Mark A. Haynes

is engaged exclusively in intellectual property counseling, primarily involving patent prosecution and analysis of the scope and validity of patents in a variety of settings, including licensing, litigation, diligence investigations and strategic planning. Technical areas of his practice have included integrated circuits, communications, computer systems, the internet and computer software, medical devices, lasers, optics, radar, and integrated circuit manufacturing technology.  Mr. Haynes holds the highest available peer-review rating at Martindale-Hubbell of AV-Preeminent.

JD from Stanford Law School (1981). BSEE with Highest Honors from the University of Texas at Austin (1977). Admitted to practice law in Texas (1981) and California (1984). Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1982).

Recent experiences include:

• Negotiated portfolio license agreements on behalf of integrated circuit company with several major technology companies;
• Consulted in connection with litigation strategy and defenses for patent infringement litigation;
• Prepared request for reexamination of adversely held patent concurrently being asserted in federal court;
• Defended reexamination of client’s patents.
• Consulted concerning the scope and validity of adversely held patents;
• Consulted in connection with due diligence surrounding acquisition of client company.
• Consulted in connection with due diligence on behalf of investor, surrounding patent infringement litigation against the target company.
• Prepared and prosecuted patent applications for early stage startup companies and multinational corporations.

February, 1999 until present- Partner in Haynes Beffel and Wolfeld LLP
May, 1996 – February 1999, Member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA, and head of patent prosecution group for computer related technology.
September, 1993 – May, 1996 – Founded and built Haynes & Davis in Menlo Park CA, specializing in intellectual property. The entire firm joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in 1996.
August, 1985 – September 1993 – First associate, then partner, of intellectual property firm of Fliesler Dubb Meyer & Lovejoy in San Francisco, CA.

Earlier experience includes work as a patent attorney at IBM Corporation, Los Gatos California, involving work with Computer Science Department at Almaden Research Center, and criminal defense litigation involving work on capital murder trials.

In February, 1999, Mr. Haynes was an invited panelist on intellectual property in a Symposium entitled “The Legal and Policy Framework for Global Electronic Commerce: A Progress Report,” at the University of California at Berkeley. Arising from the Symposium, he is author of “Commentary: Black Holes of Innovation in the Software Arts,” Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, Spring 1999. In 1993, he made a presentation to the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California entitled “Software Patent Practice.”

Member American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association.

Member of Advisory Board , and former Trustee (2005-2010), of Coastside Land Trust.