Mark A. Dalla Valle

Shareholder

T: 312-609-7620 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

Mark A. Dalla Valle, is a shareholder in the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at Vedder Price.

Mr. Dalla Valle counsels clients in the field of patents, trademarks and copyrights, concentrating in serving technology clients, particularly those involved in the design, manufacture and sale of electronic devices, circuits and systems. He has written, filed and prosecuted hundreds of patents in many areas of technology including semiconductor fabrication and design, radio frequency circuits and systems, fiber optic signal processing, telecommunications circuits and systems, analog and digital circuits and systems, and computer hardware and software. He also provides validity and infringement opinions as well as the preparation and prosecution of trademark and copyright applications and technology licensing agreements.

Prior to entering into private practice, Mr. Dalla Valle worked for approximately ten years as a design engineer at Telease Technology and as a test engineer, design engineer and engineering manager at Hughes Aircraft Company.

Mr. Dalla Valle is licensed to practice in Illinois and California. He is admitted before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits. Since 1990, he has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

• Copyrights
• Intellectual Property
• Patents
• Trademarks

• J.D., Loyola Law School– Los Angeles, 1989
• M.S.E.E., University of Southern California, 1983
• B.S.E.E., DeVry Institute Technology, 1977

• Illinois, 2001
• California, 1989
• U.S. District Court, Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Federal Circuits
• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office