Internet, E-Commerce + Business Methods
The rapid growth of e-commerce has required companies to reevaluate their property assets and risks, as methods of transacting business that were previously not believed to be patentable have now been patented. We have been and continue to be at the forefront of the legal issues surrounding these technologies.
Some of our areas of mastery in these fields include:
- Website design
- Internet security
- Online purchasing
- Marketing and shopping techniques
- Web browsers
- Fundraising methods
- Business-to-business commerce exchanges
- Internet technology
- Domain names
- The use of trademarks on websites
- Trademark infringement and remedies under various laws, including the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
- Literary and artistic works
- Metatag infringement
- Online electronic media
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News + Events
EVENT
09.20.23
Darrell Mottley Speaks at AI/ET Partnership Series: AI Tools and Data
EVENT
09.18.23
AI Inventorship, Everything is Obvious? - Scott Kelly Joins Panel at IP-Con 2023
EVENT
09.13.23
Christian Wolfgram Joins Page Vault for “Digital Evidence in Intellectual Property Law: Conquering Online Collections” Webinar
PRESS
09.12.23
A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence Inventions: Takeaways from IBM v. Zillow from a Patent Drafting Perspective
NEWS
05.07.21
Kirk Sigmon Examines Video Game Monetization Patents for Georgetown Law Technology Review
EVENT
01.26.21
Corporate IP Roundtable Webinar to Examine Open Source Software
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
NEWS
05.31.16
Marc Cooperman offers insight into a day at the Supreme Court in the Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench & Bar Newsletter
Our Perspectives
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
Article
New .XXX Domain Name Registry Announced, Secure Your Domain and Protect Your Brand
Banner & Witcoff Intellectual Property Alert. 09/06/2011.
Article
The Evolution of Business Method
Marc S. Cooperman’s monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry from the August 2009 issue of Playthings. This month: “The Evolution of Business Method.”
Article
Websites and Wizards
Marc S. Cooperman’s monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry from the January 2009 issue of Playthings. This month: “Websites and Wizards.”
Article
Fantasy Ball and The Law
Marc S. Cooperman’s monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry from the December 2007 issue of Playthings. This month: “Fantasy Ball and The Law.”
Article
Spam, Lego and Yo-Yos
Marc S. Cooperman’s monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry from the February 2008 issue of Playthings. This month: “Spam, Lego and Yo-Yos.”