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HOME ABOUT US PRACTICES INDUSTRIES ISSUES PEOPLE CAREERS NEWS + EVENTS search Intellectual Property Law: Counseling, Licensing, Litigation & Procurement		A A A home about us Introduction Welcome from the President Representative Reported Decisions Commitment to Diversity Pro Bono Reported Decisions 1990-1999 Reported Decisions 1980-1989 Reported Decisions Pre-1980 Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students Honors & Rankings Milestones Locations IP Lawyer iPhone App Financial Hardship Policy practices Appellate Litigation Copyright Counseling, Opinions & Licensing Counterfeit Goods Seizure Design Patents Jury Trials Litigation Patent Interferences Patent Prosecution Trade Dress Trade Secrets Trademarks industries Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Electrical & Computer Technologies Internet, E-Commerce & Business Methods Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals Medical Devices issues Akamai Technologies Inc. v. Limelight Networks Inc. America Invents Act Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO Bilski v. Kappos False Marking Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Innovative Design Protection And Piracy Prevention Act (Fashion Bill) Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories Inc. Therasense, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co people Attorneys Ackerman, Julie Brown Allen, William J. Almeter, Elizabeth A. Altherr, Jr., Robert F. Becker, Katie L. Becker, Matthew P. Berghammer, Joseph J. Bodner, Jordan N. Brisnehan, Brian J. Bryan, Erin E. Burow, Scott A. Chang, Steve S. Churnet, Dargaye Clark, Evan M. Cohan, Gregory J. Cooperman, Marc S. Cuviello, Michael S. Dannenberg, Ross A. Dawson, Christopher Dike, Azuka C. DiSanto, Louis Eidem Heinze, Audra Emfinger, Brian Fedorochko, Gary D. Fink, Katherine Laatsch Fleming, John M. Glembocki, Christopher R. Gorman, Shawn P. Hamp, Eric J. Harris, Michael J. Hemmendinger, Lisa M. Hoscheit, Dale H. Iwanicki, John P. Jungels, Sean J. Kagan, Sarah A. Kapur, Rajit Katz, Robert S. King, Anna L. Kolz, Aimee Boss Krashin, Michael L. Kronenthal, Craig W. Lee, Betty E. Linek, Ernest V. Maurer, Erik S. May, Matthew J. McDermott, Peter D. McKee, Christopher L. Medlock, Jr., V. Bryan Meece, Timothy C. Meeker, Frederic M. Miller, Charles Minsker, Helen Hill Mitrius, Janice V. Mottley, Darrell G. Mu, Chunhsi Andy Nelson, Jon O. Patel, Aseet Patel, Binal J. Porter, H. Wayne Potenza, Joseph M. Pratt, Thomas K. Rauchholz, William F. Rechtien, Timothy J. Renk, Christopher J. Resis, Robert H. Rivard, Paul M. Rokos, Rebecca P. Roth, Christopher B. Schlenz, Gregory G. Shifley, Charles W. Shull, Jason S. Skerpon, Joseph M. Spehlmann, Benjamin C. Stockton, Richard S. Stone-Hulslander, Judith Tanner, Jeanne M. Truesdale, Ryan van Es, J. Pieter Van Pelt, Bradley J. Webb, Victoria R. McDonald Witcoff, Sheldon W. Wolffe, Franklin D. Wolffe, Susan A. Wooten, William E. Wright, Bradley C. Patent Agents Pettes, Anthony M. Ravula, Surendra K. Smolik, Kenneth F. Technical Specialists Law Clerks careers Attorney Careers Staff Careers Summer Associate Program Diversity Recent Legal Job Openings Recent Non-Legal Job Openings 03.08.2013 - IP Prosecution Legal Secretary 03.25.2011 - Docketing Specialist 01.11.2011 - Office Administrator news + events News 05.17.2013 - Darrell G. Mottley discusses social media in Bar Leader 05.14.2013 - Richard S. Stockton discusses design patents in Bloomberg BNA 05.14.2013 - Sarah A. Kagan discusses Bowman v. Monsanto in Law360 05.13.2013 - Intellectual Property Today lists Banner & Witcoff as a “Top Trademark Firm” 05.13.2013 - IP Alert: Supreme Court Decides Bowman v. Monsanto 05.10.2013 - IP Alert: Federal Circuit CLS Bank Decision on Computer-Implemented Inventions Just Handed Down 05.07.2013 - Robert S. Katz discusses user interface design patents in Designing for Humans 05.01.2013 - Robert S. Katz discusses design patents in Thomson Reuters 04.30.2013 - Nine Banner & Witcoff Attorneys Named to Chicago's Legal Leaders 2013 List of "Top Rated Lawyers" 04.17.2013 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Myriad case in the San Francisco Daily Journal, Thomson Reuters, BioWorld Today, Boston Business Journal, Managing Intellectual Property and Chemical & Engineering News 04.16.2013 - IP Alert: Supreme Court to Weigh In on Gene Patents 04.12.2013 - Seven Banner & Witcoff Attorneys Named to Euromoney's 2013 Expert Guides 04.09.2013 - Darrell G. Mottley discusses U.S. implementation of the Hague Agreement in Intellectual Property Magazine 04.05.2013 - Richard S. Stockton discusses gTLDs in the Los Angeles Daily Journal 03.27.2013 - IP Alert: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in FTC v. Actavis 03.26.2013 - Jon O. Nelson and Anna L. King discuss bench and jury trials in World Trademark Review 03.22.2013 - IP Alert: Protect Your Rights as New gTLDs Prepare to Launch, Trademark Clearinghouse Opens March 26, 2013 03.20.2013 - IP Alert: Supreme Court Decides Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 03.20.2013 