By Jake Earl and Brian Emfinger So, what’s new at the PTAB? Defeating the purpose of a prior art reference, combining references to produce a missing limitation, denying institution because of a cumulative reference, and more! Did your prior art lose its purpose? No problem. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Memoryweb, LLC, IPR2022-00222 (Dec. 22,…
Fifteen Banner Witcoff attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for their intellectual property practice. 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers Joseph Berghammer Marc Cooperman Louis DiSanto Katie Laatsch Fink Erik Maurer Timothy Meece Janice Mitrius Binal Patel Jason Shull Richard Stockton J. Pieter van Es 2024 Illinois…
Banner Witcoff’s Scott Kelly is a panelist during the Massachusetts CLE (MCLE) online seminar “IP Law in the Metaverse” on Wednesday, February 7, from 2-5 pm EST. As the boundaries between virtual and physical realities blur, the question of who owns what in the digital realm becomes predominant. It involves consideration of traditional intellectual property rights…
Mercedes Meyer will participate as a panelist in an IPO Live Webinar on Thursday, January 25, at noon CST to discuss the Biden Administration’s new guidance for exercising march-in rights under the Bayh-Dole Act. Under the Bayh-Dole Act, universities and other contracting organizations are given rights to intellectual property generated from federally funded research and…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has expanded rapidly in many industries, particularly health care, ranging from radiological imaging, clinical diagnosis, drug discovery, and cardiac software that uses AI to guide users to fitness training and equipment. In an article published by the American Health Law Association, attorneys Aseet Patel and Y. Michelle Zhang explore the various IP…
Mercedes Meyer explored 2024 US patent trends in a Managing IP article. The article features a handful of attorneys and four trends and developments they’re keeping tabs on in the new year. Mercedes speaks to the Federal Circuit’s decision to uphold the USPTO’s decision to invalidate four Cellect patents for obviousness-type double patenting, stating, “I…
Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon is attending the 2024 World IP Forum (WIPF) in Bengaluru, India from January 10-13th. In addition to attending WIPF, Kirk spoke on a panel discussing AI and blockchain. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Intellectual Property: The Age of Powerful Techades,’ focusing on recent developments in IP and its syncing…
Darrell Mottley will give opening remarks at the American Bar Foundation (ABF) Fellows Reception during the Association of American Law Schools 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on January 5. The reception takes place from 6-7 pm EST. The ABF Fellows are a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who…
On Wednesday, December 13th, Banner Witcoff’s Matt Becker and Scott Kelly presented their “Patent Law a Year in Review 2023” CLE to the D.C. Bar. From recounting important decisions of specific cases to discussing key takeaways that will impact future developments in patent law, Matt and Scott delve into 2023 case law and activity in…
Banner Witcoff attorneys Scott Kelly and Matt Becker will discuss the key patent law developments from 2023 at the Corporate IP Roundtable webinar on January 23. Scott and Matt will present our annual Patent Law Year in Review webinar, addressing all major Federal Circuit, Supreme Court, and PTAB precedential cases from the year. The discussion will…
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