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Banner & Witcoff client American Pop Corn Co. was recently featured in “This Built America,” a new AOL web series that highlights people and companies that are rebuilding and rejuvenating American manufacturing. The series will feature a different company in each of the 50 states over the next year. In July, it launched its episode…

Banner & Witcoff recognized in the BTI Intellectual Property Outlook 2015

Robert S. Katz joins discussion on intellectual property and crowd-funding in Medium

Banner & Witcoff congratulates 2014 International Design Excellence Award winners and finalists Microsoft, NIKE, Nokia and Shure

Ross A. Dannenberg discusses the Supreme Court's decision in ABC v. Aereo

Rajit Kapur discusses the Supreme Court's ABC v. Aereo ruling and cloud computing in JD Supra Perspectives

IP Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in ABC v. Aereo

Computer-Implemented Inventions: Ideas That Are Fundamental Truths And Generically Implemented Are Not Patent Eligible   By Charles W. Shifley In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Thomas on June 19, 2014, the Court held in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 13-298, that all the patent claims in the case, meaning all method, system and…

On June 18, 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled in Blackhorse v. Pro Football, Inc., that six federal registrations for trademarks that include the term “Redskins” must be cancelled because they are disparaging to Native Americans when used in relation to professional football services. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Pro…

The American Bar Association has invited Richard S. Stockton to discuss intellectual property rights and copyrights with the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. This selective program focuses on “American Libraries” and includes 17 library professionals and academics from around the world. They will examine the role and functions of libraries and information…