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ALICE TURNS TWO By Aseet Patel and Peter Nigrelli As we approach the two-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014), a survey shows that almost all of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s decisions on patent eligibility in the non-life…

HALO ELECTRONICS, INC. V. PULSE ELECTRONICS, INC. AND STRYKER CORP. V. ZIMMER, INC. — U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS FEDERAL CIRCUIT’S FRAMEWORK FOR ENHANCED DAMAGES UNDER § 284 By Matthew P. Becker Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued an unanimous decision in companion cases Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc., which rejected the…

Matthew P. Becker discusses whether the Supreme Court’s June 13 decision inHalo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc., will result in more awards of enhanced damages in Law360. Please click here to read, “Justices’ Enhanced Damages Ruling Gives Patents More Teeth.”

Banner & Witcoff attorneys Robert S. Katz and Jeffrey Chang represent the Industrial Designers Society of America in its effort to persuade the Supreme Court that it should not require apportionment or impose burdens on design patentees that would weaken Section 289 with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc. The IDSA filed its amicus brief…

Banner & Witcoff recently expanded its pro bono efforts with the representation of Ellie’s Hats, a nonprofit organization in Virginia that offers children with cancer and their families care and support. Ellie’s Hats started with the goal of spreading hope and joy to children with cancer by sending them a hat and showing them that…

ALL SOFTWARE INVENTIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ABSTRACT: ENFISH, LLC V. MICROSOFT CORP. By Peter Nigrelli and Aseet Patel Not since late 2014 has the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court to hold that patent claims are patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as not being directed to an abstract idea.1 On…

Banner Witcoff attorney Marc S. Cooperman describes his first Supreme Court experience in the May issue of the Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench & Bar Newsletter. His article, “A Midwestern Patent Lawyer in Justice Roberts’ Court,” also provides insight into the arguments in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee. Click here to view the May 2016 newsletter.

Banner & Witcoff is recognized for patent prosecution in Illinois and Washington, D.C., in the 2016 Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000. Four attorneys were also recognized in this year’s edition: Ross A. Dannenberg, prosecution, Washington, D.C.; John P. Iwanicki, prosecution, Massachusetts; Robert S. Katz, design patents, national, and prosecution, Washington, D.C.; and Christopher J. Renk, litigation, Illinois. Please…

Marc S. Cooperman, Ross A. Dannenberg, John P. Iwanicki, Sarah A. Kagan, Robert S. Katz, Timothy C. Meece, Helen Hill Minsker, Darrell G. Mottley, Joseph M. Potenza, Christopher J. Renk, Joseph M. Skerpon, Richard S. Stockton and Bradley C. Wright were recognized as IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property. The annual edition of IP Stars offers a…

The American Bar Association invited Darrell G. Mottley to share his knowledge as chair of the District of Columbia Bar Global Legal Practice Task Force with a Chinese delegation from the U.S.-China Legal Exchange Foundation on May 11. The U.S.-China Legal Exchange Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes legal exchange and cooperation between the…