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Richard Stockton will speak during a Strafford CLE Webinar, “Design Patent Claims Amendment, Reissue, Validity Challenges: Recent Court Treatment and USPTO Guidance,” on Wednesday, July 26 at 1pm EDT.  Rich and his co-presenters will guide patent counsel on design patents and amending claims, reissue, and validity challenges. Additionally, the panel will discuss the invalidating of…

Banner Witcoff’s Darrell Mottley will participate in the USPTO’s 3rd Annual Design Webinar Series on August 9 from 1 pm-2:30 pm ET.  The USPTO hosted the first annual Design Webinar Series in 2021 and extended it into 2022, focusing on building a design strategy. This final session will focus on current USPTO updates, recent caselaw,…

Banner Witcoff’s Eric Hamp will give an encore presentation of Amgen v. Sanofi: Patent Enablement and the Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision during a Strafford CLE webinar on Tuesday, August 8 from 1 pm-2:30 pm EDT.  Eric and his co-panelists will outline the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi to patent…

Shareholder Mercedes Meyer will speak at the 2nd annual Increasing Diversity in Innovation Conference at the USPTO on August 1st from 8:30am-5pm EDT. Hosted by the USIPA, IDII, and USPTO, the conference will focus on best practices in professions to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in innovation and inventorship ecosystems. Mercedes will center her…

Banner Witcoff’s Darrell Mottley will participate as a panelist at the Initiatives in Art and Culture’s (IAC’s) 13th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference on July 18. The panel will provide an overview of intellectual property in the jewelry industry and the legal tools that can prevent its infringement. Two prominent American jewelry designers, Jess Busiashvili…

Mercedes Meyer will participate as a panelist during the Women Leaders in Life Sciences Law Conference presented by the American Conference Institute (ACI) in Boston on July 26-27.  The panel, Mastering the Art of Rainmaking: Pro Tips for Perfecting Your Pitch, Bringing in Business and Ensuring You Get the Origination Credit, will take place Wednesday,…

Banner Witcoff client Christine Pompa, Vice President & Associate General Counsel at YETI, has been awarded the 2023 Filipino American Lawyers Association (FALA) Chicago Trailblazer Award. Christine will be honored at the FALA Chicago Summer Soiree on Thursday, July 20, at The Metropolitan at Willis Tower. FALA is a professional network of attorneys, judges, and…

Banner Witcoff’s Eric Hamp will participate as a panelist in a Strafford CLE webinar, Amgen v. Sanofi: Patent Enablement and the Implications of the Supreme Court’s Decision, on Thursday, June 15 from 1 pm-2:30 pm EDT. Eric and his co-panelists will outline the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi to patent counsel.…

Anna King will present on Ex Parte Appeals on Friday, June 16, at the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2023 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 third time…