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Marguerite Smith Recognized by SWE

NEWS, PRESS - 09.03.25

Banner Witcoff is proud to share Marguerite Smith has been selected by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) as one of 20 recipients nationwide for the SWE Outstanding Collegiate Member

Patenting AI and Machine Learning in the Wake of Recentive

NEWS, PRESS - 08.18.25

Banner Witcoff’s Reilley Keane and Kirk Sigmon take a closer look at a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision that initially appears to negatively impact patents related to artificial intelligence

Kirk Sigmon Quoted in WIRED on AI Clones in the Gaming Industry

PRESS - 08.15.25

Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon was recently featured in WIRED’s article, AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill, offering industry insights on

Kirk Sigmon Quoted by MSN and Sourcing Journal on New AI Bill

PRESS - 07.23.25

In MSN and Sourcing Journal, Banner Witcoff shareholder Kirk Sigmon weighs in on how companies’ copyrighted works could be impacted by a new bill proposing how AI models leverage intellectual

Kirk Sigmon Quoted by CEB on the Future of Fair Use

PRESS - 07.21.25

Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon was recently quoted in California’s CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) article, The Future of Fair Use: Will LLMs Have to Pay to Train on Copyrighted

Kirk Sigmon Quoted by InfoWorld on Risks of AI-Based Programming

PRESS - 06.26.25

Banner Witcoff’s Kirk Sigmon was recently quoted in InfoWorld’s article, How to Succeed (or fail) with AI-Driven Development, on the inherent risks of AI-based programming. In the article Kirk states,

IP in the Weeds: Navigating Cannabis Patents and Trademarks

PRESS - 06.16.25

Banner Witcoff’s Paul Rivard, Jake Webb, and Christian Wolfgram explore the challenges companies face when securing patents and trademarks in the cannabis industry. Published in mg Magazine, the article discusses

The Fun and Weird World of Ballroom Dance Patents

PRESS - 05.20.25

Ballroom dance does more than showcase creativity on the dancefloor – it inspires innovation. Shareholder Kirk Sigmon explores the unique world of ballroom patents in a recent article for USA

Standard-Essential Patents: Prosecution and Enforcement

PRESS - 05.13.25

Banner Witcoff’s Hengyi Jiang and Justin Philpott provide an overview of standard-essential patents (SEPs), including strategies for drafting, prosecuting, and enforcing them for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law Journal. The article,

MLex Quotes Robert Katz on Harmonization of Digital Design Protection

PRESS - 05.12.25

Banner Witcoff shareholder Robert Katz is quoted in a recent MLex article on the push for harmonization on digital design protection by US practitioners. Robert recently presented on the topic

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