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Banner Witcoff is pleased to share that Azuka Dike will be speaking at the National Bar Association Annual Convention on Monday, July 27, at 10:00 a.m. ET. Azuka will participate in the session “International IP Enforcement and Responding to Patent Trolls.” More information on the National Bar Association Annual Convention can be found by clicking…

Banner Witcoff is pleased to sponsor the 2026 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair, presented by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association and Foundation, on July 13-15 Chicago. As part of its sponsorship, the firm will have a booth at the career fair. According to its website, “Since its establishment in 1988, the Lavender Law Conference…

Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz and Anna King will present at the 2026 International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) ABC Meeting in Nashville from June 23 to 27. Rob’s presentation, “Designs – Recent Developments and Strategies,” will take place on June 24. The session features panelists from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. and will…

Banner Witcoff Shareholder Mercedes Meyer will participate in a panel discussion on June 25 during the BIO International Convention in San Diego. The session, Debunking Biopharmaceutical Patent Myths: Evidence-Based Analysis for Innovation Policy, will provide insights into defending evidence-based patent policy against narratives that threaten the innovation ecosystem. Mercedes and her co-panelists will demonstrate how…

Shareholder Richard Stockton will present during the AIPLA CLE Webinar: Design Patent Law in Review on June 25. The panel will review four key Federal Circuit decisions from the past 18 months, North Star, Top Brand, In re Floyd, and Range of Motion, highlighting the practical lessons for practitioners on both sides of design patent…

Shareholder Heather Smith-Carra will present on Ex Parte Appeals on Wednesday, June 17, at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) 2026 Trademark Boot Camp in Washington, D.C. Her presentation will cover practice rules, pleading requirements, tips for briefs, oral arguments, and what happens after the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board renders its decision. According…

Banner Witcoff Shareholder Josh Davenport will speak at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Electronic and Computer Patent Law Summit on June 10 in Chicago. The one-day, in-person, program will focus on the most pressions issues shaping today’s patent practice. Sessions will explore evolving USPTO priorities, recent case law developments, emerging challenges in semiconductor…

Banner Witcoff’s Heather Smith-Carra will join IPWatchdog Webinar “Brand Protection that Works – Practical Strategies for Faster, Effective Online Enforcement,” on May 21 at noon EDT. The webinar will provide a practical, channel-by-channel look at what actually works in online brand enforcement. The panel will explore how to monitor intelligently, triage threats based on commercial…

Banner Witcoff’s Mercedes Meyer, Ph.D., will join the “Spotlight on Antibody Patent Prosecution in the EU and the US” panel at the C5 Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe on May 19 in Amsterdam. The session will address the evolving landscape of antibody patenting in Europe and the U.S., incorporating crucial case law developments…

Banner Witcoff is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2026 World Trademark Review (WTR) Industry Awards. The award ceremony will be on Tuesday, May 5, in London. Shareholder Katie Laatsch Fink will present the Household & Consumer Goods Team of the Year award. According to its website, the WTR Industry Awards spotlight in-house trademark…