Ernest V. Linek reviews the significance of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision in The Authors Guild et al. v. Google, Inc. inIntellectual Property Magazine. Linek
HEIGHTENED PATENT PLEADING STANDARD, DISCOVERY PROPORTIONALITY, AND OTHER RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE By Jeffrey H. Chang Amendments made by the Supreme Court to the Federal
FEDERAL CIRCUIT HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS INMCRO V. NAMCO BANDAI: WILL PATENT-ELIGIBILITY OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE SURVIVE? By Ross A. Dannenberg In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice
John M. Fleming explains that buyers and sellers can both use due diligence to determine benefits and potential issues with patent assets in the December/January 2016 issue of Today’s General
REVISED FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ABROGATE RULE 84 AND ELIMINATE APPENDIX OF FORMS By Saranya Raghavan The revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contain changes that may impact patent
On November 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order adopting all of Banner & Witcoff’s proposed claim constructions in connection with the patent
Mr. Katz discusses how creators can protect themselves against virtual design theft through design patent, trademark and copyright laws in the December 2015 issue of Design Management Review. Please click here
COPYRIGHT OFFICE FOCUSES ON FUTURE WITH STRATEGIC PLAN By Nigel Fontenot and Christopher Galfano “The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
In its December 2015 edition, the ABA Journal features Banner & Witcoff’s Patent Arcade in the 9th Annual Blawg 100, its list of 100 excellent legal blogs. According to the ABA Journal, Patent Arcade is “a
Robert F. Altherr Jr., Matthew P. Becker, Joseph J. Berghammer, Scott A. Burow, Marc S. Cooperman, Ross A. Dannenberg, John P. Iwanicki, Ernest V. Linek, Erik S. Maurer, Timothy C. Meece,
