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Inside Bycer & Marion, the Phoenix boutique where a former International Trade Commission litigator now fights patent, trademark, and copyright infringement in federal court and before the ITC’s Section 337 forum — the same specialized venue he cut his teeth in at a major national firm.
Bycer & Marion — At a Glance
| FIRM | Bycer & Marion |
| ATTORNEYS | Matthew Bycer and Michael B. Marion |
| MARION’S EDUCATION | The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude); Duke University Pratt School of Engineering (B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering) |
| BAR ADMISSIONS | Arizona, District of Columbia, Virginia, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Federal Circuit |
| FOCUS | IP litigation — patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission — plus patent and trademark prosecution built for litigation-readiness |
| OFFICE | Phoenix, AZ |
| CONTACT | (602) 944-2277 · bycermarion.com |
Origin: From a Top-5 Patent Firm to the ITC to His Own Practice
Michael Marion passed the Virginia bar exam — among the hardest in the country — and began his career at Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, a firm that has consistently ranked among the top five nationally for issued patents per year. He then passed the USPTO’s registration exam to become a registered patent attorney, and joined Mintz Levin’s International Trade Commission litigation team, focusing specifically on Section 337 investigations — the specialized federal forum for blocking imports that infringe U.S. patents or trademarks. Matthew Bycer began his own career mentored by three senior AV-rated patent attorneys, each with more than three decades of experience, at Cahill, von Hellens & Glazer (formerly Cahill, Sutton & Thomas) in Phoenix, before he and a colleague each branched out to found IP-focused practices. Bycer and Marion later combined their practices into the current firm.
Practice Areas
The firm’s focus is IP litigation and enforcement: stopping infringement of clients’ patents, trademarks, and copyrights, identifying weaknesses in competitors’ IP positions, and representing clients in Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission. Marion’s patent and trademark prosecution work is explicitly built to withstand litigation — portfolios drafted to survive the rigors of trial, not just examination. The firm also advises on IP monetization, due diligence, and licensing negotiations.
Track Record
Marion’s litigation docket is a matter of public record and includes ITC Section 337 investigations such as Certain Oil-Vaping Cartridges, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-1286) and Certain Light-Emitting Diode Products, Systems, and Components Thereof (III) (Inv. No. 337-TA-738), along with federal district court matters including Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Vizio, Inc. and Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. (E.D. Va.), Turner’s Outdoors Inc. v. Outdoorsmans Resale Inc. (D. Ariz., trademark and unfair competition), Omnivex Corp. v. OMNI X, LLC (D. Ariz., trademark infringement and unfair competition), and JFXD TRX ACQ LLC v. trx.com et al. (D. Ariz., domain-name and trademark dispute under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act).
Past-Results Disclaimer: These are matters of public court and ITC record. Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Awesome Attorneys did not locate individually attributable, quotable client reviews for Bycer & Marion on major platforms as of the research date; the firm’s public track record is documented primarily through its public litigation docket rather than a consumer-review footprint, consistent with a practice built around corporate and institutional IP clients.
Community
Marion’s background bridges engineering and law directly — a biomedical engineering degree from Duke paired with IP litigation practice — the kind of technical-legal dual fluency that’s directly relevant to representing inventors and technology companies in patent disputes specifically.
Recognition
Marion is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office — a federal credential requiring a separate examination beyond ordinary state bar admission — and is additionally admitted before the Federal Circuit, the appellate court that hears all U.S. patent appeals. Arizona’s Board of Legal Specialization does not certify intellectual property law as a specialty, so USPTO registration and federal court admissions are the most directly relevant, checkable credentials in this field.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Patent, trademark, and copyright litigation runs through federal law — the Patent Act (35 U.S.C.), the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.), and the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C.) — litigated in federal district court (the District of Arizona, for Marion’s local matters) or, for import-related disputes, before the International Trade Commission under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Arizona’s own contribution is narrower but real: the Arizona Uniform Trade Secrets Act, A.R.S. § 44-401 et seq., and state-court unfair competition and business-tort claims, which frequently run alongside federal IP claims in the same lawsuit — as in several of the District of Arizona matters on Marion’s docket.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Bycer & Marion’s genuine strength is a real, public litigation record spanning federal district courts and the ITC’s specialized Section 337 forum — a level of enforcement experience most Arizona IP practitioners, who tend toward prosecution-only work, don’t have.
The honest caveat: this is a litigation-oriented practice, which typically means higher stakes and higher cost than routine prosecution work — inventors or small businesses who simply need a patent or trademark filed, with no dispute in sight, may be better served by a prosecution-focused firm.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from bycermarion.com (firm site, attorney bios, and litigation history page), the Cornell LII Arizona attorney directory, and Justia’s attorney profile. Bycer & Marion did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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