David E. Marder
Experience
Practice focuses on complex business litigation.
Years of experience litigating patent and other intellectual property disputes in a wide variety of fields, including pharmaceuticals, mechanical products, computer software, business methods, consumer goods, and medical devices.
Heavy emphasis on securities matters. Represents parties in investigations and actions brought by the SEC, NASD, and state securities regulators, and in private securities actions, including litigation and arbitration.
Outside Experience
- Senior Trial Counsel and Assistant District Administrator, Securities and Exchange Commission. While Senior Trial Counsel at the SEC, served as first-chair trial counsel in numerous high-profile securities fraud and insider trading cases.
- Special Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Selected Results*
Represents Fortune 500 medical technology company in patent litigation relating to spinal implants.
Represented parties in dozens of SEC investigations and enforcement actions.
Represented senior official of financial services company in NASD arbitration.
Represented manufacturer of printers in patent litigation against foreign importer.
Defended parties in securities class actions.
Represented plaintiff in patent infringement action relating to use of web sites to facilitate international transactions.
Represented plaintiff in action against mutual fund adviser for excessive fees.
Represents major manufacturer of computer chips in various patent matters.
Media
Frequently quoted on legal topics in newspapers and other periodicals, including the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Denver Post, and the Boston Business Journal.
Appeared on television news programs to discuss legal topics, including The News with Brian Williams, Squawk Box and Morning Call on CNBC, and various PBS and CNN programs.
Recognition
- Named a "Super Lawyer," by Law & Politics (2007, 2008)**
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Massachusetts
Education
- Boston University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude (1988)
- Dartmouth College, B.A., Government (1985)
Selected Speeches
-
Patent Valuation and Realization of that Value: Evaluating Patents in Light of Contingency Fee Litigation
Boston Patent Law Association, Boston, MA
(March 16, 2006)
- Recent Trends in Insider Trading
Pinstripes to Jailstripes Seminar, Minneapolis, Minnesota (August 8, 2002)