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 of the program is to present and foster debate on cutting edge design-related topics. The program will be directed toward an audience of design practice…
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 will explain the particular issues and challenges UK practitioners face when advising their clients on U.S. protection, particularly with trade dress. Click here for more…
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 case in the U.S. Supreme Court. IPLAC is contributing to analysis in the case Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v. Merus. IPLAC’s amicus brief argues that a finding…
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 from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). A panel of the Federal…
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 than 16,000 attendees from more than 5,000 companies, including the world’s leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest business-partnering…
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 of a careful parsing of the patent statutes. The Supreme Court handed down its opinion June 22, 2018, in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation…
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’ two most recent challenges, NIKE has prevailed on all 15 challenges mounted by Skechers over the past two years. Banner & Witcoff represented NIKE in all 15…
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 City. Ms. Minsker will discuss: The general standard for applying “related goods” Does “No per se rule…” apply anymore? Should industry consolidation change the likelihood…
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 over the obviousness of U.S. patents covering the use of $1.7 billion/year drug Ampyra® for the alleviation of walking disorders in multiple sclerosis patients, counsel…
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