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Kirtsaeng decision in IP Law360 03.19.2013 - Intellectual Property Today lists Banner & Witcoff as a “Top Patent Firm” 03.19.2013 - Shawn P. Gorman discusses software patents in Gambling Compliance 03.11.2013 - Matthew P. Becker discusses AIA changes in Chemical & Engineering News 03.11.2013 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the next deadline for gTLDs in IP Law360 03.08.2013 - Robert S. Katz discusses the firm's design patent procurement record in Legal Bisnow 03.05.2013 - Banner & Witcoff client Mentor Graphics fends off trial under AIA's new inter partes review proceedings 02.22.2013 - Sarah A. Kagan discusses the Bowman v. Monsanto oral argument in MIP, IP Law360, GEN and C&EN 02.20.2013 - IP Alert: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto 02.19.2013 - BTI Recognizes Joseph Potenza and Banner & Witcoff for Superior Client Service 02.19.2013 - IP Alert: You Must Start Your Campaign to Complain About a Generic Top Level Domain by March 13 02.11.2013 - IP Alert: Federal Circuit Appears Split on Patentability of Computer-Implemented Business Methods 02.07.2013 - Eight Banner & Witcoff Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2013 Edition 02.05.2013 - Helen Hill Minsker is ranked as a World's Leading Trademark Professional in the World Trademark Review 1000 02.01.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Summary Judgment of No Patent Infringement for NIKE, Inc. 01.28.2013 - Twenty-two Banner & Witcoff Attorneys are Named Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 01.23.2013 - IP Alert: Potential Benefits to Filing Certain U.S. Patent Applications Before AIA Changes Go Into Effect on March 16, 2013 01.10.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Client NIKE Prevails in U.S. Supreme Court Case 01.08.2013 - New Address for Banner & Witcoff’s Portland Office 12.28.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses design patents in GigaOM 12.21.2012 - Robert H. Resis discusses re-examinations in Bloomberg 12.19.2012 - IP Alert: U.S. President Barack Obama Signed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 into Law 12.10.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the anticipated U.S. acension to the Hague Agreement in IP Law360 12.05.2012 - House Passes the Legislation to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs in the United States 11.29.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses David J. Kappos' legacy in Chemical & Engineering News 11.20.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the recent settlement between Rosetta Stone Inc. and Google Inc. in IP Law360 10.29.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Represents America’s Biggest Companies 10.15.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley is honored at the 2012 Fashion Law Week media mixer in Washington, DC. 10.10.2012 - Should I Request a Jury Trial? Joseph J. Berghammer offers the perspective of a patent litigator in Managing Intellectual Property 09.18.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley is presented with the Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Community Appreciation Award 09.07.2012 - Applications for Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students Now Available 09.07.2012 - Helen Hill Minsker is Profiled in the 2012 Edition of Leading Lawyers 09.06.2012 - IP Alert: Federal Circuit Partially Revises Divided Infringement Law 09.04.2012 - Husky Injection Molding Systems Legal Department Recognized for Innovation 08.30.2012 - IP Law Update: America Invents Act Final Rules Take Effect on September 16, 2012 08.27.2012 - Joseph M. Potenza Assumes Office of Chair of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law 08.24.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the potential impact of the new first-to-file process on the USPTO backlog in BioWorld 08.16.2012 - Federal Circuit Holds Claims to Isolated DNA Molecules Patent-Eligible 08.10.2012 - Steve S. Chang and Ross A. Dannenberg comment on the copyright infringement issues in EA v. Zynga in Forbes 08.08.2012 - Ross A. Dannenberg and Steve S. Chang comment on copyright law violations in social gaming litigation EA v. Zynga in WIRED 07.23.2012 - Sarah A. Kagan discusses the oral argument in the Myriad Genetics case in IP Law360 07.20.2012 - Mark T. Banner Award presented to the Hon. James F. Holderman at the ABA Annual Meeting 07.20.2012 - Patent Law Update: Association for Molecular Pathology v. PTO 07.18.2012 - Benjamin C. Spehlmann authors a guest column on IP issues in the biodiesel industry in Biodiesel Magazine 07.17.2012 - Patent Law Update: Third Party Prior Art Submissions 07.16.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the usage of predictive coding in discovery practice in an ABA Litigation News article 07.02.2012 - Banner & Witcoff congratulates clients, Microsoft, NIKE and Nokia, for their designs honored at the 2012 IDEA awards for design excellence 06.28.2012 - Banner & Witcoff clients Allstate Corporation and CME Group Inc. are named among the Top 25 Most Innovative Chicago Companies   06.28.2012 - Biosimilars Act Remains Law After Supreme Court Review of the Affordable Care Act 06.20.2012 - Richard S. Stockton participates in a podcast on the gTLD reveal with the American Marketing Association 06.18.