Source: https://www.ropesgray.com/en/biographies/b/marta-belcher
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 23:01:50+00:00

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Financial Times Innovative Lawyers (2018) – Honored for developing a blockchain-transferable software license.
As the author of "Hacking the Patent System: A Guide to Alternative Licensing Options for Innovators," a comprehensive guide to patent aggregators and patent pledges, Marta advises clients and speaks frequently on the topic of defensive patent licensing strategy.
Marta has experience working on complex copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, and false advertising matters, including managing the day-to-day of litigations, drafting briefs and motions, overseeing discovery, and participating in depositions and hearings. She has worked on matters in the Supreme Court, federal appeals courts, and federal district courts, as well as proceedings in the International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Marta’s pro bono clients include the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy & Technology, the National Consumers’ League, New America’s Open Technology Institute, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
During law school, Marta interned for Apple's intellectual property & licensing team and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Marta has been named The Huffington Post's "Greatest Person of the Day" for her work as the director of a nonprofit, and was featured in Forbes for her Stanford Law School graduation speech.
Digital Asset Trade Association – Representing a blockchain trade association in matters related to legislation and public policy, including advising on groundbreaking blockchain legislation in Wyoming, creating a state blockchain legislation scoresheet, and speaking in European Parliament.
Decentralized Code Network (Deconet) – Drafted the first blockchain-transferable software license, the Deconet Software License Agreement, for which Marta was recognized by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers.
Frank v. Gaos (U.S. Supreme Court) – Represented amici curiae the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the National Consumers’ League.
Representing the world’s leading consumer electronics company in multiple Federal Circuit appeals from Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions.
Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. v. NetEase Information Technology Corporation (C.D. Cal.) – Successfully won a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit involving photographs.
Hately v. Watts (4th Circuit) – Represented amici curiae the Center for Democracy & Technology, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and New America’s Open Technology Institute in a matter involving e-mail privacy.
DIFF Scale Operation Research, LLC v. Extreme Networks, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) – Successfully represented Extreme Networks in a patent infringement lawsuit involving patents related to networking technology.
XR Communications, LLC v. Extreme Networks, Inc. (C.D. Cal.) – Representing Extreme Networks in a patent infringement lawsuit involving patents related to MU-MIMO wireless technology.
Panther Rock Wine Company, LLC v. 6 Degree Tequila, LLC (TTAB) – Representing a wine producer in cancellation proceedings in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Guardant Health, Inc. v. Foundation Medicine, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Represented Foundation Medicine in a false advertising litigation involving genomic testing technology.
JC Waugh Wine Co. v. Bronco Wine Company et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Represented a large wine producer in a trademark infringement lawsuit.
Blue in Style, LLC et al. v. ES/EX Corp. et al. (N.D. Cal.) – Represented Bronco Wine Company in a trademark and false advertising dispute.
Plectrum, LLC v. Extreme Networks (E.D. Tex.) – Successfully defended Extreme Networks in a patent infringement lawsuit involving wireless technology.
Affinity Labs of Texas v. Samsung (Fed. Cir.) – Successfully represented Samsung in a Federal Circuit appeal of an inter partes review proceeding involving a patent relating to portable audio devices.
Samsung v. Rembrandt Wireless Technologies (Fed. Cir.) – Represented Samsung in a Federal Circuit appeal involving patents relating to bluetooth technology.
Rovi v. Comcast et al. (E.D. Tex. / ITC / PTAB) – Represented Rovi in district court, International Trade Commission, and Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings involving interactive program guides and related hardware and software.
Extreme Networks – Represented Extreme Networks in responding to third-party subpoenas.
Broadcom v. NXP Semiconductors B.V. (N.D. Cal.) – Successfully defended a global semiconductor manufacturer in a patent licensing agreement dispute.

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