Banner Witcoff’s Rob Katz will give a CLE presentation with myLawCLE on design patent rights on Tuesday, May 23 at 12 pm Eastern. The presentation titled “Prosecution and Enforcement of Strategies for Design Patent Rights” will cover how to avoid mistakes and pitfalls of the patent procurement process, and help address strategies to protect complex…
May 22, 2023 — Banner Witcoff proudly launched its 2023 summer associate program this month and welcomes nine law students to the Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices. The summer associate program is a key component of Banner Witcoff’s recruiting efforts offering law students the opportunity to work closely with attorneys, assist in a variety of…
The world of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-related patents is new and complex. With the technology still developing and rapidly changing, it can be hard to keep-up. Banner Witcoff attorneys, who handle hundreds of different AI-related patents a year, wrote the guide (available here on Lexis Plus) which many other firms today use for drafting and prosecuting…
Banner Witcoff recognizes Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by celebrating the stories and inventions of four notable AANHPI inventors who changed our world. Peter Tsai, Ph.D. – Inventor of the N95 respirator Peter Tsai, Ph.D. came to the United States from Taiwan in 1981 to study at Kansas State University where…
By Shambhavi Patel and Y. Michelle Zhang In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: sua sponte Director review to revive IPRs, institution of multiple petitions based on priority dispute, fixing service defects and more! Nothing Spontaneous About Reviving Five IPRs. Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC…
Attorney Kirk Sigmon will participate in a ChatGPT and intellectual property webinar on Friday, May 26, at noon EST. The roundtable will feature over 20 top-level IP counsel, patent experts, and law firm partners. The webinar will explore how ChatGPT and generative AI are changing the intellectual property landscape and how it will impact IP…
Banner Witcoff has awarded three law students the Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship. Created to strengthen diversity and inclusion in intellectual property law, the Fellowship provides recipients with $5,000 for law school tuition or other school-related expenses. The Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship is open to law students who identify as members of a historically…
Happy Star Wars Day, and May the 4th be with you! Banner Witcoff’s Brian Emfinger is celebrating by exploring the patent portfolio of Lucasfilm, Ltd., which holds a number of design and utility patents going back to the early 1980s. Lucasfilm’s first patent—a design patent—was for a toy figurine of Boba Fett, who made his…
Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon will participate as a speaker in an IP & Secret Sauce – Virtual Round Table Discussion on Friday, April 28. The roundtable will feature over 20 top-level IP counsel, patent experts, and law firm partners. The panel will discuss the barriers faced when working with R&D, key metrics to track while…
Banner Witcoff is pleased to share that Binal Patel is among the honorees who will receive the 2023 Vanguard Award from the Chicago Bar on May 2. According to its website, The Vanguard Award honors individuals and institutions who have made the law and legal profession more accessible to and reflective of the community at…
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