Mr Mark A Williamson > Venable LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Venable LLP Offices
600 MASSACHUSETTS AVE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Mr Mark A Williamson
Work Department
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution • PTO Contested Proceedings • Aerospace, Automotive & Marine • Electronics, Computers & Software • Energy • Industrial Equipment & Manufacturing • Medical Devices • Nanotechnology.
Position
Partner.
Career
Mark A. Williamson is Co-Chair of the firm’s Nanotechnology Practice Group. Since joining Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto in 1989, Mr. Williamson has gained extensive experience in both patent procurement and client counseling in the electrical and mechanical arts. He has worked in various technologies including ink jet and laser printing, photocopying, fluid distribution systems, medical devices and spacecraft launching vehicles. Mr. Williamson has substantial experience in both domestic and international patent applications and has been involved in various reexaminations, reissues and interferences. Prior to joining Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, Mr. Williamson worked for several years as an Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association; District of Columbia Bar, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section; Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Vice-chair of the Patent Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the DC Bar.
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1990 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Drexel University, 1985.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation