HELEN HILL MINSKER
Attorney
Helen Hill Minsker provides assistance to clients concerning a broad
range of issues arising under trademark and unfair competition laws, as
well as copyright law. Her experience in these fields of law includes
counseling, prosecution and registration of applications before the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, internet,
licensing, enforcement, oppositions and cancellations, and litigation in the
courts. Helen also counsels clients in protecting their trademark portfolios
internationally.
Helen is active in a number of professional organizations. She has held
leadership roles with national and international IP associations, including
serving on both the INTA Board of Directors and the AIPLA Board of Directors (as a Board member
and as Treasurer). From 2006 --2009, Helen served on the Editorial Board of the INTA publication The
Trademark Reporter. Over the years, Helen has chaired various committees for these associations and
others, such as the ABA IP Law Section’s Committee on Franchising, and she served as co-Chair of
INTA’s Annual Meeting in Amsterdam in 2003. Helen also was chair of the Bar Association of DC’s
Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Section.
Helen received her undergraduate degree (A.B.) in political science from Vassar College, and her J.D.
from George Washington University. She also spent a year studying at the London School of Economics
and Political Science. She is admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the
Bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, as well as several courts, including the United States Supreme
Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
From 2001-2011, Helen served as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University, where she co-
authored and taught a course on intellectual property pretrial litigation skills. She also is a frequent
lecturer in continuing legal education programs, and is a former Contributing Editor/Trademarks for the
Federal Circuit Bar Journal. On the international front, Helen is a member of the European Community
Trademark Association (ECTA). Helen was included in "IP Stars --Top 250 Women in IP" in Managing
Intellectual Property in 2013 and 2014, and recognized as a "World’s Leading Trademark Professional"
in the World Trademark Review 1000 in 2012-2015.
Helen 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
A.B. 1982, Vassar College
J.D. 1987, George Washington
University
Bar Admissions
1988, District of Columbia
2007, Illinois
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh
Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central
District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois
Practice Areas
Appellate Litigation
Copyright
Counterfeit Goods Seizure
Litigation
Trade Dress
Trademarks
Industries
Internet, E-Commerce & Business
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