Current Employment Position(s)

Director & Chair of Intellectual Property Practice Group

Lawyer Overview

As chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group, Mark focuses his practice on counseling clients and assisting them in protecting their intellectual property rights in the United States and foreign countries. His experience spans a wide range of intellectual property areas, including domestic and international trademarks, development agreements and licensing of software, trade secrets, domain name disputes and other Internet-related issues, copyrights, confidentiality agreements and litigation related to intellectual property rights. Mark is recognized as a leading intellectual property attorney with an extensive practice representing regional, national and international businesses.

Areas of Practice

• Infringement, Validity and Brand Clearance Opinions
• Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret Licensing
• Domain Name Arbitrations/Disputes
• Business Software Alliance (Bsa) Audit/Settlement
• Intellectual Property Litigation and Disputes
• Software Licensing
• Copyright Matters

Representative Cases

• The Sports Authority, Inc. v. The PC Authority, Inc. , (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board - USPTO 2003)
• Registration of TRI STATE MEGABUCKS services mark , (USPTO 2003)
• NH Sweeptstakes Commission v. We Web Well, Inc. , (The National Arbitration Forum 2003)

West Practice Categories

Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Licensing, Arbitration, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Computer Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Licensing, Copyrights

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1991
• Massachusetts, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1991
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Section of Intellectual Property)
• The Children's Connection, Inc., 1992 - 1994 (Member, Board of Directors)
• First New Hampshire Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (Member)
• Town of Auburn, 1993 - Present (Chair, Zoning Board of Adjustment)

Honors and Awards

• New Hampshire Union Leader's "Forty Under 40" Business Leaders (2005), awarded citation from Governor Lynch
• The Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Law, 2003 - Present
• Best Lawyers in NH edition of Business NH Magazine, Intellectual Property, 2003 - Present
• Research Writing and Advocacy Oral Argument Competition Semi-Finalist
• American Jurisprudence Award, Commercial Transactions Recipient
• Who's Who Legal USA: Trademarks (2006) (Only NH attorney)
• Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Graduate (Class of 1998)
• The Best Lawyers in America

Education

• Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law, East Lansing, Michigan, 1991
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Review: Detroit College of Law Review, Member, 1989 - 1991
  
  Law Review: Detroit College of Law Review, Note and Comment Editor, 1990 - 1991
• Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, May, 1997
  M.I.P, Master of Intellectual Property Law
  Honors: magna cum laude
• University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 1987
  B.S., Bachelor of Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi

Address

City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Phones

(603) 628-1311

Faxes

(603) 625-5650

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mclane.com