Marc R. Labgold, PhD is a registered U.S. patent attorney with nearly 30 years of experience specializing in patent litigation and international commercial arbitration. He is an international arbitrator and Member of the Chartered institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). His clients include recognized leaders in the biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, in vitro diagnostic, medical device, telecom, consumer electronics and semiconductor markets.
Dr Labgold is an accomplished trial attorney with extensive international experience in complex litigation involving patent infringement, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition and breach of contract.
He regularly serves as lead counsel in international arbitrations and related proceedings in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Japan and the United States. He has participated as lead counsel in remote/virtual hearings (procedural and evidentiary) and has published on the topic of tribunal authority to order remote hearings under the Model Law.
LOCATION: Washington, DC
LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN: District of Columbia Bar, State Bar of Georgia, Patent Bar, United States Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
CURRENT FIRM: Law Office of Marc R. Labgold, PC
PRIOR FIRM(S):
DLA Piper | McKenna Long & Aldridge | Squire Patton Boggs LAW SCHOOL: George Washington University
ADVANCED DEGREES: Caltech - PhD in Chemistry; NYU - BA in Chemistry
HONORS AND AWARDS: Member (MCIArb) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
PRACTICE AREA(S):
Intellectual Property
(Litigation — Patent, Litigation — Trade Secret, Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition, Patent Law)
International Commercial Arbitration
(Award Recognition & Enforcement, International Arbitrators, International Commercial Arbitration Counsel)
INDUSTRY: biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, in vitro diagnostic, medical device, consumer electronics, telecom, semiconductor, industrial plant construction
NOTABLE ROLES/EXPERIENCE: Lead counsel in more than 60 patent infringement cases for both domestic and foreign clients; Lead counsel in international commercial arbitrations including ICC, UNCITRAL, HKIAC and ad hoc proceedings
