Background
Banner, Donald W. was born on February 23, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Donald W. Banner
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Purdue University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948). University of Detroit (Juris Doctor, 1952). The John Marshall Law School (M.P.L., 1958).
Career
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. (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, 1953, Michigan and Illinois. 1962, United States. Supreme Court. 1979, Virginia; 1980, District of Columbia.
Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Recipient: Jefferson Medal, 1984. Award of Pacific Industrial Property Association for International Cooperation, 1982.
The Purdue University 1994 Outstanding Electrical Engineer Award. Member, Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1970-1978. Professor, 1959-1978 and Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of Intellectual Property Program, 1979-1989, The John Marshall Law School.
General Patent Counsel, Borg-Warner Corporation, 1953-1978. Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director, Intellectual Property Law Program, The National Law Center, George Washington University, 1989-1991. United States. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 1978-1979.
Member: Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board, 1969-1974. United States. Delegation, Washington Diplomatic Conference on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, 1970. American Bar Association Delegation, Vienna Diplomatic Conference on Trademark Registration Treaty, 1973.
Trustee, Licensing Executive Society, 1971-1974. Licensing Consultant of World Intellectual Property Organization to Peoples Republic of China, 1979. President, Giles S. Rich American Inns of Court, 1992-1994.
Member: Illinois State (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1967-1968) and American (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1972-1973) Bar Associations. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Vice President, 1976-1978. 1980-1981); American Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1977-1978).
International Patent and Trademark Association (President, 1980-1983. Member, Executive Committee, 1975-1978). Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (President, 1970-1971).
Banner & Allegretti, Ltd. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Ltd. (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.
Membership
Member, Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1970-1978. Professor, 1959-1978 and Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of Intellectual Property Program, 1979-1989, The John Marshall Law School. General Patent Counsel, Borg-Warner Corporation, 1953-1978.
Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director, Intellectual Property Law Program, The National Law Center, George Washington University, 1989-1991. United States. Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 1978-1979. Member: Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board, 1969-1974.
United States. Delegation, Washington Diplomatic Conference on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, 1970. American Bar Association Delegation, Vienna Diplomatic Conference on Trademark Registration Treaty, 1973. Trustee, Licensing Executive Society, 1971-1974.
Licensing Consultant of World Intellectual Property Organization to Peoples Republic of China, 1979. President, Giles S. Rich American Inns of Court, 1992-1994. Member: Illinois State (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1967-1968) and American (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1972-1973) Bar Associations.
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Vice President, 1976-1978. 1980-1981); American Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1977-1978). International Patent and Trademark Association (President, 1980-1983.
Member, Executive Committee, 1975-1978). Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (President, 1970-1971).
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Awards
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Recipient: Jefferson Medal, 1984. Award of Pacific Industrial Property Association for International Cooperation, 1982. The Purdue University 1994 Outstanding Electrical Engineer Award.Recipient: Jefferson Medal, 1984. Award of Pacific Industrial Property Association for International Cooperation, 1982. The Purdue University 1994 Outstanding Electrical Engineer Award.