Background
McKie, Junior, Edward F. was born on October 29, 1924 in Albany, New York, United States.
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Edward F. McKie Jr.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948). Georgetown University (Bachelor of Laws, 1952).
Career
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. (Washington, DC) 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, 1952, District of Columbia. 1956, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1951).
Associate Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1951-1952. Member, Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1970-1990. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1963-1967 and 1985.
Chairman, National Council of Patent Law Associations, 1969-1970. Senior Advisor, United States. Delegation to Diplomatic Conference on PCT, 1970.
Member: International Industrial Property Panel, United States. Department of State, 1976 and 1977. Advisory Committee, Patent and Trademark Office, 1976-1980.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. American Bar Association (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1967-1968).
American Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1976-1977). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Ltd.
(founded in 1920) and Banner, Birch, McKie & Becket (founded in 1960). The firm, which has offices in Washington, Chicago 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, 1970-1990. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1963-1967 and 1985. Chairman, National Council of Patent Law Associations, 1969-1970.
Senior Advisor, United States. Delegation to Diplomatic Conference on PCT, 1970. Member: International Industrial Property Panel, United States.
Department of State, 1976 and 1977. Advisory Committee, Patent and Trademark Office, 1976-1980. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Bar Association of the District of Columbia. American Bar Association (Chairman, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1967-1968). American Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1976-1977).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