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the gTLD Reveal in IDG News and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 06.15.2012 - John P. Iwanicki discusses the Myriad Genetics case in a Financial Times article 06.15.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the gTLD Reveal in Forbes, Managing Intellectual Property and BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law Report 06.14.2012 - LMG Life Sciences identifies John P. Iwanicki as one of the preeminent life sciences practitioners in the U.S. 06.13.2012 - Trademark Law Update: gTLD Application Reveal 06.04.2012 - Banner & Witcoff’s new shareholders are featured in Chicago Lawyer magazine 06.01.2012 - USPTO Publishes Proposed Rules to Implement Micro Entity Status for Paying Discounted Patent Fees 05.31.2012 - Bradley C. Wright discusses business method patents in a Politico article 05.31.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley discusses the use of social media in the legal industry in a Legal Bisnow article 05.25.2012 - Robert F. Altherr, Joseph M. Potenza and Bradley C. Wright are named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers   05.22.2012 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the use of Internet-sourced facts in trials in the ABA’s Litigation News 05.08.2012 - Ross A. Dannenberg contributes to a book on video game history 05.07.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Named to The National Law Journal’s IP Hot List 05.07.2012 - IP Today magazine names Banner & Witcoff as a Top Trademark Firm 04.26.2012 - Three B&W attorneys are named to the Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer List 04.24.2012 - Bloomberg BNA publishes a summary on Banner & Witcoff’s Mayo v. Prometheus webinar 04.24.2012 - Robert S. Katz is quoted in a Bloomberg BNA article on the Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute Conference 04.24.2012 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Supreme Court’s Cert decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons in IP Law360 04.19.2012 - Patent Law Update: Hyatt v. Kappos 04.12.2012 - Steve S. Chang and Ross A. Dannenberg are interviewed by a Korean News station on the topic of video games and the legal industry 04.02.2012 - Christopher L. McKee discusses the Federal Circuit decision in Marine Polymer v. Hemcon in a BNA article 04.02.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Supreme Court’s decision in Mayo v. Prometheus in Chemical & Engineering News 03.30.2012 - Peter D. McDermott comments on alternative billing in the Boston Business Journal 03.27.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Supreme Court’s decision to remand the Myriad Genetics case in IP Law360, GEN, and GenomeWeb 03.26.2012 - Supreme Court Remands Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics to the Federal Circuit 03.23.2012 - Banner & Witcoff is ranked as a Top Trademark Firm in the World Trademark Review 1000 03.23.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Participates in the “Raising the Bar in D.C.” Event 03.23.2012 - Helen Hill Minsker is ranked as a World’s Leading Trademark Professional in the World Trademark Review 1000 03.22.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Mayo v. Prometheus decision in BNA, BioWorld and the San Diego Business Journal 03.20.2012 - Christopher L. McKee discusses the Federal Circuit decision in Marine Polymer v. Hemcon in an IP Law360 article 03.20.2012 - Patent Law Update: Mayo v. Prometheus 03.15.2012 - Patent Law Update: Marine Polymer v. Hemcon 03.06.2012 - Nominations Now Open for the 2012 Mark T. Banner Award 02.28.2012 - Ross A. Dannenberg is featured in Legal Bisnow along with Timothy C. Meece and Christopher B. Roth 02.21.2012 - Bradley C. Wright discusses patent reexamination in the Washington Post 02.15.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley is Selected to the List of 100 Most Influential Black Attorneys 02.10.2012 - The USPTO Publishes Federal Register Notices Relating to the New AIA Proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 02.07.2012 - Banner & Witcoff is named to Managing Intellectual Property’s North American IP Shortlist Awards 02.07.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley helps launch D.C. Bar blog 02.06.2012 - Charles L. Miller discusses the state of midsize IP firms in a Chicago Lawyer magazine article 01.30.2012 - Benjamin C. Spehlmann authors a column on patent reexamination in Biodiesel Magazine 01.26.2012 - Christopher J. Renk discusses the In re Construction Equipment Company case in IP Law360 01.26.