On February 17, 2016, Banner & Witcoff filed suit on behalf of client Nike, Inc., against Chinese footwear manufacturer Fujian Bestwinn for selling numerous models of shoes that infringe at
Neil Ziegman and NPZ Inc. recently requested rehearing of a Feb. 24 Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision denying a petition for inter partes review of inventor Carlis Stephens’ patent
Joseph M. Potenza has received the 2015-2016 Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award from the Georgetown University Law Center. The award, which is named after the noted Georgetown Law alumnus who
R. Gregory Israelsen discusses the potential impact of the “Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act” or VENUE Act, introduced in the Senate on March 17, in Law360. Mr. Israelsen says the
In its article, “Law360 Reveals Largest IP Boutiques,” Law360 names Banner & Witcoff as one of the largest intellectual property boutique law firms in 2016. Law360 also points out that Banner &
Ross A. Dannenberg discusses the importance of intellectual property protection in the April edition of the Russian magazine, Legal Insight. Mr. Dannenberg, who was in Moscow to present “IP Protection
Bradley J. Van Pelt examines when patent applicants may want to consider obtaining a continuation patent in the Law360 article, “4 Times To File A Continuation Patent Application.” In the article,
On March 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit entered judgment in favor of firm clients Skype Technologies S.A. and RTX Telecom A/S. The Federal Circuit
R. Gregory Israelsen offers his reaction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in In re Simon Shiao Tam in the April/May 2016 edition of
FEDERAL CIRCUIT PANEL NOT SWEET ON TC HEARTLAND’S PETITION TO CHANGE RULES FOR PATENT VENUE By R. Gregory Israelsen “Boy, doesn’t this feel like something a legislature should do?” So
