Background
Patel, Binal J. was born on January 25, 1971 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
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Binal J. Patel
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University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with highest honors, 1993). Northwestern University (Juris Doctor, 1996).
Career
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) 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, 1996, Illinois.
Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Planning Board Member, Computer and Intellectual Property Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division, American Bar Association (1996-1997).
Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Banner & Allegretti, Limited. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Limited.
(founded in 1920) and Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett (founded in 1960). The firm, which has offices in Chicago, Washington 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.
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Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