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley is profiled in the VT NetLetter 01.20.2012 - Copyright Law Update: Golan v. Holder 01.11.2012 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Mayo v. Prometheus case in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News and in Chemical & Engineering News 01.09.2012 - Robert S. Katz to Meet with the USPTO on Behalf of FICPI 01.06.2012 - Eighteen B&W Attorneys named to the Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 01.06.2012 - PTO Publishes Proposed Rules on Preissuance Submissions 01.05.2012 - Richard S. Stockton participates in a podcast on gTLDs with the American Marketing Association 01.04.2012 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments on the Stop Online Piracy Act in Mashable 12.21.2011 - Model E-Discovery Order for Patent Cases Adopted by the Federal Circuit Advisory Council 12.11.2011 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Supreme Court oral argument in Mayo v. Prometheus in BNA, IP Law360, GenomeWeb and BioWorld 12.08.2011 - New USPTO Trademark Status and Document Retrieval System 12.07.2011 - Patent Law Update: Mayo v. Prometheus 12.06.2011 - Revisions to Patent Term Adjustment Rules 12.05.2011 - General Registration for .XXX Domains Set to Open on December 6, 2011 12.02.2011 - Trademark Law Update: gTLDs Application Period Set to Open January 12, 2012 11.29.2011 - Banner & Witcoff is named to Corporate Counsel’s “Busiest Firms” list in the 2011 Patent Litigation Survey 11.21.2011 - Patent Law Update: Akamai and McKesson Oral Arguments 10.28.2011 - Four B&W attorneys are named to the New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 10.15.2011 - Charles L. Miller discusses the demand for patent lawyers in a Crain’s Chicago Business article 10.06.2011 - Richard S. Stockton and Mark Wilinski author a guest column in IP Law360 on the Rosetta Stone v. Google case 09.29.2011 - IP Law360 publishes an article on Lexmark ITC win 09.29.2011 - Patent Law Update: USPTO Prioritized Examination 09.21.2011 - Christopher J. Renk comments on the Oracle v. Google case in a Bloomberg article   09.16.2011 - Patent Law Update: The America Invents Act Signed Into Law 09.14.2011 - Bradley C. Wright discusses patent reform in a Bloomberg/Businessweek article 09.14.2011 - Gary D. Fedorochko comments on patent reform in BNA, GenomeWeb, and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 09.12.2011 - Robert H. Resis authors an article on disclosing a best mode for Bloomberg Law Reports 09.09.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley is profiled in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel magazine 09.08.2011 - Paul M. Rivard and Fraser D. Brown author an article on the Myriad Genetics decision in BioWorld 09.07.2011 - Joseph M. Potenza discusses recent Supreme Court rulings in an ABA Journal article 09.06.2011 - Internet Law Update: New .XXX Domain Name Registry 09.02.2011 - WMACCA Taps Darrell G. Mottley to Judge 7th Annual Corporate Counsel Awards 08.31.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley is named among the 12th annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology 08.31.2011 - Federal Circuit Issues a Decision in Classen v. Biogen 08.31.2011 - Six B&W Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2012 Edition 08.25.2011 - Robert H. Resis authors an ABA-published book titled: “Preliminary Relief in Patent Infringement Disputes” 08.19.2011 - Linda A. Kuczma is selected for the position of Administrative Trademark Judge at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 08.19.2011 - Paul M. Rivard and Fraser D. Brown author a guest column on the Myriad Genetics decision in Law 360 08.16.2011 - Ross A. Dannenberg authors a book titled: “The American Bar Association’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development” 08.12.2011 - Inaugural Mark T. Banner Award presented to Marybeth Peters and Hon. Richard Linn at the ABA Annual Meeting 08.03.2011 - Patent Law Update: The US PTO Proposes to Adopt Therasense Materiality Standard for Practice in the US PTO 08.03.2011 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Federal Circuit decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO in Chemical & Engineering News and BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal 08.01.2011 - Bradley C. Wright serves as Editor-in-Chief of the 2011 Supplement to Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing and Robert S. Katz and H. Wayne Porter serve as chapter authors 08.01.2011 - Patent Law Update: Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO  07.18.2011 - B&W case featured in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “25 Top Verdicts from the Past 25 Years” 07.18.2011 - Richard S. Stockton discusses patent trolling in Crain’s Chicago Business 07.15.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley discusses his role as DC Bar President in Legal Bisnow 07.12.2011 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the Supreme Court rulings from the 2011 term in an IP Law360 article 06.30.