Marc Lorelli

Marc Lorelli is a highly experienced intellectual property litigation attorney and Co-Chair of Brooks Kushman's intellectual property litigation practice. His practice spans patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright cases, with a particular focus on technology-driven industries such as automotive and mobility, industrial manufacturing, and consumer markets. His technical background, including degrees in mechanical and chemical engineering and prior experience as a patent agent prosecuting chemical, mechanical, and electrical patent applications, provides a strong foundation for handling diverse technologies in litigation.

Lorelli represents clients as both plaintiffs and defendants, having prevailed as both Complainant and Respondent in International Trade Commission investigations. While the tracked case data shows a single plaintiff-side appearance, his broader practice includes defending clients in patent infringement suits, such as successfully representing Kitsch in a jury trial where a federal jury cleared the beauty brand of design patent and trademark infringement accusations. He also represented Magnadyne Corporation in a patent infringement action concerning an external vehicle antenna housing, successfully arguing for patentability before the Patent Office, leading to a resolution.

He has significant experience in post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, having counseled clients in over 50 such proceedings and numerous re-examination requests, which play a major role in his patent litigation strategy. Notably, Lorelli employed IPR proceedings while representing Ford in a fuel injection technology patent lawsuit, securing admissions on claim scope that led to a district court's grant of summary judgment of non-infringement, later affirmed by the Federal Circuit. He has also successfully argued appeals before the Federal Circuit, including a leading decision on Section 101 jurisprudence in Ancora Techs., Inc. v. HTC Americas, Inc., 908 F. 3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2018).

Lorelli earned his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2001, where he was valedictorian and an editor of the Law Review. He also holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame. He was admitted to practice law in Michigan in 2001.