Background
Shifley, Charles W. was born on September 28, 1951 in Galion, Ohio, United States.
Shifley, Charles W. was born on September 28, 1951 in Galion, Ohio, United States.
Ohio State University (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, summa cum laude, 1973. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer in Law, Northwestern University Technological Institute, 1984-1990.
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, 1976, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University Technological Institute, 1991.
Lecturer in Law, 1984-1990. Company-Author: "Warner-Jenkinson Company v. Hilton-Davis Company: Apt Reconciliation of Supreme Court Precedent, and Reasoned Instruction To A Trusted Federal Circuit," The Bulletin of the Law, Science and Technology Section, American Bar Association (Spring 1997).
Author: "Sales of Goods to the Government Versus Supply of Services: A Critical Distinction," The IPC Legal Browser, Newsletter of the Federal Bar Association"s Intellectual Property Law Section, (Fall 1996).
"Of Tides and Discovery Balance," The IPC Legal Browser (Spring 1996), pp. 10-11; General Agreement of Tariff and Trades-ents, Vampire Patents and Almost Applications: The World Order Comes To United States.
Patent Law," Design, IDSA Chicago Chapter Quarterly Journal, Fall, 1995. "Take Some Advice To Achieve Success," Design News (June 13, 1994), p.
208; "The Little Tailor Teaches a Lesson on Success," Design News (May 9, 1994), p.
158. "Going to Extremes," 6 Number. 1 Journal Proprietary Rights 2 (1994).
"Alternatives to Patent Licenses," 34 the International Development & Education Award 1, 1993.
"The Best Efforts" the Best Advice," Les Nouvelles, March 1992. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
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.
Member American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Association Chicago.