Electrical + Computer Technologies
Electrical and computer technologies is one of the cornerstones of our practice. We have more than 50 attorneys with education and/or practical experience in electronics, computer hardware, and computer software. And more than a dozen earned advanced degrees in these areas. We counsel, render opinions, prepare and prosecute patents, acquire copyright and trade secrets, and litigate before all courts. And we do it for businesses from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Our recent experience covers a swath of disciplines in these fields, including but not limited to:
- Microprocessors and integrated circuits
- Semiconductors
- Software systems
- Telecommunications systems, including satellite, video processing, and encryption techniques
- Industrial process controls
- Parallel processing and supercomputer systems
- Automotive and consumer electronics
- Computer peripherals
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News + Events
EVENT
09.18.23
AI Inventorship, Everything is Obvious? - Scott Kelly Joins Panel at IP-Con 2023
NEWS
07.08.21
Associates Andy Kim and Paul Holly Join Banner Witcoff
NEWS
07.01.21
Nationally Recognized Trial Lawyer Sanjay Murthy Joins Banner Witcoff’s Chicago Office
EVENT
06.23.21
Kirk Sigmon Presents at Chulalongkorn University Startup Incubator
EVENT
03.22.21
Binal Patel and Scott Kelly to Speak About Future of Software IP at IPBC Connect
NEWS
08.10.20
IP Alert | Still Contentious and “No More” Clear - AAM v. Neapco and its Take on § 101
NEWS
06.15.20
Startups to Know: Inductive Intelligence
NEWS
05.21.20
Banner Witcoff Awards Free Patent Application to Hardware Cup Finalist Inductive Intelligence
NEWS
03.11.19
"Changes abound at IP firm Banner Witcoff," Chicago Lawyer features the firm's new Chicago office space
NEWS
02.26.19
Patent Ownership Disputes
EVENT
01.03.19
Banner & Witcoff sponsors North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
01.03.19
Banner & Witcoff sponsors West Suburban Corporate IP Roundtable program in Oak Brook, Ill.
NEWS
12.28.18
Aseet Patel Writes Article on Future of Software Patent-Eligibility Determinations for Today's General Counsel
EVENT
11.06.18
Banner & Witcoff sponsors November North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
10.05.18
Banner & Witcoff sponsors first West Suburban Corporate IP Roundtable program in Oak Brook, Ill.
EVENT
07.13.18
Banner & Witcoff sponsors July North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
04.19.18
Banner & Witcoff sponsors May North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
02.15.18
Banner & Witcoff sponsors March North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable program in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
01.18.18
Scott M. Kelly and R. Gregory Israelsen present "2017 Patent Law Year in Review" to North Shore Corporate IP Roundtable in Northbrook, Ill.
EVENT
12.06.17
Katie Laatsch Fink and Timothy J. Rechtien present Exit Planning Institute webinar "Intellectual Property Rights: Don't Underestimate the Power of Intangible Assets"
EVENT
05.16.17
Scott M. Kelly presents “Real, Virtual, and by Design: An Exploration of Patents and Video Games” at the Chicago Video Game Law Summit
EVENT
04.12.17
Ross A. Dannenberg presents "Video Game IP Update" at VGBA Legal Affairs & Game Business Summit in Los Angeles
EVENT
03.17.17
Ross A. Dannenberg presents experience with video game industry at GW Law School Entertainment Law Symposium in Washington, D.C.
NEWS
05.31.16
Marc Cooperman offers insight into a day at the Supreme Court in the Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench & Bar Newsletter
EVENT
04.27.09
HOT TOPICS IN PATENT LAW: GMU Law School and Banner & Witcoff present the 8th Annual Hot Topics in Patent Law Symposium, July 21, 2009
Our Perspectives
IP Alert
IP Alert | Still Contentious and “No More” Clear - AAM v. Neapco and Its Take on § 101
Article
Patent Exhaustion in View of Impression Prods., Inc. v. Lexmark Int'l, Inc.
Bloomberg BNA. 09/10/2018
Presentation
Leveraging PatentsView’s API for Better Analyses
USPTO's PatentsView 2017 Workshop on Engaging User Communities. 10/06/2017
Article
In Other IP Venue News...A Change in Northern Illinois
Law360 Expert Analysis. 05/26/2017
IP Alert
Another Bite at the Apple...Maybe? Supreme Court Reverses and Remands to the Federal Circuit
Banner & Witcoff IP Alert. 12/07/2016
Article
Triple Word Score
Marc S. Cooperman’s monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry from the September 2008 issue of Playthings. This month: “Triple Word Score.”