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Morrison Foerster will be sponsoring the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2024 DEIA Colloquium. The Colloquium will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from Tuesday, January 30th to Thursday, February 1st.

Morrison Foerster will be sponsoring the American Intellectual Property Law Association's 2024 DEIA Colloquium. The Colloquium will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico from Tuesday, January 30th to Thursday, February 1st. The objectives of the Colloquium will be: first, to review the current state of diversity, and second, to determine ways in which diversity can be improved, addressing methods in which the IP legal profession can play a role in such increase of diversity worldwide.Mark Whitaker, co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice, will be speaking on the "Looking at IP Professionals from a Diversity Lens" panel on January 31st.To learn more, see the <a href="https://www.aipla.org/detail/event/2024/01/30/default-calendar/2024-deia-colloquium" target="_blank">event overview</a>.<hr>

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Mark Whitaker is co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and has more than 30 years of experience crafting legal strategies in high-stakes patent and trade secret litigation.Mark 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.Mark 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 multipatent litigations.A past president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Mark was elected to their prestigious Fellows membership in 2019. He is a frequent speaker at the American Bar Association, the Practising Law Institute, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and numerous CLE events all over the country. He is also the current co-chair of MoFo’s Diversity Strategy Committee, building on decades of experience leading law firm diversity and inclusion efforts. Additionally, Mark currently serves on Law360’s Intellectual Property Editorial Advisory Board, having been selected twice since 2021.Mark is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served first as a surface warfare officer and later 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 concentrating on IP and technology litigation.

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AIPLA's 2024 DEIA Colloquium

30 Jan 2024 - 01 Feb 2024