Banner Witcoff attorneys Robert S. Katz and Christian LaForgia will speak at the 2019 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Annual Meeting. Banner Witcoff is sponsoring the three-day conference set for Oct. 24-26 in National Harbor, Maryland. Both Rob and Christian will speak on Oct. 25. Rob will lead a session on how to draft…
Banner Witcoff attorney Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D., examined a pair of recent opinions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for a Sept. 18 expert analysis published in Law360. Summarizing the court’s decisions in Ajinomoto v. U.S. International Trade Commission, and Eli Lilly and Co. v. Hospira Inc., Sarah noted the…
Banner Witcoff will sponsor a Fun Run/Walk and host a cocktail reception on Sept. 25 during the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) 47th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. IPO’s Annual Meeting, which will take place Sept. 24-26, brings together IP professionals from around the world to network, attend educational programs, and discuss industry best practices,…
Banner Witcoff attorneys Michael S. Cuviello and John M. Fleming will serve as faculty members for an Oct. 3 webinar exploring freedom to operate (FTO) opinions. Michael and John will join one other intellectual property attorney to present the webinar, which will guide patent counsel on how to prepare FTO opinions for companies developing new…
Banner Witcoff attorney Binal J. Patel will receive the 2019 Law Firm Partner Diversity Leadership Award from the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago (AABA-Chicago) on Sept. 17. Binal will be honored “for his substantial and lasting contributions to the legal profession, as well as the broader Chicago Asian-American community,” the president of AABA-Chicago said in an announcement.…
Banner Witcoff represented Converse in parallel cases at the U.S. International Trade Commission and in New York federal court against Wal-Mart, Skechers and more than 30 other companies for violating its trade dress rights by selling knockoff versions of the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneaker. The case was one of the largest trademark cases in ITC history based on the number of respondents and scope of the investigation.
Banner Witcoff attorney Brad Van Pelt will speak at the International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA) 4th Annual Meeting, which takes place Sept. 24-25 in Palo Alto, California. Brad will speak during a Sept. 25 session titled, “IP and Trade: How IP Shapes the Structure of Global Value Chains.” He will discuss the important roles…
Federal Circuit Gets Tied up in the Metaphysics of Not-Doing: INO v. Praxair By Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D. In late August, Mallinckrodt[1] lost its bid at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to maintain its five patents directed to methods of treating only patients for whom a particular treatment is determined to…
Banner Witcoff attorney Apurv Guarav will moderate a Sept. 4 panel examining how trade disputes could affect practice before the International Trade Commission (ITC). The South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. (SABA-DC) will present the panel titled, “IP and Trade Across Borders – Investigations before the ITC,” and Banner Witcoff will host the event.…
Federal Circuit’s Decision in Eli Lilly v. Hospira May Signal Possible Pro-Patentee Swing By Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D. Two opinions and three judges do not necessarily make a trend, nonetheless, one could suspect that the prosecution history estoppel pendulum is beginning to swing in a more liberal direction for patentees. Three days after the U.S.…
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