Banner Witcoff

The Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms recognized Banner Witcoff as a notable law firm for its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. At its annual meeting, the Chicago Committee applauded Banner Witcoff for making significant strides toward advancing diversity and inclusion at the firm and in the legal profession. Banner Witcoff was accepted…

Banner Witcoff received four national and seven regional rankings in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.” Nationally, the firm received Tier 1 rankings — the highest level possible— for intellectual property litigation, patent litigation, and patent law, and a Tier 2 ranking in copyright law. The firm also earned…

By Josh Davenport and Joe McCollum In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: challenging priority to open door for prior art, public accessibility of prior art, denial of supplemental information, and more! Happy Halloween! Examiner’s failure to analyze priority raises cited reference from the grave. Samsung…

By Jake Earl and Kevin Keenan In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: ghost-writing in expert declarations, conspiratorial allegations of circumventing the one-year time bar, abuse of the IPR process, and more! Adduce, Reuse, Recycle. PTAB ain’t afraid of no ghost-writers. The Noco Company, Inc. v.…

Banner Witcoff is proud to take be a part of National Pro Bono Week October 23-29, 2022.  The firm is continuously honored and humbled to donate our time and resources to pro bono work and looks forward to continuing to serve our local communities with our pro bono efforts. The firm and lawyers recognize the…

Spending Several Weeks at Other Firm’s Offices to Gain Different IP Perspective Leading intellectual property firms Banner Witcoff based in the US, and Withers & Rogers and Boult Wade Tennant LLP, based in Europe, have started an associate exchange program. As the law firms have mutual clients, it made sense to create an informal exchange…

By Hengyi Jiang and Priya Persaud In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: reconsideration of institution decision based on Director’s Interim Procedure, showing examiner error during prosecution to obtain IPR institution, public accessibility of a reference, and more! Second chance but same result: institution denied. Google…

September 22, 2022 — 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…

By Rachel Bender & Robert Boyd In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff attorneys examine recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: late notice of deposition, correcting clerical errors in a petition, the overlooked or misapprehended standard for a request for rehearing, and more! Being late can sometimes be excused. IronSource LTD. V. Digital…

The American Bar Foundation named Darrell G. Mottley the National Chair of the Fellows at the 2022 Fellows Annual Business Meeting. Darrell previously served as Chair-Elect of the Fellows. The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication…