Background
Skerpon, Joseph M. was born on March 8, 1953 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States.
Skerpon, Joseph M. was born on March 8, 1953 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States.
Princeton University (B.S.ChE., with honors, 1975). University of Buffalo (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1981).
Worked at Banner & Witcoff, Limited. (Washington, District of Columbia) 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, 1982, New New York
1983, District of Columbia. 1986, United States. District Court, District of District of Columbia.
1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law, 1994. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
New York State and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Banner & Witcoff, Limited. was organized in 1995 as a result of the merger of Allegretti & Witcoff, Limited.
(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.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. New York State and American (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association.