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ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES
Mark E. Wiemelt
Registered Patent Attorney
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: Supreme Court
of Illinois; Supreme Court of Michigan (application pending); Supreme Court of Arizona (application pending); United States
District Court - Northern District of Illinois; United States District Court - Central District of Illinois; United States
District Court - Southern District of Illinois; United States District Court - Southern District of New York (pro hac vice);
United States District Court - Baltimore, Maryland (pro hac vice); United States District Court - Northern District of California
(pro hac vice); United States District Court - Eastern District of Michigan (pro hac vice); United States District Court -
Western District of Missouri (pro hac vice); United States District Court - Middle District of North Carolina (pro
hac vice); United States District Court - District of Utah (pro hac vice); United States District Court - District
of Arizona (pro hac vice); Superior Court of State of Arizona - Maricopa County (pro hac vice); United States Court of
Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C.; and United States
Patent and Trademark Office.
EDUCATION: Southern Illinois University, J.D., 1991; and Bradley University, B.S.
Mechanical Engineering, 1987.
MEMBERSHIPS: Federal Circuit Bar Association; Federal Trial Bar of the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Chicago Bar Association; DuPage County Bar Association; Peoria County
Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American
Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA). Member of the folowing AIPLA Committees: Anti-Counterfeiting
and Anti-Piracy, Antitrust Law, Copyright Law, Emerging Technologies, Industrial Designs, Interference, International Trade
Commission, Inventor Issues, IP Practice in Europe, IP Practice in Japan, IP Practice in Latin America, IP Practice in the
Far East, Licensing and Management of IP Assets, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, PCT Issues Professional Programs, Special
Cmte on Mergers & Acquisitions Special Committee on the FDA, Trade Secret Law, Trademark Internet/Cyberspace, Trademark
Law, Trademark Litigation and Trademark Treaties and International Law.
AWARDS/HONORS: Recipient, American
Jurisprudence Award; and Dean's List - Southern Illinois University School of Law. Ranked among
the "TOP PATENT FIRMS" in the U.S. in the March, 2010 issue of Intellectual Property
Today, a monthly publication focused on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law. Ranked
among the "TOP TRADEMARK FIRMS" in the U.S. in the May, 2009 issue of Intellectual Property
Today.
REPORTED CASES: Buffalo Soldier Motorcycle Club v. Group "B" Buffalo Soldiers, M.C.,
No. 94 C 2855, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, 1994 U.S. Dist. Lexis
10606, July 29, 1994, Decided, August 1, 1994. Docketed; Keelshield Inc. v. Megaware Keel-Guard Inc., Case No. 00-1312, United
States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2001 U.S. Dist. Lexis 7012, May 11, 2001, Decided; Janmark Inc.
v. Reidy, No. 97-1426, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 132 F. 3d 1200; 1997 U.S. App. Lexis 36161;
45 U.S. P.Q. 2D (BNA) 1382; Copy L. Rep. (CCH) P27, 717, October 31, 1997, Argued, December 24, 1997, Decided; S.T.R. Indus.,
Inc. v. Palmer Indus., Inc., No. 96 C 4251, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division,
1999 U.S. Dist. Lexis 6300, April 6, 1999, Decided; United States ex rel. Starks v. O'Sullivan, Case Number: 97 C 3246, United
States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 5418, March 28, 2002;
United States ex rel. Starks v. O'Sullivan, No. 97 C 3246, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,
Eastern Division, 1998 U.S. Dist. Lexis 14476, September 10, 1998; Gaither Tool Co.v Tire Serv. Equip. Mfg. No. 96 C 8094,
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, 1997 U.S. Dist. Lexis 10392, July 14,
1997, Decided; Int'l Truck & Engine Corp. v. Dow-Hammond Trucks Co., No. 02 C 3460, United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois; Eastern Division, 221 F. Supp. 2d 898, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 17198, September 4, 2002; Zelinski
v. Columbia 300, Nos. 02-2431 and 02-2574, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 335 F.3d 633, Feb. 24,
2003, Argued, July 10, 2003, Decided; Liners Direct, Inc. v. Luxury Bath Liners, Inc., No. 04 C 0108, United States District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Eastern Division, 2004 WL 442605, Feb. 25, 2004; Databurst, LLC v. Checkfree
Corp., United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 95 Fed. Appx. 360, 2004 WL 842653, April 15, 2004, Rehearing
and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 20, 2004; PracticeWorks, Inc. v. Professional Software Solutions of Illinois, Inc., United
States District Court for the District of Maryland; Baltimore Division, 2004 WL 1429955 (D.Md.), 2004 Copr.L.Dec. P 28,825,
72 U.S.P.Q.2d 1691, June 23, 2004; Excel Golf Tee, Inc. v. Green Street Innovations, Inc., 2006 WL 2460579, N.D. Ill., August
22, 2006; Green v. Lisa Frank, Inc., Court of Appeals of Arizona, 221 Ariz. 138, 211 P.3d 16, 548 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 23
(Ariz.App. Div. 2, 2009).
PUBLICATIONS: Author, Illinois State Bar Association - Corporation, Securities
& Business Law Forum, Malpractice Made Simple: Trademark Pitfalls for the Business Lawyer, Apr. '97, Vol. 41, No. 1; Author,
Illinois State Bar Association - Corporation, Securities & Business Law Forum, Insurance Coverage for Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Infringement Claims, Apr. '97, Vol. 42, No. 2.
BORN: Quincy, Illinois.
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