Mr. Articola examines four cases from the Federal Circuit and how they could provide guidance to patent owners and applicants aiming to overcome 35 U.S.C. §101 abstract idea rejections for computer-based
Banner & Witcoff is a founding member of the PTAB Bar Association, an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the highest professional and ethical standards among lawyers and stakeholders who
Ross A. Dannenberg discusses the similarities between “Overwatch,” and, “Paladins: Champions of the Realm,” and the potential for a copyright infringement lawsuit in Heat Street. According to Dannenberg, video game developers can’t
Banner & Witcoff welcomes of counsel Phillip Articola to its Washington, D.C., office; and of counsel Mark A. Dalla Valle and associate Justin M. Philpott to its Chicago office. Mr.
McRO INC. V. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA INC. ET AL. By Ross A. Dannenberg, Aseet Patel and Peter Nigrelli The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in McRO Inc.
Joseph J. Berghammer, V. Bryan Medlock Jr., Jon O. Nelson, Joseph M. Potenza, Christopher J. Renk, Charles W. Shifley and Bradley C. Wright are listed as leaders in intellectual property law in
Ross A. Dannenberg explains that while toy companies like Hasbro have the advantage of significant financial resources, they also face risks in litigation against inventors in the Bloomberg article, “Big Toy Makers Clash With the Inventors
Robert S. Katz, Nigel Fontenot, Shambhavi Patel and Camille Sauer visited elementary school students at Camp Invention at Fort Hunt Elementary in Alexandria, Va., on Aug. 4. Created by the
ABSTRACT IDEAS: A COMMON-SENSE DISTINCTION IN ELECTRIC POWER GROUP V. ALSTOM By Joshua Davenport and Aseet Patel While the number of decisions holding claims to be patent eligible under the two-part Alice
The Industrial Designers Society of America features Robert S. Katz in its recent article on the Samsung v. Apple case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Katz served as counsel
