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Banner Witcoff is pleased to support the Special Children’s Charities’ Rooftop Concert Event. The event will occur in conjunction with the Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins concert at Wrigley Field on August 13. Guests will include Commissioner Jamie Rhee from the Chicago Department of Aviation, CEO Pedro Martinez from Chicago Public Schools, and Superintendent Rosa…

On Tuesday, July 23, Paul Rivard will speak to Cristo Rey Tampa students on ethics & confidentiality as part of their Summer Business Training program. Paul will lead a workshop focused on ethics in the workplace, emphasizing the importance of speaking and acting with integrity, making good choices, and respecting confidentiality, as well as the…

On June 21, 2024, Ross Dannenberg and Hengyi Jiang presented at Tsinghua University Law School in Beijing, China.  Ross and Hengyi spoke at length about patent and copyright developments in the US regarding the use and protection of artificial intelligence technologies, and provided insights in how two recent design patent law cases from US courts…

Shareholder Rob Katz will participate in a panel discussion guiding patent counsel on the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations L.L.C during a Strafford CLE webinar on Wednesday, July 10 from 1 – 2:30 pm EDT. The webinar, “Design Patents Post-LKQ v. GM: Navigating New Obviousness Test for Design…

Heather Smith-Carra will present on Ex Parte Appeals on Wednesday, June 26, at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2024 Trademark Boot Camp. 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. This will be the fourth time…

Banner Witcoff’s Scott Kelly will present at The Sedona Conference on AI and the Law, Part 2: AI and IP Law from Thursday, June 20 to Friday, June 21 in Reston, Virginia. Scott and his co-speakers will present “Challenges to the Patent Law System Presented by AI.” The session will discuss how AI may impact…

Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz and Anna King will present at the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) ABC Meeting 2024 in Edinburgh from June 15 to 18. Rob’s presentation, “Navigating the Complexities and Challenges of Overlapping IP Rights,” will take place on June 16, and examine several scenarios where different kinds of intellectual property…

Banner Witcoff Shareholder Robert Katz will present in a Strafford CLE webinar on Thursday, June 6, from 1:00 to 2:30 PM EDT. The webinar, titled “Leveraging Design Patents to Protect Graphical User Interfaces: Protecting the ‘Look and Feel’ of GUIs, Understanding Current U.S. and Global Prosecution Practices,” will examine the advantages of design patent protection…

Ross Dannenberg of Banner Witcoff will moderate a panel at the Video Game Bar Association (VGBA) Summit at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles from Monday, June 3, to Tuesday, June 4. Generative AI is increasingly used throughout the video game development process.  As AI assistance becomes more prevalent in coding, art development, music, video,…

Shareholder Mercedes Meyer will moderate a panel at the American Conference Institute’s (ACI) 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents on Thursday, May 30. Additionally, Mercedes serves as a conference chair. The panel, “The Interplay of Geopolitics and Patent Law for Enhanced Portfolio Management: Navigating Global Filing and Patent Term Strategy,” will unpack the most…