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Banner Witcoff’s Richard Stockton will present “Extraterritoriality and the Lanham Act” at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 19, at 10:15 a.m. ET.   The firm is delighted to sponsor the AIPLA Annual Meeting, supporting Women in IP Law Committee Breakfast. The conference will take place at the Gaylord National Harbor…

Banner Witcoff is a proud sponsor of the Making Waves in the Ocean State: Innovation@Brown Showcase on Thursday, October 5, hosted by Brown Technology Innovations.  The Innovation@Brown Showcase celebrates the flourishing entrepreneurship and innovation in Rhode Island and provides a networking opportunity for investors, academic researchers, entrepreneurs, and regional leaders. The event will include a…

Banner Witcoff’s Mercedes Meyer will share insights into the latest trends in patent prosecution at an upcoming IP Watchdog webinar on October 10, 2023, at noon ET. The webinar “Trends in Patent Prosecution: Don’t Get Left Behind” will explore the intersection of patent prosecution, data-driven insights, and strategic resource management. Key takeaways include:  Insights into deciphering…

Shareholder Kirk Sigmon joins three panel discussions during the IIPLA USA 2023/WLF 2023 LegalTech Summit USA at the Crowne Plaza in Palo Alto, CA, October 2-3. On October 3, Kirk joins distinguished panelists on the topics: Monetization and Commercialization of IP Assets, Digitalization of Legal Processes and Documents, and Patent Law and its Impact on…

Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz will moderate and speak during a discussion on how to best protect digital goods through strategic use of IP rights on Friday, October 6, at the FICPI Open Forum Meeting in London. Robert and his co-speakers will focus on the best practices of using design and trademark strategies to protect digital…

Shareholder Darrell Mottley will be part of a panel during the fourth session of The Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. This event will be hosted both virtually and at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Wednesday, September 27. The presenters will explore various intellectual property policy issues regarding…

Rich Stockton will participate as a panelist at Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 2023 Supreme Court IP Review on Friday, September 29. Alongside his co-presenters, Rich will review the Supreme Court decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. In Abitron, the Supreme Court ruled that the Lanham Act did not rebut a judicial presumption…

Shareholder Scott Kelly will participate in a panel on artificial intelligence and inventorship at the 2023 IP-Con, hosted by The McCarthy Institute at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Redwood Shores, California. Current cases hold that only natural persons can be named as inventors. But is material created by an AI ever “inventive”? …

Banner Witcoff's Matthew May is the featured speaker for the Service Academy Business Mastermind's (SABM) "Entrepreneurial All Call' webinar on Friday, September 15 at noon ET.

Banner Witcoff's Christian Wolfgram will present on digital evidence collection in intellectual property disputes during a live Zoom webinar on Thursday, September 14, at noon CDT.