On April 14, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sua sponteordered an en banc hearing on whether the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., should cause
Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, visited Chicago on April 16 to discuss current developments and topics
H. Wayne Porter discusses several ways post-grant reviews differ from other types of contested patent proceedings in his article, “The Role of Post-Grant Reviews in Patent Challenges Before the PTAB.”
Steve S. Chang discusses the issues and outcomes in lawsuits filed by former collegiate athletes in the article, “Face Value: Where’s My NCAA Football Game?” in the March/April 2015 issue of Landslide
SUPREME COURT MARKS TTAB DECISIONS AS HAVING PRECLUSIVE EFFECT By R. Gregory Israelsen On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States held in B&B Hardware, Inc. v.
In the March 2015 issue of Intellectual Property Today, Banner & Witcoff ranks as a “Top Patent Firm.” The firm also ranks No. 1 for design patents. Please click here for the complete list of rankings.
Helen Hill Minsker discusses the significance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in trademark case B&B Hardware Inc. v. Hargis Industries Inc. in Law360. Please click here to read the article, “Attorneys React
Banner and Witcoff is recognized in Vault’s Top 150 Under 150, an inaugural list that highlights the best small and midsized firms with 150 or fewer attorneys. Vault, a comprehensive
Actionable Intelligence, a publication that covers the digital printer, MFP, copier and supply industry, discusses Timothy C. Meece’s oral argument on behalf of client Lexmark International, Inc., in “Federal Circuit
FEDERAL CIRCUIT CONSIDERS WHETHER ITC CAN PROPERLY EXCLUDE IMPORTED PRODUCTS THAT ONLY INFRINGE AFTER IMPORTATION By Erin E. Bryan On February 5, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Federal