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Remembers Former Partner William W. Beckett 06.29.2011 - Robert H. Resis comments on the Stanford v. Roche case in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 06.24.2011 - Actionable Intelligence article calls Banner & Witcoff ITC win enormous for Lexmark 06.24.2011 - Patent Reform Bill H.R. 1249 passes through the U.S. House of Representatives 06.21.2011 - Patent Law Update: Mayo v. Prometheus 06.15.2011 - Christopher J. Renk discusses trademark issues surrounding brand names in a Forbes article  06.15.2011 - John P. Iwanicki comments on the Pfizer v. Teva patent lawsuit in American Public Media’s Marketplace program 06.09.2011 - Patent Law Update: Microsoft v. i4i 06.08.2011 - Steve S. Chang discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Stanford v. Roche in Bloomberg, BNA, IP Law360 and GenomeWeb 06.06.2011 - Patent Law Update: Stanford v. Roche 05.31.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley’s “Meet the D.C. Bar President” profile is published in Washington Lawyer magazine 05.31.2011 - U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A 05.27.2011 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Federal Circuit decision in Therasense v. Becton, Dickinson in the National Law Journal and Managing Intellectual Property 05.27.2011 - Charles W. Shifley comments on the Federal Circuit decision in Therasense v. Becton, Dickinson in Bloomberg/BusinessWeek and in IP Law360   05.25.2011 - Patent Law Update: Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. 05.02.2011 - Christopher J. Renk comments on the patent pilot program in IP Law360 05.02.2011 - Robert F. Altherr and Joseph M. Potenza are named Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers   04.22.2011 - Paul M. Rivard and Fraser D. Brown’s article on the Myriad Genetics case is published in BioWorld 04.20.2011 - Federal Circuit Issues Ruling in TiVo v. EchoStar 04.19.2011 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Microsoft v. i4i Supreme Court oral argument in IDG News, Network World and Managing Intellectual Property 04.18.2011 - Patent Law Update: Microsoft Corporation v. i4i Limited Partnership 04.13.2011 - Timothy C. Meece discusses Banner & Witcoff’s IP Lawyer™ app in Chicago Lawyer magazine 04.06.2011 - POSTPONED ─­ ­­USPTO Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) 04.05.2011 - Sarah A. Kagan discusses the oral argument in the Myriad Genetics case in IP Law360  04.04.2011 - Eight New e-Petitions Added to EFS-Web 04.01.2011 - Patent Law Update: Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO  03.31.2011 - John P. Iwanicki discusses the Myriad Genetics case in a Bloomberg article 03.30.2011 - Banner & Witcoff is named Midwest Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property magazine 03.18.2011 - Gary D. Fedorochko discusses the U.S. Senate’s approval of a patent reform bill in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal 03.15.2011 - Federal Circuit Creates Heightened Pleading Standard for False Marking Cases 03.14.2011 - USPTO upholds Star Scientific’s patents 03.09.2011 - Patent Reform Bill S.23 passes through U.S. Senate    03.08.2011 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce Present Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium   03.02.2011 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Supreme Court oral argument in Stanford v. Roche in an article published in GenomeWeb 02.28.2011 - Christopher J. Renk discusses the Federal Circuit’s decision in Uniloc v. Microsoft in InsideCounsel magazine 02.28.2011 - Patent Law Update: Stanford v. Roche 02.25.2011 - Christopher J. Renk discusses false patent marking in an IP Law360 article 02.24.2011 -  Patent Law Update: Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB S.A. 02.17.2011 - Banner & Witcoff is named to Managing Intellectual Property’s Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year Shortlist 02.02.2011 - Joseph M. Potenza inducted as a Fellow of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court 01.26.2011 - Joseph M. Potenza discusses best practices for drafting patent claims in an IP Law360 article 01.18.2011 - Matthew P. Becker discusses the prospects for Patent Reform in 2011, in a Chemical & Engineering News article 01.14.2011 - Banner & Witcoff attorneys co-author “Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Third Edition” 01.14.2011 - Banner & Witcoff’s Design Patent Record is covered in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 01.10.2011 - B&W case featured in Virginia Lawyers Weekly’s “Largest Verdicts of 2010” 01.07.2011 - Paul M. Rivard and Fraser D. Brown author a guest column on the Myriad Case, in BioWorld Perspectives 01.05.2011 - Federal Circuit Issues Decision Addressing Patent Damages Computation 01.04.2011 - Christopher J. Renk comments on the top rulings of 2010 in an IP Law360 article 01.04.2011 - Eighteen B&W Attorneys named to the Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 01.04.2011 - Robert H. Resis comments on the Prometheus v. Mayo decision in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin 12.20.2010 - Steve S. Chang and Rajit Kapur author a guest column on the Supreme Court decision in Costco v. Omega, in IP Law360 12.17.2010 - Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issues decision in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services 12.16.2010 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the Google Books Settlement in Chicago Lawyer magazine 12.13.2010 - Supreme Court Decides Costco v. Omega 12.06.2010 - Charles W. Shifley discusses the Microsoft v. i4i case in BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Journal 12.01.2010 - Binal J. Patel and Bradley C. Wright discuss the top IP issues of 2010 in InsideCounsel magazine 11.29.2010 - Patent Law Update: Microsoft v. i4i Limited Partnership 11.23.2010 - Robert H. Resis and Joseph J. Berghammer’s guest column on trends in re-examination is published in IP Law360 11.19.2010 - Charles W. Shifley discusses the Federal Circuit oral argument in Therasense v. Becton Dickinson in a BNA article 11.19.2010 - Steve S. Chang comments on the Supreme Court oral argument in Costco v. Omega in a Managing Intellectual Property article. 