Banner & Witcoff is again partnering with the George Washington University School of Law and law firm Sterne Kessler to produce the Design Patent Symposium, “DESIGN LAW 2018.” The purpose
Banner Witcoff sponsored the July North Shore Corporate Intellectual Property Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
Anna L. King presents “Getting Your IP into Shape: Challenges and Strategies for Protecting Trade Dress in the USA” to the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in Bristol, England. Ms. King
Robert H. Resis, chair of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Amicus Committee, has joined other intellectual property lawyers in representing the IPLAC as amicus curiae in a
Patent Wars: Genome Editing By Sarah A. Kagan The hotly contested patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9 “genome editing” technology are still unsettled, as two groups of inventors await a decision
BIO’s China Summit Highlights Trends in BioPharma Market By Pei Wu In June, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization celebrated its 25th anniversary in Boston. The BIO International Convention drew more
Full Measure of Compensation for Infringement By Sarah A. Kagan Yet again the Supreme Court struck down a rigid Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rule in favor
On June 28, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied two Skechers’ inter partes review challenges directed at design patents covering NIKE’s popular FREE outsole designs. After defeating Skechers’
Helen Hill Minsker presents “TTAB Treatment of Related Goods in Assessing Likelihood of Confusion: Is Anything NOT Related Anymore?” at Practising Law Institute’s Intellectual Property Institute 2018 in New York
Should “Blocking Patents” be Used as a Blunt Weapon or as a Factor in a Sophisticated Economic Analysis? By Sarah A. Kagan In recent oral arguments in a dispute
