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  Patent Wars: Genome Editing By Sarah A. Kagan The hotly contested patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9 “genome editing” technology are still unsettled, as two groups of inventors await a decision

  BIO’s China Summit Highlights Trends in BioPharma Market By Pei Wu In June, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization celebrated its 25th anniversary in Boston. The BIO International Convention drew more

  Full Measure of Compensation for Infringement By Sarah A. Kagan Yet again the Supreme Court struck down a rigid Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rule in favor

On June 28, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied two Skechers’ inter partes review challenges directed at design patents covering NIKE’s popular FREE outsole designs. After defeating Skechers’

  Should “Blocking Patents” be Used as a Blunt Weapon or as a Factor in a Sophisticated Economic Analysis? By Sarah A. Kagan In recent oral arguments in a dispute

The D.C. Bar Global Legal Practice Task Force, chaired by Darrell G. Mottley, was selected as the recipient of the 2018 Frederick B. Abramson Award. This award recognized the Task Force’s outstanding work

Scott M. Kelly and Kirk A. Sigmon discuss the copyright issues under U.S. law presented by live streaming of video game inputs in Interactive Entertainment Law Review. Click here for

Binal J. Patel was recently honored with the invitation to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. The Fellows is a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose

Banner & Witcoff sponsored the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 2018 Southwest Youth of the Year Celebration on June 11 in Dallas. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth

Timothy C. Meece is recognized in the 2018 edition of the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists. The annual publication features individuals who lead the way in the development and