On August 24, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of firm client LMK Technologies, LLC, declining institution of inter partes reviews on two
On August 22, 2015, Banner & Witcoff clients Microsoft Corp. and NIKE Inc. were recognized for their design excellence at the Industrial Designers Society of America’s 2015 International Design Excellence
The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin highlights Helen Hill Minsker’s participation in “Trademark Law and Its Challenges 2015,” the sixth annual symposium presented by The McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law,
The July 2015 edition of Managing Intellectual Property features the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board so far this year. According to the article, “Data: PTAB
AKAMAI V. LIMELIGHT: FEDERAL CIRCUIT FINDS DIRECT INFRINGEMENT OF METHOD CLAIMS WHERE STEPS PERFORMED BY OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO SINGLE ENTITY By Jeffrey H. Chang A unanimous en banc Federal Circuit held that, despite
Joseph J. Berghammer, Peter D. McDermott, V. Bryan Medlock Jr., Jon O. Nelson, Joseph M. Potenza, Christopher J. Renk, Charles W. Shifley and Bradley C. Wright are listed as leaders in intellectual
Mr. Porter explains how the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Akamai v. Limelight may impact how parties draft patents in the Law360 article, “Limelight case widens scope of direct infringement.” He also discusses how the case may
SUPREMA, INC. V. ITC: ITC CAN EXCLUDE, UNDER INDUCEMENT THEORY, IMPORTED PRODUCTS THAT ONLY INFRINGE AFTER IMPORTATION By Jeffrey H. Chang On August 10, 2015, an en banc Court of Appeals for the Federal
THE IMPORT OF ELECTRONIC DATA: FEDERAL CIRCUIT APPEARS UNLIKELY TO AFFIRM COMMISSION’S JURISDICTION OVER DIGITAL “ARTICLES” By Aaron Bowling The United States International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) possesses unique powers
THE USPTO ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 101 By Brian J. Emfinger On July 30, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued
