Background
Lane, Wallace Rutherford was born on August 12, 1876 in Whateley Massachusetts. Son of John William and Mary (Haynes) Lane.
Lane, Wallace Rutherford was born on August 12, 1876 in Whateley Massachusetts. Son of John William and Mary (Haynes) Lane.
Preparatory education, Hopkins and Williston academies. Honorary Master of Arts, Brown University, 1927. Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1900.
Bar, 1900; practiced at Des Moines, Iowa, 1901-1910, also serving same period as professor of law, Highland Park College, and lecturer on patent, trademark and unfair competition law at Drake U. and University of Nebraska. Senior member Parkinson & Lane, Chicago, organized 1910 and specializing in patent, corporation, trademark and unfair competition law. Counsel for many manufacturing and mercantile companies Appointed by President Coolidge, 1925, as delegate, representing United States, to International Convention for Protection of Industrial Property, the meeting resulting in treaty ratified by United States Senate, 1930.
Vice chairman Lawyers’ National Committee to Increase Federal Judges’ Salaries, 1925-1926.
Member Parkinson & Lane, Chicago, organized 1910 and specializing in patent, corporation, trademark and unfair competition law. Member American Bar Association (chairman patent section 1920). Illinois State and Chicago bar associations, Bar Association City of New York, American Patent Law Association (president 1922, 23), Chicago Patent Law Association (president 1924), Yale Law School Association (executive council), Cum Laude Society (honorary 1930), Beta Theta Pi, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Book and Gavel Society.
Clubs: Yale University, Brown University (president 1923), University, Mid-Day (Chicago).
Married Gertrude Gardner, July 2, 1901. Children: Esther (Mistress George T. Moore), Josephine (Mistress George Doctorate. Busher), John West.