Mark Deming is an intellectual property attorney. His practice includes patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright and trade secret law. He advises companies of all sizes regarding protecting intellectual property rights as well as litigating the same as either plaintiffs or defendants. Mark regularly appears before state and federal courts and agencies, including in the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Delaware, the Central District of California, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Mark leads all aspects of case development, from initial assessment through discovery, motions practice, claim construction, expert witnesses, trial, and appeal. Mark is also a registered patent attorney.

Mark’s practice includes pharmaceutical and medical device patent litigation. He advises both brand-side and generic-side companies at every stage of the product development cycle, including candidate evaluation, loss of exclusivity projection, notice letter preparation, pre-litigation strategy, and post-settlement enforcement. He also regularly litigates Hatch-Waxman cases involving drug product types such as ophthalmic, solid oral, controlled release, transdermal, and topical dosage forms.

Prior to joining Polsinelli, Mark clerked for two years with District Judge Michael Schneider and Magistrate Judge John Love in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Mark has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.