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By Scott Burow and Craig Kronenthal In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: joinder timing issues, identifying members in a party before the PTAB, Board decisions following Director’s sua sponte review and more! No joinder after IPR terminates. Amazon.com, Inc. et al v. Intent IQ, LLC…

Banner Witcoff’s Aseet Patel and Hengyi Jiang partnered with Jenifer Lake – Patent Agent and Patent Program Manager for a Fortune 500 financial services firm -to develop a checklist for evaluating and patenting blockchain-related inventions. The trio includes steps for conducting an invention disclosure meeting to determine Section 101 patent eligibility, and responding to US…

On Thursday, June 8, the Supreme Court decided Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products relating to a “BAD SPANIELS” squeaky dog toy that parodied “JACK DANIEL’S” whiskey. In a victory for Jack Daniel’s, a unanimous Court vacated summary judgment of noninfringement to VIP and vacated judgment for VIP regarding dilution. Both causes were remanded to…

Banner Witcoff client Lynn Charytan, EVP and General Counsel at Comcast, has been selected as a 2023 “Legend in Law” as one of the most outstanding general counsel in the United States. Lynn will be honored at the 2023 Burton Awards ceremony on June 13, 2023 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. The…

By John Harris Curry and Jesse Dyer In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: satisfying the written description requirement to establish priority, whether a relationship is significant enough for discretionary denial, effects of prosecution history in related applications, and more! Shedding light on prior art date—prior…

The 2023 edition of Chambers and Partners named Banner Witcoff a top intellectual property law firm. Banner Witcoff received a top ranking for patent prosecution in the District of Columbia and a top ranking for intellectual property law in Illinois. Additionally, Marc S. Cooperman received a top ranking for his practice in intellectual property law, and Mercedes…

Erik Maurer and Alex Bruening analyze the United States Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) recent report: “More and Better Choices for Farmers: Promoting Fair Competition and Innovation in Seed and other Agricultural Inputs.” The duo explores actions the USDA and the USPTO are taking to ensure that the intellectual property system incentivizes innovation in seed and other agricultural…

May 22, 2023 — Banner Witcoff proudly launched its 2023 summer associate program this month and welcomes nine law students to the Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices. The summer associate program is a key component of Banner Witcoff’s recruiting efforts offering law students the opportunity to work closely with attorneys, assist in a variety of…

The world of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-related patents is new and complex. With the technology still developing and rapidly changing, it can be hard to keep-up. Banner Witcoff attorneys, who handle hundreds of different AI-related patents a year, wrote the guide (available here on Lexis Plus) which many other firms today use for drafting and prosecuting…

By Shambhavi Patel and Y. Michelle Zhang In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: sua sponte Director review to revive IPRs, institution of multiple petitions based on priority dispute, fixing service defects and more! Nothing Spontaneous About Reviving Five IPRs. Volvo Penta of the Americas, LLC…