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GOOGLE BOOKS AFFIRMED AS FAIR USE By Steve S. Chang The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s finding that the Google Books project constitutes

On October 8, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued an order in favor of Lexmark International, Inc., ruling that the claims asserted by Cyberfone Systems,

Banner & Witcoff welcomes associates Christopher Galfano, Saranya Raghavan and Jake Webb to its Chicago office. Mr. Galfano focuses his practice on patent and trademark litigation matters and patent prosecution,

LMG Life Sciences, an annual publication that provides a comprehensive analysis of the life sciences industry, names Lisa M. Hemmendinger and John P. Iwanicki as “Life Science Stars” in its 2015 edition. Ms. Hemmendinger and

On Sept. 29, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of firm client, Mouldtec, Inc. The case, Mouldtec, Inc.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, Int’l., Brian J. Emfinger discusses eight of the patent-ineligible concepts categorized as “an idea ‘of itself’” in Law360. The three-part

Richard S. Stockton is featured in the 2015 Law Bulletin Publishing Co. “40 Under Forty.” According to the Law Bulletin, the selected attorneys were chosen from more than 1,000 nominees.

On Sept. 30, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted Banner & Witcoff client Groupo Rimar, a/k/a Suavinex, SA’s motion for summary judgment and entered judgment

The International Trademark Association (INTA) has appointed Robert S. Katz as Vice Chair of the Design Rights Committee for the 2016-2017 term. INTA is the global association of trademark owners and

Banner & Witcoff is recognized in Corporate Counsel‘s 2015 “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?” The annual survey tracks which law firms are representing which Fortune 500 companies in a number of practice areas,