Marc Allen Sockol

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Prepared
  prosecuted four patent applications for Finjan, Inc., a provider of cybersecurity solutions (hardware
  software) to the enterprise. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided on January 10, 2018 that Blue Coat Systems, Inc., is liable for infringement of three of the four patents including the primary patent involved, the '844 patent, that Marc prosecuted through issuance
  owned by Finjan
  the court awarded approximately $39.5 million in royalty damages
  Prepared
  prosecuted patent applications involving data synchronization software on behalf of a software company that is currently managing a successful enforcement program. The enforcement program has earned the company close to a billion dollars. In fact, the company asserted a patent infringement litigation based on patents he drafted that achieved a $267.5 million jury award
  Prepared
  prosecuted patent applications involving network security software on behalf of a venture-backed provider of secure network gateway solutions. The company recently asserted a patent infringement claim based on patents he drafted that achieved a multimillion-dollar jury award
  increased revenue
  Prepared
  prosecuted patent applications involving wireless technology (IEEE 802.11a, b, g
  e) on behalf of a multinational company
  Prepared
  prosecuted patent applications involving search engines
  document classification technology on behalf of a multinational internet company
  Prepared
  prosecuted patent applications involving behavior monitoring
  targeted advertisements on behalf of an internet startup company
  H
  led several Examiner interviews
  patent office appeals on behalf of companies having difficulty obtaining business method patents
  Developed
  managed a patent capitalization program (including invitations to license
  direct negotiations) on behalf of a data
  network security company
  Defended a group of multinational companies at both district court level
  appellate level for patent infringement involving Intel chipsets
  Microsoft NetMeeting (the case has recently been publicized for its influence on the rules for patent exhaustion, Quanta v. LG Electronics, 453 F.3d 1364, 79 USPQ.2d (BNA) 1443 (Fed. Cir. 2006), rev'd, 553 U.S. 617 (2008)
  Defended a startup company in patent infringement litigation for using arrival notification systems
  Defended a multinational company in patent infringement litigation for semiconductor fabrication
  Defended a multinational company in settlement negotiations based on a claim of patent infringement of Gilbert Hyatt patents for manufacturing
  selling disk drives
  Conducted a freedom-to-operate analysis of a system involving GPS technology on behalf of a multinational company
  Conducted US
  foreign IP due diligence reviews for a multinational company in a multinational joint development project involving GPS technology
  Conducted US
  foreign IP due diligence reviews for investors
  VCs considering investment in startup companies
  Testified as technical expert on GBICs in a federal district court trial.