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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.

Banner & Witcoff is recognized as a top firm in the 2018 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000, a standalone publication that recommends leading individual practitioners and their firms in the trademark

  Step One and Done to Patent Eligibility: Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc. By Aseet Patel and Peter Nigrelli The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  Can a Potential Infringer Use an IPR to Gain Access to Article III Courts? By Sarah A. Kagan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments

  Did the Supreme Court Bless Claims to Methods of Treating? By Sarah A. Kagan At the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit oral argument in Vanda Pharmaceuticals

Heather R. Smith-Carra offers five ways companies can stay in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in IPWatchdog. This includes electronically designating a new online service provider agent by December

Helen Hill Minsker was recognized in the International Trademark Association’s INTA Bulletin for her role in the Government Officials Training Committee’s second United States Patent and Trademark Office training. Ms. Minsker moderated the panel, which

Robert S. Katz and Alisa S. Abbott examine protecting and enforcing design rights in the United States in their chapter in Designs: A Global Guide 2018. The guide, published by World Trademark Review,

  Is Infringement Required to Generate a Case or Controversy for Declaratory-Judgment Jurisdiction? By Sarah A. Kagan Ten years ago, MedImmune successfully sought an expanded scope of declaratory-judgment jurisdiction, asking

  Supreme Court Continues its Analysis of the AIA in SAS v. Matal By Katie L. Becker On November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in SAS Institute,