Mark McCarty

Mark A. McCarty — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Mark McCarty is a partner at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, where he focuses on complex commercial, antitrust, and IP-related litigation in the telecommunications, technology, and health care sectors. His patent work centers on wireless and wireline telecommunications, including standards-essential patent (SEP) licensing and infringement disputes, with significant experience at the intersection of patent and competition law. He has represented wireless carriers, cable operators, and telecom equipment manufacturers in matters ranging from patent infringement suits and FRAND/RAND rate-setting disputes to international arbitration.

Side preference. In the tracked district court docket, McCarty has appeared exclusively on the defense side — serving as trial counsel for Samsung in SoftView, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an NPE patent-infringement action. His firm bio confirms he represents both plaintiffs and defendants, and he has also represented patent owners/licensors in licensing disputes, most notably InterDigital in a $1.05 billion ICC arbitration against Samsung over SEP royalty rates for cellular wireless and video technologies (July 2025), a result that earned Law.com "Litigator of the Week" runner-up recognition. Other reported matters include strategic litigation for Nokia against Qualcomm and Apple, and a 2013 federal-court RAND-rate determination for a portfolio of standard-essential patents.

Firm context. McCarty has spent his career at Alston & Bird; before joining the firm he served as VP and general counsel of Georgia Public Web, Inc. and as director of corporate accounting at AIG Aviation. He was named a Client Choice Award winner by International Law Office and Lexology in 2014.

PTAB/IPR. No clearly documented pattern of regular IPR/PGR appearances was verified for McCarty; his tracked and publicly reported work centers on district court litigation and international arbitration, with his firm handling PTAB matters separately. Education: Auburn University (B.S.B.A. 1990); Georgia State University (J.D. 1996); admitted in Georgia (1996).