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Banner Witcoff is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2026 World Trademark Review (WTR) Industry Awards. The award ceremony will be on Tuesday, May 5, in London. Shareholder Katie Laatsch Fink will present the Household & Consumer Goods Team of the Year award. According to its website, the WTR Industry Awards spotlight in-house trademark…

Banner Witcoff shareholders Scott Burow, Evi Christou, Katie Laatsch Fink, Anna King, Heather Smith-Carra, and Richard Stockton will be attending the 2026 INTA Annual Meeting in London from May 2 to 6. The INTA Annual Meeting hosts thousands of practitioners, in-house counsel, policymakers, and service providers for a variety of educational sessions. Attendees can learn…

Banner Witcoff’s Reilley Keane will moderate “North Carolina’s Emerging Tech Landscape” panel on Thursday, April 23. The panel, hosted by North Carolina Tech Young Tech Professionals Network, will provide attendees with a clearer picture of North Carolina’s tech landscape, knowledge of the organizations and communities that can support growth, and practical advice on how to…

Banner Witcoff’s Louis DiSanto will join a FICPI Focus 45 Webinar, in celebration of World IP Day on April 29. Louis will join Louis-Pierre Gravelle to discuss weights and training client Rogue. This World IP Day, athletes, creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs are showing how IP rights keep the world of sports thriving. Find more information…

Banner Witcoff’s Richard Stockton will participate as a panelist in “Determining Design Patent Validity Infringement” at the 2026 ABA-IPL Section Annual Meeting on April 16. CLE Overview: Following International Seaway (2009) on anticipation and more recently LKQ v. GM (2024) on obviousness, the Federal Circuit has revamped design patent validity analysis. On the flip side,…

Banner Witcoff is proud to support the City Year Philadelphia Red Jacket Gala 2026. The gala provides critical funds that advance the work of City Year, supporting students and the communities in the ways they need and deserve. Attendees will hear first-hand accounts of service from City Year Philadelphia Student Success Coaches. You can learn…

Banner Witcoff proudly supports the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) 2026 annual meeting from, April 15-17 in Washington, DC. The event will cover patent, trademark, and copyright law updates and feature instruction by practitioners from around the world. The Mark T. Banner Award Luncheon will occur during the meeting on Thursday,…

Banner Witcoff’s Anna King will speak at the Japan Trademark Association and lead discussions on classifications at the Japan Patent Office, as part of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Intellectual Property Practice in Japan 2026 Delegation from April 13-17. Anna previously served as chair to the AIPLA’s Trademark Treaties and International Law Committee and has…