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Thompson Hine LLP, a full-service business law firm with approximately 400 lawyers in 8 offices, was ranked number 1 in the category “Most innovative North American law firms: New working models” by The Financial Times and was 1 of 7 firms shortlisted for The American Lawyer’s inaugural Legal Services Innovation Award. The firm has been recognized by the National Law Journal as a Legal Technology Trailblazer and featured by Bloomberg for its innovative service delivery models, which drive accuracy and predictability. The firm’s commitment to innovation is embodied in Thompson Hine SmartPaTHTM – a smarter way to work – predictable, efficient and aligned with client goals. For more information, please visit ThompsonHine.com and ThompsonHine.com/SmartPaTH.

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Marc advocates for clients in technology and intellectual property litigation and counseling, primarily involving semiconductor, electronics, and computer-related technologies. He represents technology companies in patent, trade secret, copyright, antitrust, trademark, and commercial disputes in federal court, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and arbitration. His cases have involved technologies such as semiconductor fabrication and devices, microprocessor designs, microfluidic devices, networking equipment, gallium-nitride-based LEDs and laser diodes, haptic feedback devices, medical devices, sonar, optoelectronic transceivers, and operating system, virtual machine, and synchronization software.

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Marc was recognized by Managing IP for representing a haptic technology company in the “Milestone Case of the Year” in 2017.

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Marc is an author of the <em>Patent Case Management Judicial Guide</em>, published by the Federal Judicial Center and LexisNexis, a comprehensive overview of best practices and procedures in patent cases, which is provided to all federal district judges. Marc and his team received the President’s Pro Bono Service Award from the California State Bar for their work with the Children’s Advocacy Institute on behalf of California’s foster parents. After they obtained judgment against the state – and successfully defended it on appeal to the Ninth Circuit – California substantially increased its reimbursements to foster parents for the care they provide as required by federal law.

Marc is admitted to practice in California and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to receiving his J.D., with distinction, from Stanford University, Marc also holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. During his tenure at UC Berkeley, he was a member of the scientific team that discovered the top quark, and he is a co-author of more than a hundred papers in refereed journals. While earning his doctorate, he received the UC Berkeley Faculty Associate Award for excellence in teaching and authored the “Physics 111: Laboratory Electronics” course manual. Marc received his bachelor’s degree in physics, <em>magna cum laude</em>, from Harvard College.

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Stanford Law School, J.D.

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.

Harvard College, A.B.

Intellectual Property & Technology Litigation

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Marc David Peters

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<li>Co-author, <em>Patent Case Management Judicial Guide</em>, Federal Judicial Center and LexisNexis</li>
<li>Co-author, “Copyright Preemption, Complete Preemption, and Federal Jurisdiction,” <em>Daily Journal</em>, 2022</li>
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Publications

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<li>“Don’t Catch a Phish! Cybersecurity in the Age of AI,” Turner Boyd’s 11th Annual California MCLE Program, March 2025</li>
<li>“US and European Patent Law: Significant Developments and Significant Differences,” California Lawyers’ Association 47th Annual IP Institute, November 2023</li>
<li>“Privilege, Primary Purpose, and Practicality,” Turner Boyd’s Seventh Annual California MCLE Program, January 2023</li>
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<li>Selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers list, 2012-2025</li>
<li>California State Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award</li>
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Distinctions

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<li>San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court, past president</li>
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