AARON BOWLING
Attorney
Aaron Bowling focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation,
assisting clients in a variety of industries including biotechnology, sporting
goods, and digital music. Aaron provides strategic advice on matters
involving utility patents, design patents, trademarks, trade dress,
copyrights, and antitrust.
Prior to joining Banner & Witcoff, Aaron served in the Chambers of the
Honorable Jimmie V. Reyna at the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit; which has exclusive jurisdiction over patent-related
appeals, and whose decisions are binding precedent throughout the
United States. Previously, Aaron worked as an international product owner
in the Cellular Therapies and Biosurgery groups of Baxter International, ensuring the safety and efficacy
of biotechnological products in compliance with international regulations; and earlier served as a protein
engineer at the United States Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratories.
Aaron earned his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School, where he earned
honors as a Thurgood Marshall Scholar and served as an editorial staff member of the American
Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Quarterly Journal. Aaron authored a note in the Summer
2013 Edition of the AIPLA Quarterly Journal entitled "Just About Equivalent: A Comparative Analysis of
the Doctrines of Equivalents in the United States and International Jurisdictions Shows that the Varying
Doctrines Are Strikingly Similar," and also recently contributed as an author in: Is This License
Comparable? Issues Facing Damages Experts When Determining Reasonable Royalties, published by
the University of Texas School of Law, CLE; and Patent Litigation Strategies Textbook, Third Edition,
2013 Supplement, published by the American Bar Association.
Aaron earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of
Illinois Champaign-Urbana in 2007, and his Master of Science degree in Bioengineering and
Biotechnology from Northwestern University in 2008. Aaron is registered to practice before the United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
Aaron practices in the Chicago office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Office
Ten South Wacker Drive
Suite 3000
Chicago, IL 60606-7407
T 312.463.5000
F 312.463.5001
[email protected]
Education
B.S. 2007, University of Illinois
M.S. 2008, Northwestern University
J.D. 2013, George Washington
University
Bar Admissions
2013, Illinois
Court Admissions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Supreme Court of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois
Practice Areas
Appellate Litigation
Copyright
Design Patents
Litigation
Trade Dress
Trademarks
Industries
Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
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