11.12.2010 - Robert H. Resis discusses the impact of Bilski on the Myriad Genetics case in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article 11.11.2010 - Charles W. Shifley discusses inequitable conduct in a Bloomberg News article 11.11.2010 - The Legal Intelligencer covers the latest developments in the Kimberly-Clark v. First Quality case 11.10.2010 - Patent Law Update: Therasense, Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co. 11.09.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Summary Judgment of No Patent Infringement for Pandora Media Inc. 11.09.2010 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Supreme Court oral argument in Costco v. Omega in Law360 and BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal 11.08.2010 - Copyright Law Update: Costco v. Omega 10.29.2010 - Steve S. Chang discusses Oracle’s lawsuit against SAP in a PC World article 10.13.2010 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A. 10.06.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley comments on legal issues in the fashion industry in an American Lawyer article 10.04.2010 - Ross A. Dannenberg authors an article on the IP issues involved in protecting an app 10.01.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Summary Judgment of No Patent Infringement for NIKE, Inc. 09.30.2010 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 09.22.2010 - Peter D. McDermott is named to Intellectual Asset Management’s list of the World’s Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers 09.08.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer comments on the Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers, Inc. decision in IP Law360. 09.07.2010 - Janice V. Mitrius comments on IP boutiques in an article for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. 09.01.2010 - Bradley C. Wright serves as Editor-in-Chief of the 2010 Supplement to Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing 09.01.2010 - Patent Law Update: Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers 08.27.2010 - John P. Iwanicki co-authors article on patentable subject matter. 08.23.2010 - CompX Jury Verdict Affirmed 08.20.2010 - Banner & Witcoff is Named as a Top Firm Representing "America's Biggest Companies" 08.13.2010 - ABA-IPL Confirms Joseph M. Potenza as Vice-Chair 08.13.2010 - Chicago IP Litigation Blog reviews Banner Witcoff’s app 08.11.2010 - Timothy C. Meece and Ross A. Dannenberg discuss Banner & Witcoff’s app in a Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article 08.10.2010 - Banner & Witcoff’s Free iPhone App Now Available 08.10.2010 - Erik S. Maurer participates in a Q&A with Chicago Lawyer magazine 08.09.2010 - Federal Circuit Refuses to Stay Preliminary Injunction Protecting Kimberly-Clark’s Technology to Manufacture PULL-UPS® Refastenable Training Pants 08.05.2010 - Twelve B&W Attorneys Selected as Illinois Leading Lawyers 08.04.2010 - Four B&W Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2011 Edition 07.28.2010 - Banner & Witcoff and GMU’s 9th Annual Symposium on HOT TOPICS IN PATENT LAW is summarized in BNA 07.27.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Participates in Race Judicata 07.27.2010 - Paul M. Rivard co-authors the ABA published book Patent Obviousness in the Wake of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. 07.14.2010 - ITC Overturns Finding of Infringement Against Waterloo 07.13.2010 - Jon O. Nelson and Bradley C. Wright are named to Intellectual Asset Management’s list of The World’s Leading IP Strategists 07.12.2010 - Webinar: Patentable Subject Matter After Bilski 07.10.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer and Timothy J. Rechtien author an article on false patent marking 06.30.2010 - Webinar: Inter Partes Reexamination: Myths Busted, Tips Given, and Pitfalls Avoided, From Actual Practitioner Experiences 06.29.2010 - Bradley C. Wright comments on Bilski v. Kappos 06.29.2010 - Charles L. Miller comments on Bilski v. Kappos 06.28.2010 - Patent Law Update: Bilski v. Kappos 06.28.2010 - Shawn P. Gorman comments on the Bilski case 06.25.2010 - Christopher J. Renk is profiled in the 2010 edition of Chicago’s Best Lawyers 06.24.2010 - Scott A. Burow participates in a Q&A with Chicago Lawyer magazine 06.18.2010 - 30 year anniversary of B&W representation of Chakrabarty in the landmark Supreme Court decision 06.14.