Background
Janka, John C. was born on May 13, 1950 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Janka, John C. was born on May 13, 1950 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Illinois Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1970. Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1973). University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1987).
John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.
Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1986-1987.
Worked at Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology-Related Law including Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright, Licensing, Unfair Competition, Related Antitrust Matters. Real Estate Development and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Illinois and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. 1989, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.
Comment Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1986-1987. Author: "Federal Disclosure Statutes and the Fifth Amendment. The New Status of Trade Secrets," 54 University of Chicago Law Review 334, Winter, 1987.
Member: American Bar Association.
American Chemical Society. American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
NIRO, SCAVONE, HALLER & NIRO specializes in the trial of intellectual property cases, generally including patent, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition and busines torts. The firm"s practice extends throughout the United States, with lawyers of the firm having extensive trial and appellate experience in nearly all of the federal judicial circuits and in various state trial and appellate courts.
The firm also represents clients in a broad spectrum of related intellectual property matters including licensing and the procurement of domestic and international patents, trademark registrations and copyrights.
Partners of the firm have written and lectured on trial advocacy at major law schools and the Practicing Law Institute, American, Federal and Illinois Bar Associations and elsewhere.
Member: American Bar Association. American Chemical Society. American Institute of Chemical Engineers.