Admitted
1973, Illinois; 1983, District of Columbia
Law School
Northwestern University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1969
Memberships
International Trademark Association (Board of Directors, 1987-1989); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Directors, 1990-1993); Lawyers Club of Chicago (Board of Directors, 1999—); Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Vice-President, AIPPI U.S., 2000—; Executive Committee, 1994—).
Biographical
Editorial Board Member, Northwestern University Law Review, 1972-1973, Trademark Reporter, 1981-1984. Author: Trademark Law in the Technology-Driven Global Marketplace, 4 Yale Symp. L & Tech. 8 (2001), http://lawtech.law.yale.edu/symposium/s01/comment_sacoff.htm; Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases in the United States: 1994 in Review, 178 Revue Internationale de la Concurrence, No. 3, 41 (1995); Multi-Million Dollar Judgment for Common Law Trade Mark Infringement Overturned: ZaZu Designs v. L'Oreal, 15 Euro. Int. Prop.Rev.104 (1993). Chair-Elect, American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law Section (2002-2003). Member, Public Advisory Committee on Trademark Affairs (1989-1995, 1997-2000). Advisor to U.S. Delegation to Geneva Diplomatic Conference on the Trademark Law Treaty (1994).