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Christopher J. Renk moderates “State of the Northern District of Illinois Courts and Experiences with the Local Patent Rules and the Patent Pilot Program,” with Chief Judge Ruben Castillo, Judge Edmond Chang and Judge Matthew Kennelly, at the 2018 Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago IP Symposium in Chicago. Click here for more information.

Alisa S. Abbott presents at the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago Young Members’ Committee’s An Evening of Design at the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Ms. Abbott will join a panel of industrial designers and other design law attorneys to discuss current issues in design protection. Click here for more information.

Banner & Witcoff sponsors the South Asian Bar Association of Chicago’s 9th Annual Gala at Germania Place in Chicago. Asha Rangappa, senior lecturer at Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a legal and national security analyst for CNN, will be the keynote speaker. Click here for more information.

Charles W. Shifley presents on the challenges the Wright Brothers’ patent would face in contemporary law at the Pauline Newman IP American Inn of Court’s first meeting this term at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Shifley recently wrote an article on the Wright Brothers for the Journal of the Patent and Trademark…

Kirk A. Sigmon presents “Tips and Tricks for Startups in Protecting Their Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks” at Startup PATH 2018 in Bucharest, Romania. Startup PATH brings together universities, accelerators, investors and thought leaders to help build, feed and support the growth of a stronger entrepreneur community in Romania and Eastern Europe. Banner & Witcoff is also…

Michael S. Cuviello and Scott M. Kelly present “The State of the Art of Energy Storage and Current and Future Applications: What This Can Do to Your IP Portfolio and Freedom to Operate” at the American Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Their panel is part of a joint presentation of the AIPLA Chemical…

Joseph J. Berghammer and Katie Laatsch Fink present “The Resurrection of Niche Fame” at the 2018 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute in Minneapolis. In this presentation, they will use their perspective as Buc-ee’s counsel to explain why companies should be creative when involved in trademark lawsuits by looking to all potential causes of action, including state law…

John R. Hutchins and Robert S. Katz present at the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association’s 2018 Annual Fall Institute on Intellectual Property Law in Galveston, Texas. Mr. Katz presents, “Design Patents: Five Things You Should Know;” Mr. Hutchins presents “Sect. 271 – Damages.” Click here for more information or to register for the institute.