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Richard S. Stockton moderates “New Horizons: Perspectives on IP Brinkmanship in the Current Global Trade Environment” in conjunction with the 2018 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law is partnering with Banner & Witcoff to provide an IP law-specific CLE program that will provide perspectives on upcoming issues in IP…

Banner & Witcoff sponsors and Charles W. Shifley presents as part of a session on patent prosecution and IPRs at the John Marshall Law School Intellectual Property Law Conference. For more than 60 years, The John Marshall Law School’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law has brought together thought leaders in government, industry, academia, private practice, and non-profit…

  Banner & Witcoff is again partnering with the George Washington University School of Law and law firm Sterne Kessler to produce the Design Patent Symposium, “DESIGN LAW 2018.” The purpose of the program is to present and foster debate on cutting edge design-related topics. The program will be directed toward an audience of design practice…

Anna L. King presents “Getting Your IP into Shape: Challenges and Strategies for Protecting Trade Dress in the USA” to the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys in Bristol, England. Ms. King will explain the particular issues and challenges UK practitioners face when advising their clients on U.S. protection, particularly with trade dress. Click here for more…

Helen Hill Minsker presents “TTAB Treatment of Related Goods in Assessing Likelihood of Confusion: Is Anything NOT Related Anymore?” at Practising Law Institute’s Intellectual Property Institute 2018 in New York City. Ms. Minsker will discuss: The general standard for applying “related goods” Does “No per se rule…” apply anymore? Should industry consolidation change the likelihood…

Timothy C. Meece and Audra C. Eidem Heinze present Strafford webinar, “Post-Sale Restrictions: Protecting Patented Products After Lexmark.” The webinar will review and discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s Lexmark decision on the patent world. The panel will also provide insight into protecting patent products without post-sale restrictions. Click here to register or for…

Helen Hill Minsker presents “International Searching and Filing Strategies” at the Practising Law Institute’s Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2018 in Chicago. The annual fundamentals program on this dynamic area of intellectual property law will take attendees through a complete survey of the basic tenets underpinning trademark law, including concepts such as likelihood…

Helen Hill Minsker will present “Ex Parte Appeals” at the American Intellectual Property Law Association Trademark Boot Camp in Arlington, Va. Her presentation will address practice rules, pleading requirements, tips for briefs, oral argument and what happens after the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board renders its decision. Click here for more information.    

Banner & Witcoff sponsors the 24th annual Race Judicata in Chicago. The 5K run/walk begins at 6:30 p.m. and loops participants from Avery Field along Lake Michigan and back. All proceeds go to the general operating costs of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, an organization of more than 3,000 volunteer attorneys who donate legal services to thousands…