Banner Witcoff’s Mercedes Meyer will speak at The Hatch-Waxman Practitioners Think Tank on Paragraph IV Disputes on Tuesday, October 15, in Chicago. Mercedes will speak during the State of the Union on Small Molecule Patents. The session will analyze the current state of play for small molecule patents, Paragraph IV litigation, and pending political threats…
Banner Witcoff’s John Hutchins will participate in a brainstorming session during the Sedona Conference WG9 and WG10 Joint Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday, September 24. The brainstorming session will focus on AI and patent law, specifically, the definition of the hypothetical person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSITA”). There is an open…
Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz and Anna King will speak at the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) Open Forum on September 26 and 27 in Madrid. Robert will moderate the panel “Unveiling the benefits and pitfalls of the Madrid & Hague systems” on Thursday, September 26. The panel will explore the world of international…
Shareholders Chris Galfano and Matt May will present at the Service Academies Global Entrepreneur Summit on October 16 in Washington DC. Chris is an Air Force Academy graduate and served in the United States Marine Corps as a F/A-18D and F-15E Weapon Systems Officer and Forward Air Controller. Matt is a 30-year retired Army Reservist…
Shareholder Ross Dannenberg will present “Navigating Video Game IP and the Intersection of Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents” for an In-House Connect webinar on Wednesday, September 25. Ross will examine the challenges in protecting IP rights, legal strategies, and determining the best avenue to protect IP rights in the gaming industry. Ross will also discuss: What…
Shareholder Fred Meeker will participate in a PTAB Bar Association Program Committee webinar on Monday, September 16 at 2pm ET. The webinar, “Bench and Bar Discussion of IPR Strategies and Practical Tips,” will discuss strategies for drafting and defending IPRs, touching on tactics for finding and selecting prior art, motivations to combine, deposition strategy, and…
Shareholder Robert Katz will participate as a speaker in Strafford’s encore presentation, “Design Patents Post-LKQ v. GM: Navigating New Obviousness Test for Design Patents,” on September 17. The webinar will guide patent counsel on the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations L.L.C. (May 21, 2024) and its implications for design patents.…
Banner Witcoff’s Justin Philpott will moderate a panel at the 2024 IPO Annual Meeting on September 22-24 in Chicago. The panel, The Future of Clean Energy Driven by IP, will be on Tuesday, September 24 at 11am, and will explore recent developments for a clean energy future through the lens of patents and related IP…
On July 25, Joshua Davenport participated in the USPTO’s listening session on a Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art (PHOSITA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). On April 30, 2024, the USPTO published a Federal Register Notice requesting comments regarding the Impact of the Proliferation of AI on Prior Art, the PHOSITA standard, and Determinations of…
On Tuesday, September 3 Banner Witcoff’s Alaina Pak joined a panel discussion on the obviousness standard in design patent law, led by Chicago-Kent law professors. In May, the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in LKQ v. GM. It was the court’s first patent en banc case in five years and its third design patent…
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