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…
Banner Witcoff is pleased to announce that it has expanded its life sciences practice with the addition of attorney Zhengyu Feng, Ph.D. (Feng), and patent agent Bronwen Loeb, Ph.D., to their Washington, D.C. office. Both Feng and Bronwen join from Faegre Drinker, following the addition of Mercedes K. Meyer, Ph.D., who joined the firm in…
By Jay Bombien and Kurt Riester In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: Director review regarding interference estoppel, untimely supplemental evidence, subsidiary’s merger causing IPR to be time-barred, and more! The call stands: Director confirms interference that didn’t consider prior art doesn’t bar IPR. Zynga Inc.…
Katie Laatsch Fink and Anna King are featured in the 2022 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Women in Law. The editorial celebrates senior-level women in law within the Chicago area who have made an impact in their industry and workplace. The Notable Women in Law editorial will appear in the September 5th print edition…
By Keval Amin and Andy Kim In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff examines recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: inconsistent arguments in a petition, finding written description support in figures, the Board instituting review despite an earlier trial date in related litigation, and more! Inconsistent Arguments Sink Petition! Guardant Health, Inc. v.…
In an article published for Law360, Kirk Sigmon dives into a recent class action by video game collectors, and what that could mean for IP Rights. In the article, Kirk outline how the lawsuit, which involves a $1 million Super Mario Brothers game and the TV show “Pawn Stars,” holds a variety of lessons for…
By John Fleming and Victoria Moffa In this installment of the PTAB Highlights, Banner Witcoff attorneys examine recent decisions at the PTAB featuring: the Board striking evidence due to Petitioner production delays, the importance of known state of the art for single reference obviousness, the Board refusing to substitute a replacement Petitioner, and more! Fail…
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