Banner Witcoff attorneys Josh Davenport, Mercedes Meyer, and Brad Van Pelt are set to speak at the 2023 IPO Annual Meeting taking place September 10-12 in Boston. Josh’s presentation titled, Use of AI/ChatGPT in Patent Prosecution, will take place on Tuesday, September 12 from 9:15-10:15 am EDT. Josh and his co-speakers will discuss the current…
Vault’s 2024 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 “Best-Midsized Law Firms” in Chicago and as a “Top 150 Under 150” – a list of…
On Thursday, September 28, Banner Witcoff hosted the second WITCON Delivered at the YETI Corporate offices in Austin, Texas. Banner Witcoff attorneys Michael Krashin and Brad Van Pelt presented on cutting edge approaches to using design patents and protecting business goals. The presentation titled, “Patent Strategies: Using Design Patents to Help Achieve Your Company’s Business…
By Wayne Porter and Eliza Yang In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: Patent Owner’s burden to establish priority to foreign application, expert qualifications, how licensing impacts obviousness, and more! Better put your money (and a translation) where your mouth is when foreign priority is important.…
Richard Stockton will speak during a Strafford CLE Webinar, “Design Patent Claims Amendment, Reissue, Validity Challenges: Recent Court Treatment and USPTO Guidance,” on Wednesday, July 26 at 1pm EDT. Rich and his co-presenters will guide patent counsel on design patents and amending claims, reissue, and validity challenges. Additionally, the panel will discuss the invalidating of…
Banner Witcoff’s Darrell Mottley will participate in the USPTO’s 3rd Annual Design Webinar Series on August 9 from 1 pm-2:30 pm ET. The USPTO hosted the first annual Design Webinar Series in 2021 and extended it into 2022, focusing on building a design strategy. This final session will focus on current USPTO updates, recent caselaw,…
Banner Witcoff’s Eric Hamp will give an encore presentation of Amgen v. Sanofi: Patent Enablement and the Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision during a Strafford CLE webinar on Tuesday, August 8 from 1 pm-2:30 pm EDT. Eric and his co-panelists will outline the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi to patent…
Shareholder Mercedes Meyer will speak at the 2nd annual Increasing Diversity in Innovation Conference at the USPTO on August 1st from 8:30am-5pm EDT. Hosted by the USIPA, IDII, and USPTO, the conference will focus on best practices in professions to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in innovation and inventorship ecosystems. Mercedes will center her…
By David Glass and Jacob Hinish In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff summer associates examine recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: the PTAB’s discretion to deny institution for petitions raising substantially the same prior art and follow-on petitions, anticipation, privity, and more! Watch out for patent parents! Substantially the same art as…
Banner Witcoff proudly shares that shareholder Mercedes Meyer has been named to Business Today’s 2023 list of Top 10 Influential DC Intellectual Property Patent Prosecution Lawyers. The list recognizes Washington DC as a “thriving hub” for intellectual property lawyers, calling it home to “some of the most competent and experienced Patent Prosecution lawyers in the…
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