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 public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. Membership in the…
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 of the Year program has honored and celebrated the nation’s most inspiring teens and their incredible journeys for more than 70 years. Each year, thousands…
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 implementation of world-class intellectual property value creation programs. Click here for more information.
John R. Hutchins, an experienced litigation attorney who joined Banner & Witcoff in late May, explains that he was drawn to the firm for its stability, long-time relationships with clients and significant inter partes review practice in Law360. Click here to read the article, “Banner & Witcoff Nabs Hunton Andrews Patent Attorney.” Subscription required. Click here to…
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, welcomes John R. Hutchins, a first-chair patent litigation attorney, as a shareholder in its Washington, D.C. office. “Our clients encounter increasingly complex and multifaceted legal and business challenges, and work closely with us to…
Charles W. Shifley explores whether the Wright Brothers’ patent for a “flying machine” would survive today’s patent laws in an article for the 100th edition of the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society. Click here to read the article.
Can Challengers Now Attack Subject Matter Eligibility in Inter Partes Reviews? By Sarah A. Kagan The statute authorizing inter partes reviews (IPR) explicitly limits the grounds for cancellation to Sections 102 and 103 of the patent statute: Section 311(b). Scope. A petitioner in an IPR may request to cancel as unpatentable 1 or more…
Banner & Witcoff is recognized as a top firm in patent prosecution and trademarks: non-contentious in the United States in the 2018 edition of the Legal 500. Michael J. Harris, Robert S. Katz, Christopher L. McKee, Darrell G. Mottley and Christopher J. Renk are highlighted for their work in patent prosecution in the 2018 edition. Helen Hill Minsker and Richard…
Marc S. Cooperman is one of only 30 patent litigation attorneys nationwide featured in Expert Guides’ 2018 edition of Best of the Best USA. The annual publication compiles the top practitioners in 17 areas of the law, based on feedback from more than 4,000 in-house counsel and senior attorneys. Click here to see the complete list.
Weak Structural Similarity Augmented by Functional Similarity Suffices for Prima Facie Case of Obviousness By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed on May 14 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision that claim 6 of Anacor’s U.S. Patent No. 7,582,621 is unpatentable…
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