FEDERAL CIRCUIT CONSIDERS WHETHER ITC CAN PROPERLY EXCLUDE IMPORTED PRODUCTS THAT ONLY INFRINGE AFTER IMPORTATION By Erin E. Bryan On February 5, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Federal
The U.S. Joins the Hague Agreement By Darrell G. Mottley On February 13, 2015, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that the United
For the 12th consecutive year, Banner & Witcoff obtained more U.S. design patents than any other law firm. According to the 2014 U.S. Design Patent Toteboard (view here) and confirmed by
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, announces the election of a firm president and nine
R. Gregory Israelsen discusses the Supreme Court’s oral arguments in B&B Hardware v. Hargis and examines the trademark case’s potential outcomes in the January/February 2015 edition of IP Litigator. Please click
THE SUPREME COURT POINTS COURTS TO JURIES ON ISSUE OF TRADEMARK TACKING by Anna L. King On January 21, 2015, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision, affirming the ruling
Banner & Witcoff, Helen Hill Minsker receive top ranking in the World Trademark Review 1000 2015 Banner and Witcoff is recognized as a top firm in the 2015 edition of
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS DE NOVO REVIEW OF PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION By Shawn P. Gorman and R. Gregory Israelsen On Tuesday, in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., the Supreme
In this Law360 article, Mr. Dannenberg discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Hana Financial v. Hana Bank, in which justices held that whether two trademarks may be tacked for purposes of
Katie L. Becker, Matthew P. Becker, Joseph J. Berghammer, Scott A. Burow, Marc S. Cooperman, Louis DiSanto, Katie Laatsch Fink, Shawn P. Gorman, Michael J. Harris, Kevin C. Keenan, Michael
