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  Capturing Inventions from FDA Label Changes By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 9, 2018, heard oral arguments in Praxair Distribution,

Managing Intellectual Property magazine recently published an article that highlights Banner & Witcoff’s position as a top firm at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in 2017.

  A Theory of Invalidity is Not Enough to Invalidate a Patent By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed on different grounds a

On February 6,  18 attorneys and staff in our Washington, D.C. office put together nearly 250 sandwiches for Martha’s Table to use on McKenna’s Wagon, its mobile food truck that provides its downtown neighbors

  The Safe Harbor for Divisional Applications Shrinks By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed on January 23, 2018, the U.S. Patent and

Heather R. Smith-Carra examines several noteworthy updates and decisions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the IPWatchdog article, “DMCA 2017: 9th Cir. decides safe harbor, anti-circumvention cases.” Click here to read the article.

Matthew P. Becker, Joseph J. Berghammer, Aaron Bowling, Scott A. Burow, Marc S. Cooperman, Azuka C. Dike, Audra C. Eidem Heinze, Katie Laatsch Fink, Sean J. Jungels, Kevin C. Keenan,

Heather R. Smith-Carra examines why video game companies are seeking Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemptions for online video game preservation in IPWatchdog. Ms. Smith-Carra co-wrote the article with IPWatchdog editor Gene Quinn.

Matthew P. Becker examines the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Exmark Manufacturing Company v. Briggs & Stratton Power, and how it signals a continued shift in

Banner & Witcoff is pleased to note that it has joined with other IP lawyers in representing the American Bar Association as amicus curiae in a case in the U.S.