In honor of Women’s History Month, Banner Witcoff highlights a small handful of women who have made incredible impacts on intellectual property throughout history. Mary Kies On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies received the first U.S. patent issued to a woman for her new method of weaving straw with silk to create women’s hats. First…
Banner Witcoff received a silver ranking in the 2024 edition of World Trademark Review 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals. In addition to the firm-wide recognition, the guide recognized four of the firm’s attorneys: Louis DiSanto, Katie Laatsch Fink, Anna King, and Richard Stockton as leading practitioners for trademark prosecution and strategy. The WTR…
On Monday, January 29th, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entered an Order of Dismissal with Prejudice of the patent infringement suit that Laitram, LLC and Intralox, LLC. brought against Ashworth Brothers, Inc. Laitram, LLC. and Intralox, LLC. v. Ashworth Brothers, Inc., C.A. No. 19-1130 (GBW). Banner Witcoff secured a complete win…
By Brad Van Pelt, Alisa Abbott, Rob Katz February 6, 2024 — Yesterday the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) sitting en banc for the first time in five years heard oral arguments in a closely watched case concerning design patent validity standards in a dispute between an automotive aftermarket…
January 29, 2024 – Banner Witcoff announces the election of five new shareholders, effective immediately. The new shareholders span the firm’s Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices, devoted to protecting their client’s intellectual property and propelling businesses forward. “We are proud to welcome these talented attorneys into the shareholder position, said Janice Mitrius, Banner Witcoff’s president. “The attorneys…
Banner Witcoff’s Chris Glembocki has joined the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Text Processing Task Force. The Task Force will advise the International Bureau of the WIPO on how to update filing, processing and publication requirements to facilitate a more effective, attractive and widespread filing and processing of international application in full text format throughout…
Banner Witcoff is pleased to share that attorneys Kamaram Munira and Sonia Okolie have been selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinder Program. The Pathfinder program was developed with early-career attorneys in mind to train in critical career development strategies, including leadership and building professional networks. At Banner Witcoff, Kamaram focuses her…
By Jake Earl and Brian Emfinger So, what’s new at the PTAB? Defeating the purpose of a prior art reference, combining references to produce a missing limitation, denying institution because of a cumulative reference, and more! Did your prior art lose its purpose? No problem. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Memoryweb, LLC, IPR2022-00222 (Dec. 22,…
Fifteen Banner Witcoff attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for their intellectual property practice. 2024 Illinois Super Lawyers Joseph Berghammer Marc Cooperman Louis DiSanto Katie Laatsch Fink Erik Maurer Timothy Meece Janice Mitrius Binal Patel Jason Shull Richard Stockton J. Pieter van Es 2024 Illinois…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has expanded rapidly in many industries, particularly health care, ranging from radiological imaging, clinical diagnosis, drug discovery, and cardiac software that uses AI to guide users to fitness training and equipment. In an article published by the American Health Law Association, attorneys Aseet Patel and Y. Michelle Zhang explore the various IP…
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