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The 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch recognizes Banner Witcoff attorneys for their intellectual property practices. The following Banner Witcoff attorneys are included in the Best Lawyers published guide: Best Lawyers: Joseph Berghammer for IP litigation, Binal Patel for IP litigation, patent litigation, and patent…

Banner Witcoff Shareholders Robert Katz and Darrell Mottley have been recognized in Who’s Who Legal: IP 2024. The guide has “Recommended” Darrell in the IP – Patents category. Robert was recognized as a “Thought Leader” in the same category. Find the full guide by clicking here. According to its website, “WWL: IP is an in-depth…

By Jesse Dyer and Zhengyu Feng, Ph.D. So, what’s new at the PTAB? Failure to support long-felt but unsolved need, commercial success identified by a jury not persuasive enough, patent owner obtaining a denial of institution despite not filing a preliminary response, typographical errors should not be disregarded, and more! Be wary of “printed matter…

Banner Witcoff, a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces, and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, welcomes Danielle Gitzen as an associate attorney to its Chicago Office. Danielle primarily practices in the areas of trademark and copyright law, assisting clients in protecting their brands. Her experience includes working with clients in varying industries with…

Banner Witcoff has awarded two law students the Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship. Created to strengthen diversity and inclusion in intellectual property law, the Fellowship provides recipients with $5,000 for law school tuition or other school-related expenses. The Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship is open to law students who identify as members of a historically…

By Lydia Deaton and Simon Lasker So, what’s new at the PTAB? Director reviving an IPR held to be abandoned, reliance on expert experiences, simultaneously using and criticizing a claim construction, and more! The Director swooped in as the Board jumped the gun. Shenzhen Xinzexing E-Commerce Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Carku Technology Co., Ltd., IPR2024-00222,…

Banner Witcoff is proud to sponsor the 2024 Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair, presented by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association and Foundation. The firm supports the conference in honor of attorney John Harris Curry, who passed away earlier this year. According to its website, “Since its establishment in 1988, the Lavender Law Conference &…

Managing IP ranks Banner Witcoff’s patent practice in its 2024 edition of “IP Stars,” a guide to the world’s top intellectual property firms. The guide “highly recommended” the firm’s patent prosecution practice in Washington DC and Illinois. The guide also “recommended” the firm’s patent dispute practice in both jurisdictions. Nationally, Banner Witcoff received a tier…

On Friday, June 21st, Banner Witcoff secured an across-the-board victory for client Apprio, Inc. at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Apprio is a technology solutions provider, particularly for the Health, Defense and Homeland Security markets. A former employee had claimed ownership of software that had been assigned to Apprio, and…