John M. Fleming explains that buyers and sellers can both use due diligence to determine benefits and potential issues with patent assets in the December/January 2016 issue of Today’s General
REVISED FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ABROGATE RULE 84 AND ELIMINATE APPENDIX OF FORMS By Saranya Raghavan The revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contain changes that may impact patent
On November 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an order adopting all of Banner & Witcoff’s proposed claim constructions in connection with the patent
Mr. Katz discusses how creators can protect themselves against virtual design theft through design patent, trademark and copyright laws in the December 2015 issue of Design Management Review. Please click here
COPYRIGHT OFFICE FOCUSES ON FUTURE WITH STRATEGIC PLAN By Nigel Fontenot and Christopher Galfano “The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for
In its December 2015 edition, the ABA Journal features Banner & Witcoff’s Patent Arcade in the 9th Annual Blawg 100, its list of 100 excellent legal blogs. According to the ABA Journal, Patent Arcade is “a
Robert F. Altherr Jr., Matthew P. Becker, Joseph J. Berghammer, Scott A. Burow, Marc S. Cooperman, Ross A. Dannenberg, John P. Iwanicki, Ernest V. Linek, Erik S. Maurer, Timothy C. Meece,
On November 17, 2015, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge sided with Converse Inc., in its case against Wal-Mart, Skechers and more than 30 other companies for violating its trade
Robert S. Katz and Richard S. Stockton were featured for their role in the inaugural GW Law Design Patent Symposium in the Fall 2015 edition of Intellectual Property Law Perspectives. The
FEDERAL CIRCUIT LIMITS ITC JURISDICTION TO “MATERIAL THINGS” By Benjamin M. Koopferstock The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has limited the scope of 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (Section
