Banner Witcoff

Law360 highlights the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s support of Banner & Witcoff client Lexmark International Inc. in its case against Impression Products Inc. at the Supreme Court in its Feb. 24 article, “IP Owners Group Backs Lexmark In Patent Exhaustion Row.” Law360 reports that the IPO argued in its amicus brief that the Supreme Court…

Quantity Trumps Quality: Supreme Court Decides Life Technologies v. Promega By Ernest V. Linek The question before the Supreme Court in this case was simple: did the Federal Circuit err when it decided that shipment outside the United States of one component of a multicomponent invention could violate 35 U.S.C. §271(f)(1)? The Supreme Court held on…

Phillip Articola examines the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s Feb. 15 decision in Xilinx Inc. v. Papst Licensing GmBH & Co., in the article, “Personal Jurisdiction Takeaways From Fed. Circ. In Xilinx.” The Federal Circuit held that California’s long-arm statute conferred personal jurisdiction over a patent licensing firm that sent cease-and-desist letters to a California…

Banner & Witcoff shareholders Robert H. Resis and Michael J. Harris were recognized in the BTI Client Service All-Stars 2017 for IP litigation. They were two of 319 attorneys nationwide who were named individually, and unprompted, by clients for delivering the best client service. Mr. Resis was nominated by a global industrial manufacturing giant, and Mr.…

The Supreme Court Set to Hear Arguments in Lexmark International, Inc. v. Impression Products, Inc. Relating to the Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion By Jason S. Shull In March 2017, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a key case regarding the scope of the “patent exhaustion doctrine,” as it relates to: (1) sales of…

Banner & Witcoff was recognized by the Industrial Designers Society of America for breaking its own record for the most design patent grants in a single year. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records show Banner & Witcoff procured 1,032 U.S. design patents in 2016. The firm set the prior record in 2008, with 959 U.S. design patents. Click here to read the article.

Banner & Witcoff was recognized by Law360 for representing client Yeti Coolers LLC in its cases against RTIC Coolers LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, which were settled on Feb. 3. Click here to read the article.

Robert H. Resis and Benjamin Koopferstock provide analysis of the Supreme Court’s June 20, 2016, decision in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee — the first IPR decision on the merits — in the January-February 2017 issue of Landslide. Click here to read the article.

Banner & Witcoff was recognized by the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center for its recent work with the Small Business Legal Assistance Program. The Pro Bono Center’s Small Business Legal Assistance Program supports entrepreneurs serving low-income neighborhoods. In 2016, 500 clients received pro bono legal assistance and 476 small businesses and entrepreneurs received legal training through the…

The Slants Perform at the Supreme Court By R. Gregory Israelsen On January 18, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Michelle K. Lee v. Simon Shiao Tam. The Supreme Court was the latest stop on The Slants’s federal-court tour as the dance-rock band seeks to register a federal trademark on their provocative name.…