J. Mark Smith focuses his practice in the areas of patent, trademark, and copyright law. He advises clients in licensing, counseling on intellectual property rights, due diligence and its avoidance of risk, and litigation in federal and state courts.

Mark is a Shareholder of the firm.

Email: msmith@penberg.com

Admitted to Practice
Colorado, State; U.S. District Court (Colorado and District of Columbia) and 10th Circuit; Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Supreme Court of the United States

Education
1972, J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1969, B.S., Engineering Design and Economic Evaluation, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Professional Associations
American Bar Association; Litigation Section; Intellectual Property Section
Colorado Bar Association; Litigation Section; Patent, Copyrights and Trademarks Section; Intellectual Property Section, Legislative Policy Representative, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Denver Bar Association
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, 1980-1996; Chair, Intellectual Property Committee
International Trademark Association, Enforcement Committee, Preliminary Relief Sub-Committee
Master, Marsh Inn of Court
Copyright Society of America
American Intellectual Property Law Association

Publications and Speeches
Contributing Author for the Intellectual Property Chapter of "Legal Opinion Letters," Aspen Publishers, 2003 Edition

Copyrights and Intellectual Property for IPI, October 2002

Copyrights, University of Denver, Summer IP Program, Summer 2002

Copyright Society, Presentation on Copyright Litigation, Meeting 2001

"Valuing Intellectual Property, Overview of Intellectual Property Assets," CLE in Colorado, Inc., October 2000

"Copyright in the Electronic Age, Infringement and the Internet: Determining Jurisdiction and Damages; Recent Case Law and Developments," CLE in Colorado, February 2000

Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, Lecturer on artists rights in trademarks, copyrights, and unfair trade practices