Mark Dickson

About Mark Dickson

My focus is helping companies make strategic decisions about intellectual property. I…

Experience

1. Partner

   Phase M Legal

   Jan 2009 — Present

   Phase M, LLP is a unique law firm. We are registered patent attorneys with deep business acumen and broad technology experience who help our clients grow their business with well-crafted advice on intellectual property issues. We work with our clients to provide risk assessment and competitive analysis of intellectual property that helps drive decisions for accelerated growth and better business development. Our emphasis is on providing strategic patent portfolio analysis, intelligence, and advice for new product and services innovation through enhanced technology growth, brand building, and collaboration. Our skills are directed at helping clients of all sizes compete in the global technology market, including early stage companies and established entities, using long-term, balanced, intellectual asset creation, acquisition and management. Our services span a broad range of expertise, advice and counseling for helping clients with business development and technology transfer, including litigation, licensing, sale and acquisition (patent brokerage), IP valuations, formal IP opinions, competitive analysis, sourcing, targeting and licensing negotiations in opportunities for global cooperation between a wide diversity of U.S, Asian and European entities.

Education

• University of Houston Law Center

  JD, Intellectual Property Law

  1983 — 1988

• Colorado State University Pueblo

  B.S. with Special Distinction, Chemistry major with minor in Mathematics

  1973 — 1977

• Washington State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Inorganic Chemistry

  1977 — 1981

Skills

• Licensing
• Litigation
• Medical Devices
• Patent Law
• Patents
• Trade Secrets
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Unfair Competition
• Strategy
• Invention
• Software Licensing
• Intellectual Property Infringement
• Intellectual Property Valuation
• Licensing Negotiations
• Patentability
• Trademark Infringement
• Copyright Law
• Business Strategy
• Software Patents
• Anti-Counterfeiting
• Copyright Infringement
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution
• Patent Litigation
• Trade Dress
• Registered Patent Attorney
• Intellectual Property
• Semiconductors
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Privacy Law
• Trademarks
• Intellectual Asset Management
• Cyberlaw
• Patent Applications
• Client Counseling
• Legal Opinions
• Domain Names