Mark Walters

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Mark is a trial and appellate lawyer with experience representing businesses and individuals in courts across the country. He has first-chaired several jury trials to judgment, winning multi-million dollar verdicts for clients, and prevailing for defendants in a number of “bet-the-company” cases. He has argued cases in U.S. District Court, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. In addition to litigation matters, Mark advises technology firms on Intellectual Property strategy, including patentability and freedom to operate opinions. Several of Mark’s cases involve highly technical or specialized industries, like biotechnology, software, or genetics. Mark has been selected as a Super Lawyer each year since first becoming eligible for the honor in 2012. Mark was selected among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2018, a recognition by invitation only to attorneys with winning verdicts of at least $2,000,000. In 2018, Mark was selected for listing in the seventh edition of the IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation for the jurisdiction of Washington State. Mark is a registered patent attorney and a past president of the Seattle Intellectual Property American Inn of Court.