Background
Renk, Christopher J. was born on April 25, 1961 in Winona, Minnesota, United States.
Renk, Christopher J. was born on April 25, 1961 in Winona, Minnesota, United States.
Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science, 1983). University of Minnesota (Juris Doctor, 1988). Member, University of Minnesota Moot Court Board, 1987-1988.
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, 1988, Illinois.
1989, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. 1990, Minnesota and United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1991, District of Columbia.
Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. 1995, United States. Supreme Court. 1996, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Member, University of Minnesota Moot Court Board, 1987-1988.
Member: Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations. 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, University of Minnesota Moot Court Board, 1987-1988. Member: Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association.