Mark J. Hebert '85

Mark J. Hebert is a senior principal in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation and client counseling, with a particular concentration on medical device patent litigation, and appellate work. He has extensive experience in competitor-to-competitor cases representing the plaintiff-patentee in U.S. district courts, and in reexaminations, reissue proceedings, and inter partes reviews at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His concentration on medical device patent litigation has included work in the following technology areas: orthopedic suture anchors, spinal implants, artificial knee and hip prostheses, dialysis machines, videoarthroscopes, suture handling instruments, orthopedic RF electrosurgery probes, transchest pacemakers, and orthopedic casting material. He has also litigated within other technological areas including computer-based music systems, video compression algorithms, perfume spray pumps, large-format cameras, voice-operated switches, computer voice recognition, memory-foam earplugs, and removable tape strips. Mr. Hebert joined Fish & Richardson in 1987. Before entering the practice of law, Mr. Hebert worked as an engineer in the nuclear industry (1979-1985).