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6 Nw. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 293 (2007-2008)
IP Litigation in the 21st Century

handle is hein.journals/nwteintp6 and id is 299 raw text is: Copyright 2008 by Northwestern University School of Law        Volume 6, Number 3 (Summer 2008)
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
IP Litigation in the 21st Century
Michael H Baniak,* Daniel A. Boehnen,** Jeanne Gills, * and
Binal J. Patel****
MR. GREENFIELD: Hi, everyone. I just wanted to welcome everyone to our
symposium. I'm David Greenfield. I'm managing editor of the Northwestern Journal of
Technology and Intellectual Property. Ben Hoffart, our editor in chief, actually got food
poisoning last night and is not doing so well. He's hoping to make it later in the day, but
he's not feeling so great.
I want to thank everyone for coming out, especially our sponsors, MBHB, Foley,
and the Intellectual Property Law Society, without whom none of this would possible.
Our journal is not very old, but it's grown significantly in the last few years. We've
been cited by Congress. We have been cited by the Federal Circuit in the last year. And,
you know, it's because of the students and because of sponsors and presenters like we
have here today that we're growing so quickly. I just wanted to say thank you to
everyone.
Now I'm going to introduce Brandon Scruggs, without whom this would not be
possible. He's put a lot of energy into what is going to be a fantastic day. Thanks.
MR. SCRUGGS: Well, welcome everybody. I'm Brandon Scruggs. I'm the
development editor this year at the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual
Property. On behalf of the journal, welcome to Northwestern Law School. We hope you
have a great day.
Our first panel is entitled IP Litigation in the 21st Century. But before I get into
that, just as a housekeeping note, if there is any attorney here that is here for CLE credits,
make sure you get these forms. And if you could get them to me by the end of the day
with payment, that would be great. If you can't get payment to me by the end of the day,
let me know and I'll give you my business card and you'll be able to mail them to me and
we'll work it like that. So if anybody needs CLE credits, make sure you get in touch with
me.
So our first panel today is entitled IP Litigation in the 21st Century. We have a
great bunch of panelists.
To start off we've got Michael Baniak over on my far right, your far left. He's a
partner over at MBHB, McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff. He's also an adjunct
professor here at Northwestern University School of Law.
He spends probably most of his time litigating on behalf U.S. and international
clients in courts and tribunals all across the U.S. He's been trial counsel in over 150
. Mr. Baniak is a partner at McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff and an adjunct professor at
Northwestern University School of Law.
Mr. Boehnen is a partner at McDonnell, Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff.
Ms. Gills is a partner in the Chicago office of Foley and Lardner.
**** Mr. Patel is a partner at Banner & Witcoff and a Northwestern University graduate.

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