Banner Witcoff’s Binal Patel and Michael Krashin will present “Year in Review: Recent Trends in US IP Litigation” to the Toronto Intellectual Property Group on Thursday, March 6. The presentation will explore recent trends in litigating IP disputes in U.S. District Courts and at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). They will discuss:…
The 2025 Vault Rankings have named Banner Witcoff as No. 3 on their list of Best Intellectual Property Specialty Law Firms in the United States, and one of the top midsized law firms in Chicago. The firm ranks No. 5 as one of the Best-Midsized Law Firms in Chicago and as one of the Top…
It has been about ten years since the landmark Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, outlining a two-step analysis for determining whether a patent claim recites eligible subject matter. In part two of “Alice Analysis: Practical Guidance From a Decade of Eligibility Cases,” published in the recent edition of the Intellectual…
Banner Witcoff is pleased to share that attorneys Heather Smith-Carra and Leon Cao have been selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows and Pathfinder programs. Heather will participate in the 2025 LCLD Fellows Program. The program offers high-potential, mid-career attorneys from diverse backgrounds at LCLD Member organizations the opportunity to develop leadership…
Sourcing Journal spoke with Banner Witcoff shareholder Kirk Sigmon on the new guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office around the copyrightability of work created in whole or in part by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Kirk says even with the new guidance, the bar for obtaining a copyright registration remains relatively low. Still, in the fashion…
By Abraham J. Varon and Qi Yu So, what’s happening at the PTAB? Means-plus-function interpretation, issues with incorporations by reference, abstract ideas, and more! The Board can Choose its own Adventure… and Construction. Head Sport GmbH v. Vermont Safety Developments LLC, IPR2024-01099, Paper 15 (January 15, 2025) (Grossman, joined by Weatherly and Silverman) (denying institution…
On Saturday, February 8, Shareholder Kirk Sigmon will present at the Annual Temple Spine Symposium at Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Kirk’s presentation will focus on intellectual property protection for medical innovations, including spine surgery innovations. The Annual Temple Spine Symposium comprises a grand rounds-style event featuring leading experts on topics such as…
Managing IP spoke with Banner Witcoff shareholder Robert Katz on the spike in design patent litigation in recent years. The article notes that the rise in cases at the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois generally comes down to Schedule A cases. When asked about this, Robert states “For innovators who create, Schedule…
Banner Witcoff received a silver ranking in the 2025 edition of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. In addition to the firm-wide recognition, the guide recognized four of the firm’s attorneys, Louis DiSanto, Katie Laatsch Fink, Anna King, and Richard Stockton as leading practitioners for trademark prosecution and strategy. The guide…
World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) quotes Banner Witcoff’s Richard Stockton in a recent article outlining the final provisions of the international Riyadh Design Law Treaty, which, after 20 years of debate and two weeks of final negotiations in Saudi Arabia, were agreed upon in November. Stockton attended the negotiations as chair of the INTA Designs…
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