Background
Laff, Charles A. was born on February 17, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Laff, Charles A. was born on February 17, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Purdue University (Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1955). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1958).
Worked at Laff, Whitesel, Conte & Saret, Limited., A Professional Corporation (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1959, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar.
1960, United States.
Court of Appeals, 7th, 9th and 11th Circuits. 1961, Florida; 1972, United States. Supreme Court; 1982, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan. 1997, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Company-author, "Further Unraveling of SearsCompco: Of Patches, Paladin and Laurel and Hardy," 7 Loyola University Law Journal 33, 1976.
Reprinted in 66 Trademark Reporter 427, 1976. Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property Law, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, 1974. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law.
Antitrust Law.
Litigation) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Vice President, 1991.
President-Elect, 1992. President, 1993); International Bar Association.
International Trademark Association. The Licensing Executives Society.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Antitrust Law; Litigation) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar; Bar Association of the Seventh Federal Circuit.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Vice President, 1991. President-Elect, 1992.
President, 1993). International Bar Association.
International Trademark Association. The Licensing Executives Society.