Douglas L.Clark (Doug)

Doug Clark is involved in many different aspects of civil litigation, with a focus on intellectual property litigation, primarily patents and trade secrets as well as copyrights and trademarks. During his career he has brokered or has been integral to the favorable settlements in at least three dozen matters.

Doug also has successfully argued before the PTAB resulting in the invalidation of an opponent's patent. He has represented clients in diverse categories of technology, including semiconductors, cell phone technology, digital content processing, MMS/SMS technology, wireless communications, memory card readers, thumb drives, electronic locks, RF technology, solar power, wire design, aircraft fire inerting systems, pharmaceutical cancer drugs, gene therapy, bovine vaccines, baby products, truck aerodynamics, exercise equipment, and aircraft seating.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Doug was a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy where he completed the Navy's rigorous nuclear power program and qualified as a nuclear engineer. During his naval career, he addressed NATO allies at a NATO Submarine Conference in Portsmouth, England regarding submarine information sharing and connectivity; acted as a U.S. liaison officer with the Swedish Submarine Force to coordinate the first ever public visit of a Swedish submarine to the Mediterranean; and managed divisions of up to 45 men while on board the USS Columbus out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Doug is a current director (and events co-chair) of the Tom Homann LGBT Law Association, a member of SDCBA and of the SDIPLA, and a former president of OCIPLA and former director of OCLBA.