Mark C. Dukes
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Recognized since 2005
Columbia, South Carolina
Practice Areas
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Technology Law
Mark Dukes is a partner of the Firm and chairs the Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Group. His practice involves patents, trademarks, litigation, unfair trade practices, advertising, and international law.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.nelsonmullins.com/people/mark-dukes#main
Location
- Meridian, 17th Floor
1320 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Education
- The University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., graduated 1989
- Clemson University, BS, graduated 1984
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, South Carolina
Affiliations
- American Bar Association - Member
- Columbia Information Technology Council of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce - Member
- DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar - Chair, Patent Substantive Law Group of Intellectual Property Committee (2013-2015)
- Federal Circuit Bar Association - Member
- Intellectual Property and Unfair Trade Practice Committee, S.C. Bar - Former Chair
- Richland County Bar Association - Member
- Trademark and Copyright Law Association - Former Board Member, Carolina Patent
- U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference - Permanent Member
- University of South Carolina School of Law - Has served as adjunct professor, Intellectual Property Law
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Federal Clerkships
- United States Court of Appeals
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Columbia, South Carolina
253 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
116 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Columbia, SC (2024)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Columbia, SC (2020)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Columbia, SC (2018)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Columbia, SC (2016)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, Columbia, SC (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Technology Law
Special Focus:
- Advertising
- Anti-Counterfeit
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Litigation
- Patent
- Trade Secrets
- Trademark
- Unfair Trade Practices
Awards:
- Managing Intellectual Property magazine “Patent Star” and “Trademark Star” (2017)
- The Best Lawyers in America® -- Intellectual Property Litigation, Technology Law (2005-2018)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Martindale Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating, Advertising Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Technology Law
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2016 Lawyer of the Year, Columbia, SC, Intellectual Property Litigation
- Columbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite" - Intellectual Property (2015-2017)
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