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On Saturday, May 30, Mr. Mottley discussed 3-D printing and developments in patent, design patent and copyright law on “Law Talk with Ethel Mitchell.” “Law Talk with Ethel Mitchell” is a weekly program that airs each Saturday on WOL 1450 AM in the Washington, D.C., area. According to its website, it is dedicated to inspiring people, particularly minorities, to use…

Mary Boney Denison, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Commissioner for Trademarks, visited Chicago on June 1 to discuss current developments and topics in trademark law and policy, as well as recent USPTO initiatives. Banner & Witcoff shareholder Richard S. Stockton played a key role in organizing the event, hosted by the Intellectual Property Law…

AKAMAI V. LIMELIGHT: FEDERAL CIRCUIT LIMITS DIRECT INFRINGEMENT OF METHOD CLAIMS By Jeffrey Chang On remand from the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit held that Limelight did not directly infringe an asserted method claim under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) because the “sweeping notions of common-law tort liability” do not apply to direct infringement, and Limelight…

Mr. Stockton discusses how the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs compares to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, why the United States will benefit from joining the treaty and what challenges practitioners may need to overcome in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Please click here to read the article, “An international one-stop shop for design…

Mr. Stockton discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs in the Inside Counsel article, “Hague Weighed: Should I Change My Design Filing Strategy?” Please click here to read the article.

APPLE V. SAMSUNG: THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT CLARIFIES DESIGN PATENT PRINCIPLES LAW By Robert S. Katz and Darrell G. Mottley In a much anticipated opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Apple v. Samsung on May 18, the design patent law with respect to remedies and the infringement test remains…

Robert S. Katz discusses how the Hague Agreement is one tool in an overall strategy for procuring a worldwide design portfolio in the Law360 article, “Worldwide Design Patent System Can Trip Up The Unwary.” Please click here to read the article.

Mr. Cooperman and Mr. Stockton served as alumni instructors in the new University of Illinois College of Law course, “Fundamentals of Legal Practice,” last spring. The course was administered by the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development, and created to teach students more about the legal profession and how to build a successful legal career. Mr. Cooperman and Mr. Stockton…

THE U.S. AND JAPAN JOIN THE HAGUE SYSTEM By Richard S. Stockton On May 13, 2015, the United States and Japan will become contracting parties to the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The Hague System allows the filing of a single international design application that can lead to design protection in…