Intellectual Property Law: Counseling,
Licensing, Litigation & Procurement

Litigation
Patent Prosecution

09.01.2010 | Patent Law Update: Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers More >

07.10.2010 | Joseph J. Berghammer and Timothy J. Rechtien author an article on false patent marking More >

06.10.2010 | Patent Law Update: Pequignot v. Solo Cup More >

01.23.2008 | Banner & Witcoff is pleased to Announce the Election of New Shareholders More >

06.10.2010 | Federal Circuit Decision on False Marking: Pequignot v. Solo Cup

05.11.2010 | Federal Circuit Shifts its Declaratory Judgement Jurisprudence

12.09.2009 | Federal Circuit Shifts its Declaratory Judgment Jurisprudence

Tim Rechtien’s practice runs the gamut of intellectual property matters. He is currently a member of a trial team for an established automotive parts manufacturer. Mr. Rechtien has worked on matters involving both litigation and patent prosecution. Some examples of decisions from cases on which Tim has worked include:

• Methode Elecs., Inc. v. DPH-DAS LLC, Nos. 09-13078, -14303, __ F. Supp. 2d __, 2010 WL 174554 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 19, 2010) (affirming and modifying magistrate judge's opinion and order granting defendant's protective order).
• Lyons v. Nike, Inc., No. 2:08-CV-00403-TJW-CE (E.D. Tex. Sept. 17, 2009) (granting defendant’s motion to transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a))
• Methode Elecs., Inc. v. Delphi Automotive Sys. LLC, 639 F. Supp. 2d 903 (N.D. Ill. July 16, 2009) (granting defendant’s motion to transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a))
• First Quality Baby Prods., LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., No. 09-0354, 2009 WL 1675088 (M.D. Pa. June 15, 2009) (granting defendant’s motion to dismiss declaratory judgment action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction)
   

Before joining Banner & Witcoff, Mr. Rechtien worked as a fossil power technologies engineer for Sargent & Lundy, LLC—a power plant design engineering firm. At Sargent & Lundy, Mr. Rechtien performed system design and engineering analysis for two projects. Mr. Rechtien also worked in technical sales for United Supply Service Inc., where he worked as a sales engineer for a vendor of water treatment solutions for boilers, cooling towers and closed-loop systems. While at United Supply, Mr. Rechtien was responsible for attracting new clients as well as servicing existing clients, and for analyzing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to develop cost effective water treatment solutions to improve efficiency and quality.

Mr. Rechtien graduated magna cum laude from The John Marshall Law School. At John Marshall, Mr. Rechtien obtained invaluable experience as a judicial extern for the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, District Court Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and also served as a board member on the Review of Intellectual Property Law. Mr. Rechtien sat on the Moot Court Council and participated in the 2006 Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Patent Law Moot Court Competition where he and his co-counsel won Best Appellee Brief for the Midwest Region. Mr. Rechtien earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Mr. Rechtien practices in the Chicago office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.