Basil E. Demeur | Partner (Retired)

 





PRACTICE AREAS
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade Secrets
Unfair Competition
Internet Law
Licensing
Commercial Real Estate


EXPERIENCE
While in law school, Mr. Demeur worked as a law clerk for the firm Ash & Anos. Following graduation from law school, Mr. Demeur was employed as a trial attorney at the firm Treacy & Garbutt. Mr. Demeur then worked as a staff patent counsel at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, Illinois. Following his time at Abbott, Mr. Demeur worked at Kendall Company as a staff patent counsel. Mr. Demeur then worked for the firms Prangley, Clayton, Mullin & Vogel and Petheridge, O'Neill & Lindgren. In 1970, Mr. Demeur took a position with the firm Dominik, Knechtel & Godula which later became Knechtel, Demeur & Samlan.


EDUCATION
L.L.M., The John Marshall Law School, Patent Law
M.B.A., University of Chicago
J.D., DePaul University
B.S., University of Chicago, Biochemistry


ADMISSIONS
State Bar, Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit


MEMBERSHIPS
Illinois State Bar Association
Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago