
Mackenzie Martin
Biography
Mackenzie Martin is a partner in the Firm’s Intellectual Property Group. She focuses on intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing, and portfolio strategy and management. She has significant experience in patent and trade secret litigation actions in federal district courts, before the US International Trade Commission, and before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board. She also advises clients on legal issues and governance relating to artificial intelligence.
Mackenzie is continuously ranked or recognized in relation to patents and intellectual property by Chambers USA, Managing IP, IAM Patent, Texas Lawyer, Euromoney, Super Lawyers, US Legal 500, Best Lawyers, and WIPR.
Practice Focus
Mackenzie's practice focuses on litigating complex patent infringement and other intellectual property disputes. She handles administrative hearings and trials before the ITC and USPTO. Mackenzie also prepares and prosecutes patents, advises clients regarding freedom-to-operate decisions, and provides infringement and invalidity opinions and advice. She also advises clients on best practices and minimizing risks in implementing AI. Mackenzie is also experienced in transferring IP and with respect to licensing, acquisition, and development agreements and transactions. Mackenzie is an electrical engineer and has experience in a variety of technical fields—including AI, software, networks, communication systems, integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, computer memory, optics, stereographics, LEDs, solar cells, medical devices, financial systems, cloud computing, NFC, and display technology.
Representative Legal Matters
- Secured a win for a leading 3D cinema provider as complainant at the US International Trade Commission, resulting in a final determination that all asserted claims of three patents-in-suit were valid and infringed by all five of the accused products, and providing for issuance of exclusion and cease-and-desist orders with a 100% bond against respondents.
- Represented a leading 3D cinema provider as the patent owner in seven inter partes review proceedings filed with the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board, resulting in complete wins in six proceedings and preservation of key infringed claims in one proceeding.
- Represented a major automotive manufacturer as petitioner in numerous inter partes review petitions filed with the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board, resulting in a favorable settlement of related patent litigation.
- Defended a major US location services company in a patent infringement litigation pending in the Eastern District of Virginia, resulting in invalidation of all five asserted patent claims.
- Secured a stay pending covered business method patent review for numerous financial institution defendants from 28 consolidated cases at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, even before issuance of any institution decision by the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Coordinated and advised on simultaneous multiple jurisdiction patent litigation in Taiwan and the United States.
- Coordinated and advised US client on standard essential patent / FRAND litigation pending in China.
- Represented a major US bank and a major US provider of banking and payments technology in defense of multiple patent infringement litigation in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
- Represented multinational hotel and casino in trademark litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
- Represented manufacturer of housewares in trade dress and copyright litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
- Represented multinational semiconductor polishing company in a patent litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, resulting in an unprecedented stay of proceedings.
- Represented medical diagnostics company as a defendant in a patent litigation in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, resulting in the invalidation of all claims.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court - President (2025-2026); Member (2013-present)
- State Bar of Texas - Member (2008-present)
- Dallas Bar Association - Member (2008-present)
- Attorneys Serving the Community - Leadership Gold
Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office~United States (2019)
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas~United States (2013)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit~United States (2013)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas~United States (2013)
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas~United States (2013)
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas~United States (2013)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit~United States (2013)
- Texas~United States (2008)
Education
- Fudan University (2008)
- Washington University (J.D.) (2008)
- Nanjing University (2005)
- Kansas State University (B.S. Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude) (2003)
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Previous Offices
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
- Taipei