Banner Witcoff attorney Robert S. Katz will serve as a faculty member for a June 4 webinar exploring design patent claim construction. Rob will join two other patent attorneys to present the webinar, which will examine recent court treatment of claim construction issues and offer attendees strategies for drafting claims to withstand scrutiny and avoid…
For a May 15 article, Law360 sought out Banner Witcoff attorney Craig W. Kronenthal for commentary on discovery practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The article notes that historically, it has been difficult for parties to obtain additional documents during inter parties review. PTAB, according to the article, has explained that limited…
Banner Witcoff attorney Aseet Patel will present a webinar on June 5 on how to minimize the risk of an intellectual property lawsuit affecting an Internet of Things (IoT) product launch. The Clear Law Institute webinar will provide attendees with an overview of licensing, post-grant review and freedom-to-practice strategies for IoT companies. Aseet will discuss…
Endo Pharm. Inc. v. Actavis LLS By Sarah A. Kagan Patent law often makes subtle distinctions. One of these distinctions involves the power of words. In some situations, merely stating the words to describe an invention is sufficient and in others, it is not. Such a distinction is involved in the recent decision of the…
Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has recognized Banner Witcoff and 17 of its attorneys in the 2019 edition of “IP Stars,” a guide to the world’s top intellectual property firms and practitioners. Nationally, the firm is ranked in Tier 3 for its patent prosecution work and as a notable firm in the patent contentious practice area.…
Banner Witcoff attorney Charles W. Shifley has been elected President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC). He began his one-year term on May 7 at an annual meeting of IPLAC, the country’s oldest bar association devoted exclusively to intellectual property matters. The association is made up of more than 1,000 members with…
Banner Witcoff attorney Audra C. Eidem Heinze will speak on a panel examining a variety of e-discovery issues at the Chicago Windy City Legal and Data Event on May 16 in Chicago. Hosted by the Master’s Conference, the panel, “Using the ESI Agreement Effectively Throughout the Matter Lifecycle,” will explore how to identify the case…
Law360 quoted Banner Witcoff attorney Craig W. Kronenthal in a May 9 article examining the recent string of decisions that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has designated as precedential. The article recaps more than a handful of decisions that the PTAB has designated as precedential since April, as well as two designated as…
Banner Witcoff attorney Victoria R. McDonald Webb will speak at the 17th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Law Institute on May 30. She will present a session titled, “Obvious and Not-So-Obvious Legal Issues in Advertising and Marketing Campaigns,” with intellectual property lawyer Marc Levy of Seed IP Law Group in Seattle. They will…
Banner Witcoff is listed on Law360’s annual ranking of the 400 largest law firms in the country. The annual list, Law360 400, recognizes the largest U.S. based firms, as well as international law firms with a U.S. component, measured by domestic attorney head count as of Dec. 31, 2018. Since Law360 collected the data, Banner…
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