Mark A. Wright - McLane Middleton

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Mark A. Wright

Director and Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group

Manchester and Woburn

Office603-628-1311

mark.wright@mclane.com

900 Elm Street
10th Floor
Manchester, NH 03101

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Mark Wright is Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group and nationally recognized as a leading trademark lawyer. Mark has over 30 years of experience counseling clients and assisting them in protecting their intellectual property rights in the United States and foreign countries. In addition to his law degree, Mark has a Master of Intellectual Property Degree. Clients seek him out for his sophisticated expertise in trademark protection, management, and counselling services to help them strategically build and protect the value of their brands. His experience spans a wide range of intellectual property areas, including domestic and international trademarks, development agreements and licensing of software, trade secrets, domain name disputes and other Internet-related issues, copyrights, confidentiality agreements and litigation related to intellectual property rights. Mark is at the forefront of the US trademark profession with an extensive practice representing regional, national and international businesses.

Mark has been consistently honored by a wide range of US and international publications, including Band 1 Chambers Global (Intellectual Property); Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year (Trademark Law – 2023-2024); New Hampshire Magazine, 2023 The Face of Intellectual Property; Who’s Who Legal USA: Trademarks; Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers, recognized as top-rated IP attorney (since 2007); Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year (Litigation – Intellectual Property); Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly – Massachusetts Go-To Intellectual Property Lawyer; Boston’s Best Lawyers (Intellectual Property Law), and New Hampshire Union Leader’s “Forty Under 40” Business Leaders.

Mark received his Masters of Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce School of Law,) J.D. cum laude from Michigan State University College of Law (Formerly Detroit College of Law,) and B.S. from the University of New Hampshire, Whittemore School of Business and Economics.

Areas of Focus

Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Litigation
Corporate Business Law

Admissions

New Hampshire Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire

Involvement

Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section, New Hampshire Bar Association
International Trademark Association (INTA)
Fellow, New Hampshire Bar Foundation
Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Graduate (Class of 1998)
NH Tech Alliance
Corporate, Business &, Banking Section, New Hampshire Bar (Former Chair)
Trustee, Board of Trustees, Pinkerton Academy (2012 – present)
Littleton Zoning Board of Adjustment (Chair, 2023-current)
Auburn Zoning Board of Adjustment (Chair, 1997-2021)
Littleton Chamber of Commerce
Trustee, Board of Trustees, Pinkerton Academy (2012 – present) – New Hampshire’s largest high school/public academy
- - Executive Officer Committee (2014 – present)
  - 1st Vice President (2014 – present)
  - Chair, Fremont Contract Negotiation Committee (2023-2024)
  - Chair, Hooksett Contract Negotiation Committee (2014 – 2015)
  - Chair, Candia Contract Negotiation Committee (2015 – 2016)
  - Chair, Derry Contract Negotiation Committee (2016 – 2017)
  - Chair, Auburn Contract Negotiation Committee (2023 – 2024)
  - Chair, Hampstead Contract Negotiation Committee (2024 – present)
  - Chair, Chester Contract Negotiation Committee (2023 – present)
  - Co-chair, Headmaster Transition Committee (2014 – 2016)
  - Co-chair, Headmaster Search Committee (2013 – 2014)
  - Co-Chair, Head of School Evaluation Committee
  - Compensation Committee (2015 – present)
  - Trustee Committee (2012 – present)
  - Education Committee (2014 – present)
  - Building and Grounds Committee (2012 – 2014)
  - Finance Committee (2021 – present)

Recognitions

Awards

Best Lawyers of America (Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trademark Law), 2003 – present
Chambers Global – Band 1 (Intellectual Property)
Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in America (Trademark Law – 2023 and 2024)
Business News Today (2023) – Recognized as top 10 Intellectual Property Attorneys in NH
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly – (2021) Massachusetts Go-To Intellectual Property Lawyer
Super Lawyers, recognized as top-rated IP attorney (since 2007)
Best Lawyers in America – Lawyer of the Year (Litigation – Intellectual Property) (2018)
Boston’s Best Lawyers(Intellectual Property Law)
Who’s Who Legal USA: Trademarks
New Hampshire Union Leader’s “Forty Under 40” Business Leaders (2005), awarded citation from Governor Lync