Mackenzie Martin > Baker McKenzie LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie LLP
1900 N. Pearl St.
Suite 1500
TEXAS
75201
United States

Work Department

Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Position

Mackenzie Martin co-leads the Firm’s Global Patent Practice and is a member of the Firm’s North American Intellectual Property & Technology and North American Trial Team Steering Committees. She focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and portfolio strategy matters. She has significant experience in patent and trade secret litigation actions in federal district courts, before the US International Trade Commission, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Mackenzie was named as one of the “Lawyers on the Rise” by Texas Lawyer in 2016, was given the Rising Star Award for IP at Euromoney’s 2017 Americas Women in Business Law Awards, and was selected as a Rising Star for intellectual property litigation in Super Lawyers in 2017 to 2021. In 2022, she has been ranked or recognized by US Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers.

Career

Mackenzie’s practice focuses on litigating complex patent infringement and other intellectual property disputes. She also handles administrative hearings and trials before the ITC and USPTO. Mackenzie also prepares and prosecutes patents, advises clients regarding freedom-to-operate decisions, and provides infringement and invalidity opinions and advice. Mackenzie also has significant cross border litigation experience relating to standards essential patents and FRAND issues. Mackenzie is an electrical engineer and has experience in a variety of technical fields, including AI, software, networks, communication systems, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, computer memory technology, optics, stereographics, LEDs, solar cells, medical devices, financial systems, cloud computing, NFC, and display technology.

Languages

English, Mandarin

Memberships

  • Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court – Associate (2013-2015); Barrister, Treasurer (present)
  • State Bar of Texas – Member (2008-present)
  • American Bar Association – Member (2008-present)
  • PTAB Bar Association – Member (2016-present)
  • Dallas Bar Association – Member (2008-present)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)

Baker McKenzie LLP works with a host of clients—from software and tech, to entertainment—on the full range of patent matters. Its workload includes obtaining the grant of patents to establish a portfolio, providing pre-litigation advice to well-known names, and preparing and prosecuting patent applications in national and international contexts. John Flaim, who handles patent litigation and portfolio management in particular, leads the Dallas-based team. Mackenzie Martin is equipped to litigate in patent infringement cases and proceedings before the USPTO and the ITC. Vas Vedantam is praised for an ‘analytical approach’, while Jessica Greenwald is also noteworthy. Richard Wells left in November 2024.