Photograph of Mark H. Remus

Education

  • University of Illinois, B.S. Chemical Engineering (1994) with distinction
  • University of Illinois College of Law, J.D. (1997) cum laude

Admissions

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar

Mark H. Remus

Partner
Chicago
mremus@crowell.com
Phone: +1 312.321.4720
455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Suite 3600
Chicago, IL 60611

Clients trust Mark Remus to solve their patent disputes quickly, efficiently, and strategically. He has served as lead counsel on numerous patent infringement litigation matters, and he has successfully represented clients in jury trials, bench trials, and appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine writes that Mark is “[a]lways one of the best lawyers in the courtroom, he has an even temperament for litigation and is precise in everything he does,” calling him “quite a force to be reckoned with.” Clients recognize Mark for being “always well-prepared and conscientious” and “tough when the situation requires it.”

Mark has extensive experience with pharmaceutical litigation under the Hatch-Waxman Act. He has advised clients on a wide range of drug products and technologies, including new chemical entities, complex formulations, polymorphs, methods of treatment and extended release formulations. Mark is also experienced in FDA practice and strategy related to generic pharmaceutical products, including controlled correspondence, citizen petitions, suitability petitions and labeling carve-outs.

Mark also has experience with a wide range of technologies, including LCD panels, fiber optic networks, wind turbines, electrical connectors, medical devices, pharmaceutical products, oil drilling, and mechanical devices.

Mark consistently has been named by publications and in lists that honor attorney achievement, including the IAM Patent 1000 (2021) and Managing Intellectual Property's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners (2020). Mark has also been recognized as a Leading Life Sciences Lawyer by LMG Life Sciences (2021).

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Mark was a shareholder at Brinks Gilson & Lione.


Recognition

  • Intellectual Asset Management, IAM Patent 1000, 2015–2016, 2020–2021; IAM Patent Litigation: Illinois, 2013–2014
  • Named, Euromoney Expert Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Practitioners, 2017–2020
  • LMG Life Sciences Star, 2013–2020
  • Named, Crain’s 2019 Notable Gen X Leaders in Law
  • Illinois Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2013–2021
  • The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation—Intellectual Property, 2016–2021; Litigation—Patent, 2019–2021
  • Forty Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch, 2006

Affiliations

Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar


Representative Engagements

  • Led a trial team through a seven-week bench trial that resulted in the district court invalidating a patent on a $1 billion per year drug. The district court’s decision was affirmed on appeal.
  • Successfully argued before the Federal Circuit to reverse a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that the target patent was valid.
  • After a two-week jury trial, achieved a complete victory for his patent owner-client on multiple counts of patent and trademark infringement. The district court subsequently found the infringer in contempt of a post-trial injunction and awarded attorney’s fees for willful infringement. The total judgment was over $12 million on just $2 million in accused sales. In awarding attorney’s fees, the district court noted that the “high level of Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ trial practice skills was a significant factor in achieving a favorable result for the Plaintiffs.”
  • In a case that reached the Supreme Court, represented a worldwide offshore drilling contractor in a patent infringement case involving an offshore drilling apparatus. The case made two trips to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, and then settled on appeal to the Supreme Court after the Court referred the case to the Solicitor General for review and comment.

Publications

  • "Two New Weapons for Defending Hatch-Waxman Litigation," Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review (September 3, 2018). Author: Mark H. Remus
  • "The Long Arm of US Patent Laws ," The Patent Lawyer (October 2014). Author: Mark H. Remus
  • "Secondary Considerations, Relief, and Inter Partes Reviews Further Complicate Patent Law," The Impact of Recent Patent Law Cases and Developments (2014). Author: Mark H. Remus

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