Mark D Bowen
Patent Copyright Trademark Attorneys - South Florida Copyright Patent Trademark Attorneys

Malin Haley DiMaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A. was founded in 1969 (as Malin & Haley, P.A.) and is one of the premier patent law firms specializing in intellectual property law in the State of Florida.

The attorneys in the firm litigate before all federal and state courts and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The firm's principal focus is to assist clients in all phases of intellectual property related matters, from the simple to the complex. The firm's attorneys concentrate in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition, as well as counseling and assisting clients with respect to all aspects of technology-related legal issues, including patent protection for computer programs, business methods, copyright protection, and licensing of software.

The technical background of each of the firm's attorneys places the firm in a position to serve as both advocate and advisor in virtually any area of technology.

The firm specializes in patent prosecution in a diverse range of technologies including, but not limited to, mechanical architecture, electro-mechanical devices, computers, local area networks, telecommunication systems, data processing in neural networks, digital message transmission, radar systems, medical instrumentation, flight simulation, global positioning systems, virtual reality, pneumatic systems and intelligent controllers and measuring devices.

Malin Haley DiMaggio Bowen & Lhota currently employs seven patent and trademark attorneys. The firm is also associated on an of counsel basis with John C. Black, formerly Chief Patent Counsel to IBM with respect to their Personal Computer Division. A significant portion of the firm's work is devoted to securing and defending intellectual property rights in foreign countries.

Malin Haley DiMaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A. became one of the first intellectual property law firms in the United States to become certified under ISO 9000 international quality assurance standards.

The profile of the firm's practice is as follows:

PATENTS
Advise clients regarding disclosure of ideas and inventions, confidentiality, and product development, conduct patentability studies for new inventions, render opinions with respect to validity and infringement of patents, as well as preparing, filing, and prosecuting patent applications throughout the world.

TRADEMARKS
Advise clients in the adoption and use of trade or service marks, and domain name registrations, conduct availability searches and render opinions with respect to ownership and/or infringement of marks, and file and prosecute trademark and service mark applications throughout the world.

COPYRIGHTS
Advise clients regarding originality and copyright ownership as to all forms of expression such as literary works (including computer programs and databases), musical works (including accompanying words), dramatic works, pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, architectural works, and sound recordings. Members of the firm specialize in all subject matter areas relating to computers.

LICENSING
Negotiate and draft license agreements covering all technology-related rights, including patent, copyright and trade secret rights, as well as advise clients with respect to the business arrangement that will best suit the client's needs.

LITIGATION
Analyze and advise clients of their legal rights and obligations and prepare strategy for assuring that those rights and obligations are met, prosecute and defend lawsuits relative to intellectual property rights in all state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as federal agencies such as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as negotiate settlements where appropriate.

Intellectual Property Law Certified Attorney - Florida Bar

Mark D Bowen
Malin Haley DiMaggio Bowen & Lhota PA
1936 S Andrews Ave
Fort Lauderdale FL 33316-2859
Tel: 954 763-3303
Fax: 954 522-6507
E-mail: mdb@mhdpatents.com

Mark D. Bowen, a partner of the firm, is a registered patent attorney and Florida Bar Certified Expert in the field of Intellectual Property, with over fifteen years experience in prosecuting and litigating patent, trademark, and copyright cases. His technological background is in mechanical engineering with particular emphasis in the areas of heat transfer, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems drawn from his years as an engineering specialist and regional sales manager for the commercial equipment and controls division of Carrier Air Conditioning Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies. Mr. Bowen also has broad patent prosecution experience in the mechanical and electrical arts, including: electronic circuit board fabrication, aviation systems, robotics, emergency rescue devices, medical technologies, investment casting and photo polymerization manufacturing techniques, marine industry systems and sports related devices.

Mr. Bowen received his juris doctor from the University of Miami in 1994, where he was a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association, and a law review member for the University of Miami Yearbook of International law. Mr. Bowen has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, where he was honored as a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma honorary engineering societies.
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