Background
Banner, Mark Thomas was born on January 21, 1950 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States.
Banner, Mark Thomas was born on January 21, 1950 in Pontiac, Michigan, United States.
Purdue University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). John Marshall Law School (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1979).
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, 1979, Illinois.
1996, District of Illinois. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Company-Author: "Obviousness: A Trial Lawyers Perspective," Intellectual Property Law Review, 1981.
Author: "Frivolous Appeals and Attorney Fee Awards: The Federal Circuit Gets Serious with a Serious Problem," 13 A.I.P.L.A. Quarterly Journal 3-4, 1985.
108 F.R.D. 476. Company-Author: "First-to-File: Ideas for Better? or Worse?," 69 J.P.T.O.S. 595 (November 1987). Member: Illinois State and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago. 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: Illinois State and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago.