Jessica L.A. Marks

Jessica L.A. Marks is an experienced in-house counsel specializing in patent litigation, particularly focused on challenging the validity of patents asserted by Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs). With 19 recorded appearances, all on the plaintiff side, her practice is dedicated to defending operating companies against patent assertions. She currently serves as SEP & Foreign Managing Counsel and Senior Patent Counsel at Unified Patents, where she prepares and litigates post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Prior to joining Unified Patents, Ms. Marks practiced for over ten years at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garret & Dunner, LLP, where her practice included post-grant proceedings, district court cases, and International Trade Commission proceedings.

Ms. Marks's expertise spans a range of technology areas, including electrical, business method, and biological technologies, with cases involving video surveillance systems, Blu-ray disc players, image processing, artificial intelligence, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. Her work at Unified Patents frequently involves wireless communication and payment systems, including Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6, 802.11n), standard-essential patents (SEPs), and data transfer technologies.

She has been actively involved in numerous PTAB and reexamination proceedings. Notably, Ms. Marks was in-house counsel in Unified Patents LLC v. Monticello Enterprises LLC, where a patent related to transmitting user payment data was challenged via ex parte reexamination, resulting in a final rejection of all challenged claims. She also contributed to successful challenges against CellSpinsoft data transfer patents, which led to the institution of reexamination proceedings and subsequent appellate dismissals affirming district court judgments of non-infringement for similar patents. Additionally, she has been involved in granted reexamination requests against Wi-Fi patents asserted by entities like Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology, Atlas Global Technologies, and AX Wireless.

Ms. Marks earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland (now Francis King Carey) School of Law, and holds an M.B.E. and B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania.