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Banner & Witcoff Awards Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship

On April 23, 2014, the Honorable Circuit Judges Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a panel decision granting mandamus in In re WMS Gaming, Inc. in favor of firm client, WMS Gaming Inc. (WMS). The Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s refusal in MGT Gaming, Inc.…

Each year for the past 11 years, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a leading national intellectual property law firm, has obtained more U.S. design patents than any other law firm in the country.   According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, in 2013, Banner & Witcoff procured 900 U.S. design patents on behalf of its…

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, announces the election of six shareholders. Jordan N. Bodner, Elected, Principal Shareholder, Washington, D.C., joined the firm as a law clerk in 1997 and as an attorney in 2000. Mr. Bodner writes and prosecutes…

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, announces Stephanie Chang and Joseph Núñez as the 2013 recipients of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for law students. The scholarship program will provide Ms. Chang and Mr. Núñez with $5,000 for their…

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) has awarded its 2013 Creative Achievement Award to Dr. Gregory B. Olson, Sc.D., the co-founder of firm client QuesTek Innovations LLC and a tenured professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, for his success in developing alloys using sophisticated computer analytic software.…

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. is pleased to announce that on March 22, 2013, the United States Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered final judgment in favor of firm client Wargaming.net LLP, the developer of the massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) World of Tanks®, against the proprietors of the website worldoftankshop.com. In…

Bert Vogelstein was one of 11 recipients of the first Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. He will receive $3 million for his groundbreaking work with cancer genomics and tumor suppressor genes. Dr. Vogelstein is the director of the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics & Therapeutics and professor of oncology and pathology at firm client Johns…

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm that procures, enforces and litigates intellectual property rights throughout the world, announces the election of a firm president and three shareholders, and the arrival of eight attorneys. Gary D. Fedorochko, Elected, President, joined the firm in 1993 and has been practicing law for more than…

Each year for the past decade, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., a national intellectual property law firm, has obtained more U.S. design patents than any other law firm in the country. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, in 2012, Banner & Witcoff procured 660 U.S. design patents, which is more design patents than the…