Azuka C. Dike is featured in Crain’s 2018 Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers. The special section of the publication celebrates attorneys who are advancing the causes of justice and equality through their practices and pro bono. Chicago’s Notable Minority Lawyers appears in the November 19 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business, as well as online at ChicagoBusiness.com. Click here to read the…
Apurv Gaurav was elected the Vice President of Programming for the South Asian Bar Association of Washington, D.C. (SABA-DC). SABA-DC is a voluntary bar association dedicated to the needs, concerns and interests of the South Asian American legal community in the Washington, D.C. area. Mr. Gaurav will be sworn in at the SABA-DC Public Interest Gala on November…
Banner & Witcoff received a National Tier 1 ranking in intellectual property litigation, patent litigation and patent law in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.” Tier 1 rankings are determined through feedback from clients and peers, as well as from information provided in law firm survey responses.…
Merck v. Gilead: Fruit of the Rotten Tree? By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed in April the holding of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that a patentee’s unclean hands barred recovery of the $200 million in infringement damages awarded by a…
Kirk A. Sigmon and Scott M. Kelly discuss ways to make the process of getting a high-quality, blockchain-directed patent faster and easier in World Intellectual Property Review. Click here to read, “How to Draft a Killer Blockchain Patent.”
Pei Wu discusses how a well-devised intellectual property portfolio can go a long way to ensure a startup biotech company’s success in the marketplacein IPWatchdog. Click here to read, “Cost-Effective IP Strategies for Biotech Startups.”
Recalibrating the Alice/Mayo Test By Sarah A. Kagan Repeated challenges to invalidity holdings of diagnostic method claims under the Alice/Mayo framework at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit prompt a flurry of questions about appellants’ motivations. Does each challenger truly believe its method claims distinct from the methods in Mayo? Are…
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, welcomes Blair A. Silver as an Of Counsel attorney in its Washington, D.C. office to bolster its appellate, Patent Trial and Appeal Board and general litigation practices. Blair A. Silver brings more than a…
The Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) recently appointed Gary D. Fedorochko as President-Elect and Chair-Elect for the 2018-2019 year. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Meetings, Education & Strategic Alliances; Trustee of Education, Webinars; Trustee at Large; and Trustee For Sponsorship for LES. Mr. Fedorochko also served as Co-Chair of the 2012 LES…
Banner & Witcoff is recognized as one of the best performing and most active law firms in inter partes review in Patexia’s 2018 IPR Intelligence Report. This third-party study – which measures the performance of more than 1,100 law firms across 7,751 IPRs between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2018 – ranks Banner &…
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