R. MARK HALLIGAN

R. Mark Halligan is an accomplished trial lawyer who focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation. Mark has successfully represented both individuals and corporations as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts in the United States.

As an intellectual property litigator, Mark has tried cases involving patent, trademark, and copyright issues, and has established himself as a sought after practitioner and thought leader in the ever-growing area of trade secrets law.  He has successfully tried numerous cases regarding the misappropriation, protection and enforcement of trade secrets. Mark is also frequently retained by corporate entities to counsel and conduct audits on trade secret valuation, asset management, and best practices to minimize the misappropriation of trade secrets.

Mark is a prolific lecturer on trade secrets and other intellectual property issues, and serves on the Adjunct Faculty of John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he teaches trade secrets law.

Mark was the Counsel  of Record for Amici Curiae Association Internationale Pour La Protection De La Propriete Intellectuelle (AIPPI) and International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI-US), Bilski v. Doll, Supreme Court of the United States, Case No. 08-964 (August, 2009). He is the co-author of the book Trade Secret Asset Management: An Executive’s Guide to Information Asset Management, Including Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Requirements for Trade Secrets (with Richard F. Weyand), Aspatore Books (2006). Mark is the General Editor of the Intellectual Property Law, 2013 edition, published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE).

Publications and presentations

• “Hot Topics & Current Developments in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets Law,” 57th Annual Seminar, The John Marshall Law School, February 22, 2013. (Speaker)
• The 2012 IPLAC 23rd Annual Trade Secrets Seminar, The John Marshall Law School, "Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Law", December 5, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Managing and Valuing Trade Secrets” Webinar, Certified Patent Valuation Analyst (CPVA), The Business Development Academy (BDA), November 13, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Significant Developments in Trade Secrets,” Trade Secret Law Summit, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 23, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Industry Perspective on Threats and Challenges to Protecting Trade Secrets,” National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Coordination Center, Arlington, VA, September 20, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Recent Federal Developments in Trade Secrets Law 2012-2013,” Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Annual Meeting, September 11, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE), Chicago, June 22, 2012. (Moderator and Speaker)
• “Trade Secrets: Your Secret Weapon Under Patent Reform,” SRR Journal, Spring 2012. (Co-author with David Haas)
• “The Internationalization of Trade Secret Disputes, Big Cases, Big Verdicts and Big Challenges,” AIPLA Spring Meeting, Dallas, Texas, May 10, 2012. (Moderator)
• “Sabermetrics See Recent Scrutiny,” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, May 29, 2012.  (Coauthor with Matthew Frankel)
• “How to Keep Trade Secrets from Walking Out the Door,” Bloomberg BNA Webinar, May 1, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Computers and Trade Secrets: Making Certain That In-House and Outside Counsel Protect Their Client’s Trade Secrets,” AIPLA, April 18, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Computers and Trade Secrets: Ethical Considerations for Inside and Outside Counsel Protecting Trade Secrets.” North Suburban Bar Association, 2nd District Courthouse, Skokie, Illinois, April 17, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Baseball’s Trade Secrets—Secret Sabermetrics: Trade Secret Protection in the Baseball Analytics Field,” Nixon Peabody Webinar, April 4, 2012. (Co-presenter)
• “Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law: Trade Secret Law,” The John Marshall School of Law Intellectual Property Conference, February 24, 2012. (Speaker)
• “Trade Secret Assets: Management and Valuation,” BVR (Business Valuation Resources LLC) Webinar, January 18, 2012
• “Trademark Surveys: A Litigator’s Guide,” Oxford University Press. (2011). (Coauthor with James T. Berger)
• “Roundtable Discussion of Supreme Court case Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership,” DePaul University School of Law, April 7, 2011. (Speaker)
• “Recent Developments in Trade Secrets Law,” Annual Meeting, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Washington, DC, October 21–23, 2010. (Speaker)
• “Trade Secrets v. Patents: The New Calculus,” ABA Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) Landslide magazine, July/August 2010. (Author)
• “Patentable Subject Matter After the Supreme Court Bilski Opinion,” DePaul University School of Law. (Speaker)
• ABA IPL Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments 2006-2008, ARVC Division IV and Contributor on Trade Secrets.
• Trade Secret Asset Management: An Executive’s Guide to Information Asset Management, Including Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting Requirements for Trade Secrets (with Richard F. Weyand), Aspatore Books (2006).
• “Protection of U.S. Trade Secret Assets: Critical Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996,” 7 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 656 (2008).
• “Protecting Trade Secrets,” CLE Presentation, Mentor CLE, January 2008.
• “Capturing the Value of Trade Secrets,” Business Power: Creating New Wealth from IP Assets, Chapter 7, The National Knowledge & Intellectual Property Management Taskforce, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2007).