AT WORK

James P. Hanrath has practiced law for more than 28 years. A member of the firm's Intellectual Property group, Jim is a registered United States patent attorney serving the needs of publicly held corporations, private enterprises, small businesses and individual inventors.

Jim is experienced in all aspects of protective right procurement, maintenance, exploitation and litigation, in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions, relative to utility and design patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, e-commerce, software, business method and unfair competition matters.

Jim's emphasis on patent prosecution and litigation has exposed him to numerous areas of industrial arts, including medical, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, chemical composition, manufacturing, carrier line production, retail display, component part and assembly, information systems, and security and fraud detection technologies. His ability to serve clients in diverse art areas is further enhanced by his degree in chemical technology and his LL.M. in intellectual property law.

IN THE PROFESSION

In addition to consulting and transactional matters, Jim has served as lead counsel in state and federal court trials and has presented several oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Federal Circuit. Such practical exposure to a myriad of client needs, from initial consultation and guidance, to worldwide protective right acquisition and commercial exploitation, to litigation defense and infringement prosecution, has made him a valued attorney to a varied clientele of inventors, authors, touring musicians, merchants, service providers, entrepreneurs, laboratories and other business concerns.

Jim is an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, Corporate Education Division. He also is an active member of a number of professional associations, including the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Lake County (Illinois) Bar Association.

BACKGROUND

John Marshall Law School
LL.M., 1988

DePaul University College of Law
J.D., 1979

Illinois State University
B.A., high honors, 1976 (Robert G. Bone Scholar)

Jim is a member of the Illinois bar, is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court and has served as an arbitrator for the 19th Judicial Circuit for the State of Illinois. He is also admitted to practice before a number of federal courts and agencies, including the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; the U.S. Supreme Court; and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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