Mark W. Croll
Vice President,
Intellectual Property
Mark W. Croll is
Vice President, Intellectual Property of Illinois Tool Works Inc.
(
ITW), a Fortune 200 diversified manufacturer of
highly engineered components and industrial systems and consumables. With $13.9
billion in revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range
of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The
Company consists of 840 business units in 57 countries and employs some 59,000
people.
Mr. Croll joined
ITW in 1994 as Group Technology Counsel.
He was named Vice President, Patents & Technology in 2000. Mr. Croll
is responsible for all Intellectual Property related activities for ITW,
including identifying, capturing and enforcing rights in proprietary new
technology, coordinating with various marketing groups on trademark and domain
name registration and enforcement policy and proactively administering related
licensing activities. Prior to his
employment at ITW, Mr. Croll had varying legal responsibilities in both
corporate and private practice.
He holds a J.D.
degree from DePaul University College of Law and a B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering from Bucknell University.
Mr. Croll is a
member of the Board of Directors for Center for Intellectual Property Law and
Information Technology of DePaul University College of Law. He is a past board member of the
Intellectual Property Owners Association.
He is President of WYC Youth
Foundation.
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