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley Elected D.C. Bar President-Elect 06.11.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer comments on the Solo Cup decision in an IP Law360 article and a Managing Intellectual Property article 06.11.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer comments on the Solo Cup decision in a Bloomberg article 06.10.2010 - Patent Law Update: Pequignot v. Solo Cup 06.10.2010 - Peter D. McDermott is featured in the Lawyers Journal for his volunteer service by the Massachusetts Bar Association. 06.01.2010 - Linda A. Kuczma discusses trademark issues in a Reuters article 05.24.2010 - Bradley C. Wright discusses the Federal Circuit’s decision to take more cases en banc 05.24.2010 - Debunking Conventional Wisdom - You CAN End Inter Partes Reexamination 05.24.2010 - Preliminary Injunction Obtained for Client Kimberly-Clark 05.20.2010 - Gary Fedorochko discusses the Patent and Trademark Office Funding Stabilization Act of 2010 05.13.2010 - ABA-IPL Nominates Joseph M. Potenza to serve as Vice-Chair 05.11.2010 - Darrell Mottely is endorsed by the Hispanic Bar Association of Washington DC 05.03.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley is a candidate for President-Elect of the D.C. Bar 05.03.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer and Timothy J. Rechtien author an article on false patent marking 05.03.2010 - New PTO Error in Decisions on Requests for Recalculation of Patent Term Adjustments 04.30.2010 - Darrell Mottley discusses his plans for the D.C. Bar if elected President-Elect 04.29.2010 - ITC affirms ruling in Waterloo case 04.26.2010 - Patent Law Update: Federal Circuit Signals Big Changes on Inequitable Conduct Likely By Year End 2010 04.23.2010 - Patent Law Update: A Review of i4i v. Microsoft 04.19.2010 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Omega, S.A. 04.15.2010 - John P. Iwanicki and Paul M. Rivard co-author a column on Ariad v. Lilly in BioWorld Perspectives 04.05.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley’s nomination for president-elect of the D.C. Bar is covered by the National Law Journal 04.01.2010 - Patent Law Update: ACLU v. Myriad 03.29.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley is selected as a candidate for D.C. Bar president-elect for the 2010-2011 term 03.29.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley’s nomination for president-elect of the D.C. Bar is covered by the Legal Times 03.29.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley’s nomination for president-elect of the D.C. Bar is covered by the Wall Street Journal Law Blog. 03.25.2010 - Christopher J. Renk comments on design law post-Egyptian Goddess in IP Law360 03.23.2010 - Paul M. Rivard comments on the Ariad v. Eli Lilly decision in IP Law360 03.23.2010 - Ross A. Dannenberg serves as executive editor and co-author of a new book Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law, published by the ABA. Steve S. Chang is a contributing author. 03.22.2010 -  Patent Law Update: Ariad v. Eli Lilly 03.16.2010 - Janice V. Mitrius comments on the IP boutique business model in IP Law360 03.11.2010 - Gary D. Fedorochko discusses the state of the USPTO in an IP Law360 article.   03.10.2010 - Christopher L. McKee authors a guest column on suggestions for improving USPTO re-examinations 03.01.2010 - CompX International Receives Favorable Ruling Against Humanscale in the Eastern District of Virginia 03.01.2010 - Matthew P. Becker discusses Patent Reform in Chicago Lawyer magazine 02.19.2010 - The USPTO’s new examiner count system goes into effect 02.15.2010 - Christopher J. Renk comments on a patent infringement lawsuit filed against the Chicago Tribune 02.12.2010 - Ross A. Dannenberg is profiled in the IDGA Newsletter 02.10.2010 - Jon O. Nelson authors a chapter in Intellectual Property Law 2010: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year 02.09.2010 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 02.02.2010 - Managing Intellectual Property names Banner & Witcoff as a top patent firm 02.01.2010 - John P. Iwanicki comments on patent settlements in 2009 in an IP Law360 article 01.29.2010 - John P. Iwanicki is appointed to the Pharmaceutical Issues Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Association 01.21.2010 - David R. Gerk authors an article on design patents in the interior design industry 01.19.2010 - Bradley C. Wright serves as Editor-in-Chief of the 2009 supplement to Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing and Robert S. Katz and H.Wayne Porter serve as chapter authors. 01.07.2010 - Federal Circuit Holds that PTO Has Been Shortchanging on Patent Term Adjustments 12.28.2009 - Daniel G. Cardy and Robert S. Katz author a guest column on virtual design theft 12.15.2009 - Joseph M. Potenza is selected as a “Top Lawyer” by Washingtonian Magazine. 12.14.2009 - Joseph M. Potenza, Christopher J. Renk, Thomas K. Pratt and Erik S. Maurer author a book titled “Patent Trial Advocacy Casebook, Second Edition" 12.09.2009 - Patent Law Update: Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Acceleron LLC 12.08.2009 - Patent Law Update: Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company 12.07.2009 - Timothy C. Meece co-authors an article on TS Tech 12.04.