2007, Mark served as Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice.  Among other accolades, Mark has been consistently recognized as a leading intellectual property practitioner by Chambers USA; as one of California’s top patent litigators by the Los Angeles Daily Journal; as one of America’s 500 top lawyers by Lawdragon 500; and as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers.  Chambers USA states that “clients appreciate that Mark is ‘extremely responsive and client-centric as well as being a superb litigator.’”  Mark is one of the Firm’s most experienced trial lawyers, with broad experience in complex patent, trade secret, antitrust, and other technology-based litigation.

Illustrative Professional Experience

• Representing Actel Corporation in Actel Corporation v. BTR, Inc., a case involving claims of patent infringement and trade secrets misappropriation relating to a type of integrated circuit known as a Field Programmable Gate Array
• Representing Actel Corporation in Actel v. QuickLogic Corporation, a patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets case involving 10 patents covering a type of integrated circuit known as a Field Programmable Gate Array
• Representing Actel Corporation in Unisys v. Actel Corporation, a patent infringement case involving semiconductor process technology
• Representing Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. Intel Corporation, an antitrust case involving claims of unlawful monopoly maintenance in the worldwide x-86 microprocessor market, settled in 2009 for a record $1.25 billion payment by Intel to AMD, as well as other consideration
• Representing Bourns in Bourns, Inc. v. Raychem Corp., an antitrust/patent fraud action involving a series of patents related to passive electronic components and also involving claims for trade secrets misappropriation
• Representing complainants Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. and StarSight Telecast, Inc. in In Re Certain Set-Top Boxes and Components Thereof, a § 337 patent infringement investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission involving four patents covering interactive television program guides
• Representing Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. in In re Gemstar Development Corporation Patent Litigation, a series of related patent infringement and antitrust actions
• Representing IBM in Davin Computer Corp. v. IBM, a misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition case involving processing of instructions in personal computers
• Representing IBM in IBM v. Conner Peripherals, Inc., a massive series of litigations in two federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission involving 18 patents covering a broad array of computer disk drive technologies
• Representing IBM in MIU Automation Corp. v. IBM, a patent infringement case involving an encryption device
• Representing Internet Machines Corporation in Alcatel Internetworking v. Internet Machines Corporation, a misappropriation of trade secrets case involving integrated circuits used in network switches
• Representing Luppen Holdings, Inc. in Luppen Holdings, Inc. v. Pitney Bowes Inc., a trademark infringement suit involving Pitney Bowes’ PERSONAL POST OFFICE and PERSONAL POST postage systems
• Representing Microsemi Corporation in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Altera Corporation, et. al., a patent infringement suit involving Field Programmable Gate Arrays, a type of ASIC
• Representing Milestone Entertainment, LLC in Sande Stewart Television, Inc. v. Milestone Entertainment, LLC, a patent infringement case involving novel games of chance
• Representing Motorola in Power Integrations v. Motorola, Inc., a patent infringement action involving power supply voltage regulatory circuits
• Representing Nuance Communications, Inc. and Phonetic Systems Ltd. in Nuance Communications, Inc., et al. v. Tellme Networks, Inc., a patent infringement case involving speech recognition software
• Representing RealPage, Inc. in Yardi Systems, Inc. v. RealPage, Inc., et. al., a case involving alleged misappropriaton of trade secrets and copyright infringement, as well as antitrust and interference counterclaims
• Representing Samsung Electronics America in Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Brother International Corp., et al., a patent infringement case involving facsimile machine interface circuits
• Representing Samsung Telecommunications America in Bandspeed, Inc. v. Acer, Inc. et al., a patent infringement case involving wireless communication systems
• Representing Sempra Energy in CBSI v. Sempra Energy, a case involving a large software development project
• Representing Skechers USA, Inc. in Adidas v. Skechers USA, Inc., a trademark infringement action involving footwear
• Representing Skechers USA, Inc. in Asics Corporation v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc., a trademark infringement case involving footwear designs
• Representing Skechers USA, Inc. in Global Brand Marketing Inc. v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc., a patent infringement case involving footwear designs
• Representing Stroz Friedberg, LLC in Adiscov v. Autonomy, Inc., et al., a patent infringement case involving electronic discovery technology
• Representing Sweda Company LLC in Lin v. Sweda Company LLC, a patent infringement suit involving novelty keyboard brushes
• Representing Top Victory Electronics in In re Certain Digital Televisions and Certain Products Containing Same and Methods of Using Same, a Section 337 investigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission involving patents related to digital television technology
• Representing Top Victory Electronics in Mondis Technology Ltd. v. Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., et al., a patent infringement case involving digital television and computer monitor technology
• Representing Top Victory Electronics in Funai Electric Co., Ltd. v. TPV Technology, Ltd., et al., a patent infringement action involving digital television technology
• Representing Top Victory Electronics in Top Victory Electronics v. Hitachi Ltd., a patent infringement action involving patents related to CRT and LCD computer display technology
• Representing Top Victory Electronics in Top Victory Electronics v. Hitachi Ltd., a second patent infringement case involving digital television technology
• Representing TPE Associates in TPE Associates v. Flick, a patent infringement action involving a non-toxic, pest eradication system
• Representing plaintiffs Carla Woods and Jeffrey Goldberg in Woods, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, a corporate governance case involving the right to control an innovative medical device company known as Advanced Bionics

Professional Activities

Member,  American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Public Service,  Board of Directors, Public Counsel (2009-present); Los Angeles Superior Court Arbitration Panel (2002-09); ABA Litigation Section Liaison to Task Force on Reduction of Litigation Cost and Delay (2004); Board of Directors, UCLA School of Law Alumni Association (several terms); Board of Directors and Treasurer, Flintridge Riding Club (past)
Speaker,  "Trends in ITC Practice," Patent Litigation 2012 Symposium, Practising Law Institute (September 27-28, 2012, San Francisco); "Trends in ITC Practice," Patent Litigation 2011 Symposium, Practising Law Institute (September 19, 2011, San Francisco); "Section 337 and the ITC," Patent Litigation 2010 Symposium, Practising Law Institute (September 2010, San Francisco); "Dealing With Experts," Patent Litigation 2009 Symposium, Practising Law Institute (September 21-22, 2009, San Francisco); "Section 337 Litigation at the ITC and Other Rocket Dockets," Patent Litigation 2008 Symposium, Practising Law Institute (September 22, 2008, San Francisco); "Essentials to Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property," Institute for Corporate Counsel (March 20, 2003, Los Angeles); "Protection of Confidential Business Information," Corporate Raiding Symposium, Practising Law Institute (March 25, 2001, San Francisco); "Trade Secrets in the Age of the Internet," American Electronics Institute (June 1998, Woodland Hills)
Honors,  "Leading Lawyer" - Intellectual Property, Chambers USA (2005-12); LawDragon's list of "500 Leading Lawyers" (2010-11); "Top 25 Intellectual Property Lawyers," Daily Journal (2008-11); "Best Lawyers in America," Best Lawyers (2007-13); "PLC Which Lawyer?" - Intellectual Property, Practical Law Company (2008-11); "Super Lawyer," survey conducted by Law & Politics Media Inc., Los Angeles Magazine (2005-13)