Banner Witcoff

Banner Witcoff attorney Christian LaForgia will act as a panelist for a Strafford webinar on Tuesday, October 4 from 1-2 pm EDT. The CLE webinar, titled “Leveraging IP as Collateral: Due Diligence, Value Assessment, Risk Considerations, Contractual Provisions”, will discuss the steps needed to conduct due diligence and determine the value of the IP assets.…

Banner Witcoff’s Rich Stockton will speak on IP protection strategies for software interfaces (GUIs) at the Intellectual Property Owners 2022 Annual Meeting on September 20 at 11 am PT. The session, titled “Form vs. Function: Protecting IP in GUIs and Software Design,” will provide an overview of the various IP protection strategies that can apply…

Banner Witcoff attorney Sonia Okolie will be speaking on two panels during the INTA Trademark Administrations and Practitioners Meeting on September 12 and 13 in Arlington, Virginia. On Monday, September 12, Sonia and her co-speakers will analyze the concepts and interpretations of bad faith trademark filings around the world. The session titled “The Queen of…

Banner Witcoff’s Aseet Patel will speak at the AI Manufacturing 2022 conference in Dallas on August 24 and 25. Aseet’s presentation, titled Using Patents to Bolster Competitive Advantage of Your AI Inventions in Manufacturing, will be held on August 25 at 11:30 AM (CT). His presentation will cover several best practices to identify which aspects…

Banner Witcoff sponsors a 5k Fun Run and 3K walk during Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) 2022 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. The meeting is September 18-20 at the JW Marriott L.A. LIVE. The fun run/walk will take place on Monday, September 19, from 6:30-7:30 am.   You can learn more about the IPO Annual Meeting…

Banner Witcoff attorneys Darrell Mottley and Rich Stockton will participate as panelists in the USPTO’s 2nd annual Design Webinar Series on July 27 at 1 PM ET. The series highlights the role of design patents for multiple industries and takes a closer look into design patent strategy. Darrell, Rich, and their co-panelists will discuss the…

Banner Witcoff is proud to be a sponsor of Race Judicata, a 5k run/walk held in Chicago. The Annual 5k benefits the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, an organization of more than 3,000 volunteer attorneys who donate legal services to thousands of low-income Chicago residents. The firm also is a proud sponsor of Lawyers Have Heart,…

Banner Witcoff is proud to sponsor Whitman Walker’s Going the Extra Mile Benefit on Thursday, May 19, 2022. The benefit will celebrate Whitman Walker’s volunteer community and raise funds for the organization. Every year Whitman Walker Health serves nearly 3,000 low-income clients with life-saving legal care, to keep them housed, healthy, and safe.  You can…

Attorney Kirk Sigmon is set to participate in the IPR Gorilla Panel Discussion III: Metaverse or Blockchains on May 11. The conference works to gather over 70 IP professionals to discuss findings and predictions of the IP industry in the new year. Learn more about the virtual conference here.