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Banner Witcoff's Liz Brodzinski was quoted in two recent articles examining a surge of applications seeking to trademark the slogans "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe."

As a professional services sponsor of the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator, Banner Witcoff provided pro bono IP counseling to teams participating in the program designed to help commericialize clearn energy technologies.

We are experiencing a critical moment in our nation’s history following the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others. These and other recent troubling events underscore a long history of violence against the Black community despite the great strides our nation has made to advance justice and equality. At Banner Witcoff,…

Banner Witcoff’s patent prosecution and litigation practices are recognized in the 2020 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, along with nearly a dozen of our attorneys.

The PTAB’s handling of Federal Circuit remand, prosecution history with overlapping prior art, and level of skill in the art are just a few of the topics that Banner Witcoff's Jihan Joo and Eric Zelepugas covered in our latest installment of PTAB Highlights.

On June 16, 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Diamond v. Chakrabarty, holding for the first time ever that a living, genetically-altered microorganism constituted patentable subject matter.

Banner Witcoff’s Justin Philpott recently interviewed Greg Clark, CEO of Inductive Intelligence, about his company and winning the firm’s patent application award following the 2020 AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup.

In August, Banner Witcoff's Darrell G. Mottley will begin his one-year term as chair of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services.

Motion to amend, swearing behind, and motion for additional discovery are a few of the topics that Banner Witcoff's Scott Burow and Brian Emfinger covered in our latest installment of PTAB Highlights.

Banner Witcoff's Aseet Patel and Y. Michelle Zhang wrote an article for IPWatchdog examining the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recently launched IP licensing marketplace, "Patents 4 Partnerships."