Category: NEWS

DMCA TAKEDOWNS REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF FAIR USE By Steve S. Chang The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that copyright holders must at least consider fair

USPTO ISSUES SECOND ROUND OF AIA RULE CHANGES By Camille Sauer On August 19, 2015, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced a new round of proposed changes to practice

Azuka C. Dike discusses how companies can extract real value and drive economic performance from their IP portfolios in the September 2015 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine.Please click here to read the article

Banner & Witcoff client LMK Technologies LLC’s recent win against BLD Services LLC at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is featured in the Law360 article, “PTAB Says Rehashed Args. Sink Pipe Rehab

Michael S. Cuviello discusses the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s proposed pilot program that would require one group of judges to decide whether to institute an inter partes review and another group of judges

On August 24, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled in favor of firm client LMK Technologies, LLC, declining institution of inter partes reviews on two

On August 22, 2015, Banner & Witcoff clients Microsoft Corp. and NIKE Inc. were recognized for their design excellence at the Industrial Designers Society of America’s 2015 International Design Excellence

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin highlights Helen Hill Minsker’s participation in “Trademark Law and Its Challenges 2015,” the sixth annual symposium presented by The McCarthy Institute for Intellectual Property and Technology Law,

The July 2015 edition of Managing Intellectual Property features the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board so far this year. According to the article, “Data: PTAB

AKAMAI V. LIMELIGHT: FEDERAL CIRCUIT FINDS DIRECT INFRINGEMENT OF METHOD CLAIMS WHERE STEPS PERFORMED BY OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO SINGLE ENTITY By Jeffrey H. Chang A unanimous en banc Federal Circuit held that, despite