IIT Chicago-Kent names its Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition team

IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law students Daniel Allard '15 and Patrick Grimaldi '16 will participate in the Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition's Midwest regional tournament March 13 to 15 in Chicago. Sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the competition focuses on patent and intellectual property law issues. Winners from four regional competitions will advance to compete in the national tournament April 15 to 17 in Washington, D.C.

The competition is named for the late Giles Sutherland Rich, who served as a judge on the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals from 1956 to 1982. Judge Rich was named to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1982 and remained on the bench until his death in 1999 at age 95. Judge Rich's judicial opinions include some of the most groundbreaking, influential and controversial in modern U.S. patent law.

Team member Daniel Allard graduated with honors from Michigan State University with a degree in applied engineering sciences. Teammate Patrick Grimaldi earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Dayton.

The team is coached by IIT Chicago-Kent alumnus Jeffrey J. Mikrut '10.

Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law.

Teams in IIT Chicago-Kent's Ilana Diamond Rovner Program in Appellate Advocacy have won numerous individual student honors and regional and national competitions. In 2008, IIT Chicago-Kent became the first law school to win both the National Trial Competition and the National Moot Court Competition in the same year. In 2009, IIT Chicago-Kent successfully defended its championship in the National Moot Court Competition.