Martin graduated in organic chemistry from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, in 1955 and then was trained as a patent agent at the predecessor firm of Gowling, Lafleur & Henderson. He became qualified as a patent agent for Canada & U.S.A. in 1957 and as a trade-mark agent for Canada in 1970. He was the founder in 1970 of Marcus & Associates , a successor of Johnson, Marcus & Wray, which was founded in 1967.

Marcus & Associates merged with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in 2000. Martin retired from that firm in 2003. Since Martin entered the patent and trademark profession in 1955, he has lectured extensively on Canadian Patent and Trade-mark Law in Canada to various Universities, in the United States to regional patent bar organizations, as well as to patent practitioners in England, France, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Martin has prepared and successfully prosecuted patent and trademark applications in Canada, USA, Eastern & Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and South America. His areas of expertise include chemical, pharmaceutical, biotech, pulp and paper and mechanical technologies. He has served on the Patents Joint Liaison Committee (1960-1965), the Patent Examination Board and has been a tutor for claim drafting section of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada patent agent training course at McGill University, and for the Canadian group of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI). Among his professional affiliations are: Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Member of the American Chemical Society and Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

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