Marc David Peters focuses his practice on litigation involving electronics, semiconductor, and computer-related technologies. His cases have involved technologies such as gallium-nitride-based laser diodes and LEDs, semiconductor fabrication equipment, optoelectronic transceivers, surgical lasers, synchronization software, modems, ASICs, video-on-demand servers, and network quality-of-service monitoring.
Dr. Peters's experience also includes representing clients in a variety of industries (such as medical device and energy companies) and in trade secret, antitrust, copyright, and trademark matters. He has litigated cases in multiple venues, including Texas, Delaware, California, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Nevada.
Dr. Peters led the team representing Nichia Corporation in high-stakes patent litigation against Seoul Semiconductor Co. concerning blue laser diodes and LEDs. In addition to providing effective case and discovery management, Dr. Peters developed the technology tutorial and arguments that led to a successful claim construction outcome for our client. The case settled favorably shortly after the claim construction hearing.
Recently, Dr. Peters also helped obtain summary judgment on behalf of California's foster parents, in a pro bono case brought in conjunction with the Children's Advocacy Institute. California was adjudged to violate federal law by failing to consider and pay for the actual costs of raising foster children. As a direct result of the State's failure to reimburse foster parents as required by federal law, California's foster care system is less effective and more expensive than it should be. Having obtained judgment for its clients, the Morrison & Foerster team continues its work to ensure California begins to comply with federal law.
Dr. Peters is Co-Chair of the Stanford Law Society of Silicon Valley, and barrister of the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property Inn of Court. He also is a former member of the CDF Collaboration and co-author of over one hundred papers in referenced journals, including the paper that announced the discovery of the top quark.
While earning his J.D., Dr. Peters was President of the Stanford Law & Technology Association, as well as Associate Editor for the Stanford Law Review. During graduate school, Dr. Peters also received the UC Berkeley Faculty Associate Award for excellence in teaching, and was author of Physics 111: Laboratory Electronics course manual.