Mark D. Alexander

Partner

Mr. Alexander’s practice focuses on antitrust (including antitrust litigation, merger clearance and antitrust counseling), trademark and copyright litigation, and complex litigation.  In antitrust, Mr. Alexander has handled antitrust aspects of dozens of mergers and acquisitions in a host of industries, including wireless and wireline telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, oil & gas, oil exploration services, consumer products, mining and minerals, insurance brokerages and business services.  His antitrust litigation experience has included the defense of a private party challenge to a media merger and the defense of conspiracy claims stemming from industry trade group activities.

In intellectual property litigation, Mr. Alexander has handled trademark cases involving disputes over the use of colors in trade dress, the ability of a purchaser of goodwill to claim a purchased company’s corporate  and an alleged failure to maintain the requisite standards for an industrial quality mark.  Mr. Alexander’s copyright experience includes several disputes concerning infringement of commercial illustrations.

In addition to antitrust and IP matters, Mr. Alexander has litigated a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including contract disputes among international investment consortium members, disputes involving oil and gas exploration rights and supply agreement disputes in the chemicals industry.

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York
• Connecticut
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1992 J.D. Honors: Cum Laude; American Jurisprudence Awards in Civil Procedure, Criminal Law and Torts. Law Review: Cornell Law Review, Symposium Editor.
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1989 B.A.

Publications

• Antitrust's New Big Brother: Feds Can Now Wiretap Suspected Offenders, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, July 2006
• Second Circuit Puts Antitrust Conspiracy's Skeletal Pleading Rules on a Diet, The Antitrust Source, March 2006
• Increased Scrutiny for the Administrative Crime, 77 Cornell L. Rev. 612, 1992

Seminars & Classes

• Panelist, "Frequently Encountered Antitrust Ethics Situations," March 2004 ABA Antitrust Section Spring Meeting
• Moderator, "What is 'Real' Competition in Telecom? The Antitrust Significance of UNE-P," March 2003 "Brown Bag" discussion sponsored by ABA Antitrust Section, Communications Committee
• Speaker, "Antitrust Basics for Business Lawyers," December 2005 Connecticut Bar Association Business Law Section Meeting
• Panelist, "Everything You Say Can and May Be Used Against You! Tips for Sharing Privileged and Competively Sensitive Information During the Due Diligence Process," June 2003 Connecticut Bar Association Annual Meeting

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association, Antitrust, Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections
• Connecticut Bar Association