Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon will be on a Lex Machina Patent Litigation panel on Thursday, March 30, from noon to 1:30 pm EST. The panel will discuss the trends in U.S. Patent Litigation, including: How to measure or assess an effective outcome for clients How to assess how in-house or outside counsel handles patent-litigation matters …
Banner Witcoff’s Eric Hamp will participate as a panelist in the IPLAC CIPLIT Faculty Lecture: Amgen v. Sanofi on Thursday, March 30, at noon. Eric will join DePaul University Law professor Joshua Sarnoff and John M. Augustyn of Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd to examine Amgen v. Sanofi, which recently made it to the US…
By Shawn M. Buchanan and Anthony Denis In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: evidentiary challenges and best practices, the Board’s treatment of late filings, the importance of clarity when combining analyses for independent and dependent claims, and more! Whodunnit doesn’t matter. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. et al.…
Banner Witcoff proudly sponsors the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) 2023 Mark T. Banner Award Luncheon on Thursday, April 13. Additionally, the firm is a sponsor of the Keynote Luncheon taking place on Friday, April 14. The ABA-IPL presents the Mark T. Banner 2023 award to Ralph Oman, who served at…
Banner Witcoff’s Mercedes Meyer will present at the American Conference Institute’s Novel Therapeutic Modalities and Gene Therapies Conference on Wednesday, March 22 at 3 pm EDT. Mercedes and her co-presenter will discuss the ethical, legal, and social concerns related to trends in precision medicine. The presentation, titled “Ethical Considerations for Precision Medicines: Emerging Ethical, Legal…
Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz will participate as a panelist in a Strafford CLE webinar on Tuesday, March 14 from 1 – 2:30 pm EDT. Robert and his co-panelists will guide patent counsel on the enforcement of design patent rights in their presentation “Design Patent Enforcement: Best Practices, Due Diligence Considerations, Strategies During Prosecution, and Maximizing…
Banner Witcoff’s Rob Katz and Mercedes Meyer have been recognized as 2023 IAM Global Leaders. According to IAM’s website, to qualify for IAM Global Leaders, individuals must be ranked in the gold tier of the IAM Patent 1000. Both Rob and were “Highly Recommended” by IAM Patent 1000 for their prosecution work. Rob was also…
Banner Witcoff’s Mercedes Meyer will present psychological safety for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Diversity Committee meeting on Wednesday, March 15. Mercedes’ presentation, titled “Psychological Safety – What does “Safe” mean?”, will cover the intersectionality of diversity, equity, and inclusion with mental health in the legal profession. Mercedes will also explore how the brain…
For the 20th year in a row, Banner Witcoff obtained more U.S. design patents than any other law firm in the country in 2022. According to USPTO records, the firm obtained 949 U.S. design patents in 2022 as well as more than 1,400 utility patents and over 200 U.S. trademark registrations. With the 2022 numbers,…
By Simon Lasker and Craig Kronenthal In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: several Director review decisions, PTAB jurisdiction when a claim is invalidated in district court, procedures for obtaining adverse judgment, and more! Swaddling suit patent helps PTO Director put issue of first impression to…
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