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Banner Witcoff attorney Binal J. Patel will receive the 2019 Law Firm Partner Diversity Leadership Award from the Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago (AABA-Chicago) on Sept. 17. Binal will be honored “for his substantial and lasting contributions to the legal profession, as well as the broader Chicago Asian-American community,” the president of AABA-Chicago said in an announcement.…

Federal Circuit Gets Tied up in the Metaphysics of Not-Doing: INO v. Praxair By Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D. In late August, Mallinckrodt[1] lost its bid at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to maintain its five patents directed to methods of treating only patients for whom a particular treatment is determined to…

Federal Circuit’s Decision in Eli Lilly v. Hospira May Signal Possible Pro-Patentee Swing By Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D. Two opinions and three judges do not necessarily make a trend, nonetheless, one could suspect that the prosecution history estoppel pendulum is beginning to swing in a more liberal direction for patentees. Three days after the U.S.…

Banner Witcoff is one of the best performing and most active law firms in inter partes review (IPR), according to Patexia’s 2019 IPR Intelligence Report that also recognizes more than a dozen firm attorneys. The report – which was released August 28 and measures the performance of 941 law firms across 8,107 IPRs between July…

The 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© recognizes nine Banner Witcoff attorneys for their intellectual property practices. The following Banner Witcoff attorneys are included in the 2020 edition: Joseph J. Berghammer for IP litigation; Robert S. Katz for patent law; Timothy C. Meece for patent litigation; Jon O. Nelson for patent law and trademark law;…

Leading Lawyers, a division of Law Bulletin Media, has recognized 25 Banner Witcoff attorneys as Leading Lawyers and Emerging Lawyers in intellectual property law for 2019.

United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted summary judgment of no patent infringement in favor of firm client NIKE Inc.

Federal Circuit Punts to Supreme Court or Congress: Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services By Sarah A. Kagan, Ph.D. On July 3, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an order denying a petition for rehearing en banc in the case of Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC (2017-2508). …

Banner Witcoff has been recognized in Law360’s Diversity Snapshot as one of the top 25 firms for minority attorneys among law firms of its size. For the ranking, Law360 collected demographic data from more than 300 U.S. law firms on their attorneys as of Dec. 31, 2018. The publication then grouped firms based on attorney…

Banner Witcoff attorney Azuka C. Dike has been recognized as a 2019 On the Rise – Top Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association (ABA) Young Lawyers Division. The award recognizes young lawyers across the country “who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.” Click here to…