Marc Cooperman's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. He has successfully tried many patent, trademark and copyright cases in courts around the country, and handled many proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Marc has also assisted clients with resolving disputes through various forms of alternative dispute resolution. He has recently been involved in cases in the consumer products, toy, textile and paper, medical products, and transportation industries. Some examples of published decisions from cases on which Marc has worked include: - Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. v. Husky Injection Molding Systems, 2009 WL 3172740 (D.Vt. Oct. 1, 2009)
- First Quality Baby Prods., LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., No. 09-0354, 2009 WL 1675088 (M.D. Pa. June 15, 2009)
- Arquest, Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., 89 USPQ2D 1751 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
- Greenstreak Group, Inc. v. PNA Construction Technologies, Inc., 251 F.R.D. 390 (E.D. Mo. 2008)
- Tyco Healthcare Retail Services AG v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 480 F.Supp.2d 810 (E.D.Pa. 2007)
- Kimberly-Clark Corp. v. Tyco Healthcare Retail Group, 456 F.Supp.2d 998 (E.D.Wis. 2006)
- Outside Box Innovations, LLC v. Travel Caddy, Inc., 455 F.Supp.2d 1374 (N.D. Ga. 2006)
- P.N.A. Const. Technologies, Inc. v. McTech Group, Inc., 414 F.Supp.2d 1228 (N.D.Ga. 2006)
- Peaceable Planet Inc. v. Ty Inc., 362 F.3d 986 (7th Cir. 2004)
- National Steel Car, Ltd. v. Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319 (Fed.Cir. 2004)
- Shen Wei (USA) Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 64 USPQ2d 1528 (DC NIll 2002)
- Allied Tube v. John Maneely Co., 57 USPQ2d 1329 (D. Ariz 2000)
- Aero Industries v. John Donovan Enterprises, 53 USPQ2d 1547 (S.D.Ind.1999)
- Imperial Toy Corp. v. Ty, Inc., 48 USPQ2d 1299 (N.D.III. 1998)
- Nike, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, 46 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed.Cir.1998)
Marc frequently speaks and writes about intellectual property litigation. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern Law School in Chicago and at Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C., where he teaches courses on patent and trademark litigation. Marc is a Contributing Editor to the Federal Circuit Bar Journal. He writes a regular column on intellectual property issues affecting the toy industry for Playthings magazine. Marc is a past National Chair of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition, put on by the International Trademark Association. He also has participated as a facilitator for the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professionalism law school program. Marc is a contributing author to the book "Intellectual Property Law & Interactive Media—Free For a Fee." He is admitted to practice in numerous Federal Courts and the Patent and Trademark Office.
Marc has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (1986) and a Juris Doctor (1989), both from the University of Illinois.
Marc has been featured in several magazines, including a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article when he became managing partner of the firm at age 34.
Marc Cooperman practices in the Chicago office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
