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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…

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm dedicated to the procurement, enforcement and litigation of intellectual property rights throughout the world, welcomes four summer associates to the firm. The following law students will join Banner & Witcoff’s Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices this summer: Kevin Dam, Chicago, Washington University School of Law;…

OBAMA SIGNS LAW ALLOWING TRADE SECRET OWNERS TO SUE IN FEDERAL COURT By Bradley J. Van Pelt and Shambhavi Patel Yesterday, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), enacting a federal trade secrets law. Much of the law existed under the federal Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA). However, for the first time,…

Robert F. Altherr Jr., Ross A. Dannenberg, Frederic M. Meeker, Chunhsi Andy Mu, Joseph M. Potenza and Bradley C. Wright were named to the 2016 Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists for their work in intellectual property law. The Super Lawyers lists represent the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state. These…

FEDERAL CIRCUIT REJECTS OPPORTUNITY TO LIMIT PATENT SUITS IN EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS By R. Gregory Israelsen On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied¹ TC Heartland LLC’s petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to either dismiss…