Background
Merkel, William K. was born on July 3, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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William K. Merkel
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University of Illinois (Doctor of Philosophy, Biological Sciences, 1991). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1994).
Career
Worked at Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Intellectual Property, Antitrust Law and Related Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1994, Illinois. Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society.
University Fellow, Laboratory of Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology Fellow. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. American Society of Microbiology.
Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun was founded almost 50 years ago and continues to provide a full range of intellectual property law services for domestic and international clients. The firm specializes in worldwide acquisition, protection, and enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Firm attorneys have acquired extensive litigation experience in United States courts and before the International Trade Commission.
Clients are counseled in foreign litigation and related proceedings throughout Europe and Asia, and in Canada, Mexico, South Africa and Australia. Patent Prosecution and litigation encompasses all areas of technology, with a strong orientation to the electronic, mechanical, chemical and biological sciences, including protein chemistry, molecular biology, immunology, pharmacology, and all recombinant technologies.
Membership
Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. American Society of Microbiology.
