APPLE V. SAMSUNG: THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT CLARIFIES DESIGN PATENT PRINCIPLES LAW By Robert S. Katz and Darrell G. Mottley In a much anticipated opinion issued by the U.S. Court of
Robert S. Katz discusses how the Hague Agreement is one tool in an overall strategy for procuring a worldwide design portfolio in the Law360 article, “Worldwide Design Patent System Can
Mr. Cooperman and Mr. Stockton served as alumni instructors in the new University of Illinois College of Law course, “Fundamentals of Legal Practice,” last spring. The course was administered by
THE U.S. AND JAPAN JOIN THE HAGUE SYSTEM By Richard S. Stockton On May 13, 2015, the United States and Japan will become contracting parties to the Hague System for
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm dedicated to the procurement, enforcement and litigation of intellectual property rights throughout the world, welcomes eight summer associates to the
Banner & Witcoff welcomes Maurine L. Knutsson to the firm’s Chicago office as an associate. Ms. Knutsson focuses her practice on protecting, enforcing and managing clients’ trademarks, copyrights, designs and
Marc S. Cooperman, Erik S. Maurer, Timothy C. Meece, Helen Hill Minsker, Jon O. Nelson, Thomas K. Pratt, Christopher J. Renk and Charles W. Shifley were named by Legal Leaders
John M. Fleming explains the difference between offensive and defensive patents, as well as how to assess and potentially acquire those patents, inInside Counsel‘s article, “Shields, swords and sandboxes: Offensive
TTAB APPEAL AT USDC – WIN OR LOSE – YOU PAY THE USPTO COSTS By Ernest V. Linek On April 23, 2015, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (2-1)
On April 27, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled once again in Biosig Instruments Inc. v. Nautilus Inc. that a Biosig heart rate monitor patent asserted
