Anthony (“Tony”) Marino is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. He helps companies protect and maximize the value of their innovations through strategic patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and intellectual property (IP) transaction counsel. He represents clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to emerging startups and individual entrepreneurs across a wide range of industries and technologies.
Tony is known for developing holistic, business-driven IP strategies tailored to each client’s immediate needs, long-term objectives, and competitive landscape. He routinely obtains, manages, and enforces IP portfolios for clients in the artificial intelligence, blockchain, eCommerce, software, business method, healthcare, biotechnology, sporting goods, food, agriculture, and medical device spaces. His approach emphasizes layered, worldwide protection designed to create durable competitive advantage.
For other lawyers and in-house counsel, Tony is a go-to resource on the rapidly evolving legal issues surrounding the protection of computer software and artificial intelligence (AI). He advises on cutting-edge eligibility and ownership questions, AI-assisted issues, protections for algorithms and data, open-source and licensing risks, and the interplay between copyright and patent protection for software-driven technologies. He regularly collaborates with litigation, regulatory, and trade counsel to develop defensible positions in high-stakes and novel matters.
In addition to his practice, Tony is a frequent guest lecturer at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he speaks on IP topics. He also co-coaches ASU’s patent drafting team, which competes in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s annual National Patent Application Drafting Competition.