Karina Laufenberg, Author at Banner Witcoff

Allocating IP Budget to Maximize Impact

EVENT - 03.05.25

Banner Witcoff Shareholders Brian Emfinger and Katie Laatsch Fink will lead the roundtable discussion “Allocating IP Budget to Maximize Impact” at the WIPR Summit on Wednesday, March 12, in Chicago.

PTAB Highlights | Takeaways from Recent Decisions in Post-Issuance Proceedings

NEWS - 03.04.25

By Jesse Dyer and Sydney Huppert So, what’s happening at the PTAB? Using videos as printed publications, instituting despite advanced stage of litigation, denying institution for mapping to the specification

Mercedes Meyer Selected Finalist for Three Life Sciences Patent Network Awards

NEWS - 03.03.25

March 3, 2025 – Banner Witcoff is pleased to announce that shareholder Mercedes Meyer, Ph.D., has been named a finalist in three categories for the 2025 Life Sciences Patent Network

Banner Witcoff Attorneys Speak at IPOwners Spring Summit

EVENT - 02.27.25

Banner Witcoff attorneys Camille Sauer and Brad Van Pelt will participate as panelists during the IPOwners Spring Summit in Washington, DC, on Thursday, March 6. Camille will speak during the

Banner Witcoff Remembers Friend and Partner Sheldon Witcoff

NEWS - 02.24.25

(Chicago – February 24, 2025) – Banner Witcoff remembers our friend and respected colleague, Sheldon Witcoff, who passed away on February 21, 2025. Sheldon was a named former shareholder of

Year In Review: Recent Trends in US IP Litigation

EVENT - 02.24.25

Banner Witcoff’s Binal Patel and Michael Krashin will present “Year in Review: Recent Trends in US IP Litigation” to the Toronto Intellectual Property Group on Thursday, March 6. The presentation

Banner Witcoff Receives No. 3 Spot on Vault’s 2025 Best Intellectual Property Specialty Law Firms List

NEWS - 02.20.25

The 2025 Vault 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

Alice Analysis: Practical Guidance From a Decade of Eligibility Cases – Part II

PRESS - 02.19.25

It has been about ten years since the landmark Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, outlining a two-step analysis for determining whether a patent claim recites

Banner Witcoff’s Heather Smith-Carra and Leon Cao Selected for Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs

NEWS - 02.10.25

Banner Witcoff is pleased to share that attorneys Heather Smith-Carra and Leon Cao have been selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows and Pathfinder programs. Heather will

What Does the U.S. Copyright Office’s New Guidance on AI Mean for Fashion?

PRESS - 02.06.25

Sourcing Journal spoke with Banner Witcoff shareholder Kirk Sigmon on the new guidance from the U.S. Copyright Office around the copyrightability of work created in whole or in part by

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Author: Karina Laufenberg