Fabio E. Marino

Fabio E. Marino is an intellectual property trial lawyer with a practice focused on high-stakes patent, trade secret, and copyright litigation across the United States, including appeals to the Federal Circuit. He specializes in computer-related technologies, with deep experience in areas such as computer networks, telecommunications, software engineering, e-commerce, internet technologies, computer architecture, digital circuit design, flash memory, DRAMs, parallel computing, 3D graphics, medical imaging, and artificial intelligence. His background as a software architect prior to his legal career underpins his technical acumen.

Marino demonstrates a balanced practice, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent disputes. His tracked appearances include two cases on the plaintiff side, such as Qomplx LLC v. Microsoft Corporation and Phenix Longhorn, LLC v. Innolux Corporation, and one on the defendant side in Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Symantec Corporation et al. Beyond tracked cases, he has represented plaintiffs like Brocade Communications Systems Inc. and Radware, and defendants including Citrix and Barracuda.

Currently, Marino is a partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property department, chair of the Intellectual Property Litigation practice, and Managing Partner of the firm's San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. His earlier career included roles at Irell & Manella and McDermott Will & Emery. He has secured significant outcomes for clients, including a $75 million stipulated judgment for Brocade Communications Systems Inc. against A10 Networks Inc. in a patent, copyright, and trade secret infringement case. He also obtained a unanimous jury verdict for Radware, leading to a $6.9 million judgment and permanent injunction against F5 for willful patent infringement. His active caseload includes representing Aspen Networks in Wi-Fi Calling patent cases and iCharts in disputes concerning interactive web chart technologies.

Marino is also involved in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, representing patent owners, as evidenced by his appearance for iCharts LLC in IPR2024-01387. He has also contributed to discussions on PTAB policies, co-authoring an article on the USPTO's bifurcated review process for PTAB petitions. He is admitted to practice in California, before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and various U.S. District Courts, including the Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of California, and the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, and holds an M.S. in Computer Science from UCLA and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.