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John P. Iwanicki and Ernest V. Linek were named as 2015 Massachusetts Super Lawyers for their work in intellectual property law. Super Lawyers’ lists represent the top 5 percent of attorneys in each state. These attorneys are selected through peer nominations and evaluations, and third-party research by Thomson Reuters. Please click here for more information.

Richard S. Stockton points out that a design patent should be considered when the product’s features drive commercial success or when product activities extend beyond the U.S. in the Law360 article, “5 Times to Consider Filing for Design Patents.” Please click here to read the article.

Bradley C. Wright discusses several significant patent decisions handed down by the Federal Circuit in recent months, including Suprema v. ITC, Akamai v. Limelight, and In re Cuozzo, in Law360. Please click here to read, “7 Recent Fed. Circ. Rulings IP Attys Need to Know.”

Bradley C. Wright tells Bloomberg the Supreme Court likely decided to hearStryker Corp. v. Zimmer Inc. and Halo Electronics Inc. v. Pulse Electronics Inc., because they “view this as another example of the Federal Circuit imposing rigid bright-line rules as a predicate for reaching a legal conclusion.” Please click here to read, “Patent Damages at…

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 fair use, and is not an infringement of the copyrights in the millions of books contained in the project. The case is The Authors Guild…

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, LLC are patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and are therefore invalid. Please click here for more details.

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, primarily in the biological and chemical sciences, and mechanical arts. Prior to joining Banner & Witcoff, he served in the United States Marine Corps as…

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 Mr. Iwanicki were recognized for their achievements in the intellectual property practice area. For more information on LMG Life Sciences and “Life Science Stars,” please click…

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. v. Pagter & Partners International B.V., No. 1:12-cv-04249, involved U.S. Patent No. 6,581,330 (the ‘330 patent), a patent for packaging cut flowers owned by Pagter,…

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 series reviews the claims at issue in each case as well as the reasoning the courts employed to conclude that the claimed concepts were abstract…