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Dean A. Pelletier
Shareholder
Email. dpelletier@mcandrews-ip.com
Tel. (312) 775-8000
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property; Patent, Trade Secret, Trademark and Copyright Litigation.
Education
Northwestern University, B.S. Biomedical Eng., 1991
Washington University, J.D., 1995
Bar Admissions
Admitted to practice in Illinois. Member of the bars of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Professional Experience
Dean Pelletier joined the firm in 1998 (after first working at a general practice firm). His clients operate globally and in various industries, including medical technology, software, food technology, food and beverage production and hospitality services. Dean works with other clients operating in such industries as electronics and lighting, internet-related technologies, including e-mail marketing and VOIP-related technologies, chemical processing, electrochemical fuel cells, medical devices, heavy construction equipment, film and entertainment, publishing and professional services.
Dean's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, including patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright litigation, and he has actively participated in three major patent infringement jury trials and in related mediation proceedings. In the most recent trial, he served as co-chair, cross-examined and directly examined multiple witnesses and delivered part of the closing argument. In another trial, which resulted in an overall damages award of $80 million for the client (including $20.9 million in actual damages), Dean cross-examined the defendant’s damages expert and the defendant’s corporate representative for sales and marketing. Overall, Dean has significant experience in developing and executing litigation strategy, managing litigation, taking and defending expert and fact depositions, substantive motion practice, Markman (claim construction) briefing and hearings, working with retained experts, cross-examining and directly examining expert and fact witnesses at trial, and appellate practice.
Dean analyzes intellectual property and related products in connection with, for example, transactional due diligence, drafts legal opinions addressing such issues as patent infringement and patent validity, and drafts licensing agreements and confidential disclosure agreements. He also prosecutes patent and trademark applications, litigates and counsels clients on patent opposition proceedings (for example, before the European Patent Office) and trademark opposition proceedings and trademark cancellation proceedings (before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), and counsels clients on various intellectual property matters, including patent and trademark portfolio development and management.
Prior to joining the firm, Dean’s practice involved intellectual property litigation, including trademark, unfair competition and copyright litigation, and products liability, securities and commercial (for example, breach of contract) litigation. He first-chaired a bench trial involving a commercial dispute and successfully obtained a directed verdict for a client against whom claims of commercial fraud and wrongdoing had been brought. He represented commercial clients in mediation proceedings, negotiated and drafted licensing agreements, loan agreements and operating agreements, counseled clients on choice of entity, promotions and advertising, and established not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporations.
Dean is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Association and Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Awards:
One of the Chicago Law Bulletin's 2006 "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch".
What Clients Have Said:
“Thanks for your help, support, and insight last week. I was impressed by your skills prior to seeing you in court; my opinion of those skills has risen to new heights after seeing you in the courtroom. You were able to get important testimony from adverse witnesses while remaining a gentleman.
I am proud that MHM is representing me.”
“[I]t has been a real pleasure and an outstanding learning experience to work with yourself . . . I have appreciated your hard work, balanced perspective, and sense of humor too! I certainly hope we will have a chance to work together in a future endeavour.”
“I want to compliment you on the outstanding job you did on the cross examination of [the defendant’s officer and damages expert]. Both came across as very confident and credible on direct, but, by the end of your cross examination, they were both whipped pups!”
“For efforts above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks[.]”
Publications
Access Denied - Under What Circumstances Should In-House Counsel Fight to See the Other Party's Confidential Materials in Patent Litigation?
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A Strategy for, and Benefits of, Securing Prompt Claim Construction Rulings
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Competitive Advantages of Intellectual Property
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