Background
Cooper, Alan S. was born on June 13, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Cooper, Alan S. was born on June 13, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1964. Juris Doctor, 1968).
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. (Washington, DC) specializing in Federal Trial and Appellate Practice in Intellectual Property Law. Patent, Trademark, Copyright, International Trade, Unfair Competition, Trade Secret and Antitrust Causes before Federal and State Courts and Administrative Agencies.
Admitted to the bar, 1968, Tennessee. 1969, District of Columbia. 1975-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1980, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Honorary Frank Gray, Junior, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 1967-1968. Author, "Limitations on Trademark Advocacy: Ethic, Procedure and Substantive Law," 85 Trademark Reporter 161, 1995, and "The Application of Rule 11 Sanctions in Trademark Cases," 78 Trademark Reporter 427, 1988.
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1985. Member of Faculty, American Bar Association National Institute on Trademark Litigation, 1978 and 1979. Advisor on Trademark Law to United States Delegation to Diplomatic Conference for Revision of Paris Convention, Nairobi, Kenya, 1981.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. American Bar Association.
International Trademark Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association. Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Ltd.
(founded in 1920) and Banner, Birch, McKie & Becket (founded in 1960). The firm, which has offices in Washington, Chicago and Boston, is dedicated to the practice of intellectual property law. The firm provides legal representation in obtaining, commercializing and litigating intellectual property rights in the United States and abroad.
The practice includes counseling on the availability, validity and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Patent interference proceedings. Trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.
Domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution. Custom seizures of infringing products. And litigating patent, trademark and copyright infringement cases.
Firm members have experience in both jury and bench trials in the Federal Courts, in proceedings before the International Trade Commission, and practice in all technologies, including the electrical, mechanical and chemical arts as well as computer hardware and software and biotechnology.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. American Bar Association.
International Trademark Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association.