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley helps develops strategic plan for D.C. Bar 12.01.2009 - Fraser D. Brown and John P. Iwanicki author a guest column on Bilski v. Kappos 11.30.2009 - Robert H. Resis’s article on Post-KSR Pharmaceutical Obviousness is published in Landslide 11.23.2009 - Helen Hill Minsker authors a guest column for Chicago Lawyer magazine 11.23.2009 - Sarah Kagan authors a guest column on Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v Mayo Collaborative Services 11.18.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 11.13.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Bilski Oral Argument in BNA’s Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Daily 11.10.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Bilski Oral Argument in Managing Intellectual Property 11.10.2009 - Ross A. Dannenberg is elected to a leadership position in the International Game Developers Association 11.09.2009 - Patent Law Update: In re Bilski 10.29.2009 - Four B&W Attorneys named to the New England Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 10.14.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman discusses legal issues surrounding the Michelle Obama action figures 10.13.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the USPTO’s decision to rescind the continuation rules package 10.09.2009 - USPTO Rescinds Patent Regulation Package 10.08.2009 - John Iwanicki comments on the Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co. case 10.05.2009 - Jason Shull receives the award for “Best Overall Committee Publication” from the ABA 10.01.2009 - New local patent rules (LPR) for the Northern District of Illinois are effective as of October 1, 2009 09.16.2009 - Patent Law Update: Amgen v. Roche 09.14.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman and Timothy J. Rechtien co-author a column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 09.10.2009 - Mark T. Banner Scholarship for law students established by Linn Inn of Court 09.09.2009 - Richard Stockton comments on the delay in the launch of .cm 09.02.2009 - Trademark Law Update: In re Bose Corp. 08.26.2009 - Christopher J. Renk comments on a lawsuit filed against Celgene Corporation 08.25.2009 - Ernest V. Linek comments on the Federal Circuit's decision in Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., v St. Jude Medical Inc., 08.25.2009 - John P. Iwanicki comments on the Federal Circuit's decision in Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., v St. Jude Medical Inc., Inc., 08.25.2009 - Steve S. Chang comments on the Federal Circuit's decision in Cardiac Pacemakers Inc., v St. Jude Medical Inc., 08.19.2009 - Federal Circuit Overrules Union Carbide Case 08.13.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley is appointed Division IV, Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law 08.13.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 08.03.2009 - Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship for Law Students 07.28.2009 - Stay granted in Tafas v. Doll 07.20.2009 - Bradley C. Wright discusses patents on tax and financial planning strategies 07.19.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Federal Circuit’s decision to rehear Tafas v. Doll 07.19.2009 - Paul M. Rivard discusses the CAFC’s decision to grant a rehearing in Tafas v. Doll. 07.12.2009 - Cameroon Launches Registration Period for Country Code Top-Level Domain 07.07.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley is elected Chair of the D.C. Bar Council on Sections 07.07.2009 - Federal Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc in Tafas Case 06.29.2009 - Supreme Court rejects appeal in Cable News Network v. Cablevision 06.18.2009 - Twelve Banner & Witcoff attorneys named as Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers 06.15.2009 - A Global Guide to Design Protection 06.12.2009 - Facebook Policy Change May Detrimentally Affect Online Search Result Rankings 06.03.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the significance of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Bilski v. Doll. 06.03.2009 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Bilski Case 06.03.2009 - Timothy C. Meece comments on the Federal Circuit's decision to grant a case transfer out of the Eastern District of Texas. 06.02.2009 - Jon O. Nelson and Bradley C. Wright are named to Intellectual Asset Management’s list of The World’s Leading IP Strategists 05.27.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 05.01.2009 - The Donald W. Banner Scholarship is featured in Chicago Lawyer magazine. 04.29.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman, Dale H. Hoscheit, Jon O. Nelson, Joseph M. Potenza, and Charles W. Shifley are named amongst the “World’s Leading Patent Practitioners” by Euromoney. 04.27.2009 - Virtual-world legal disputes lead to real-world financial award; Ross A. Dannenberg comments on virtual law in San Francisco Chronicle 04.24.2009 - Christopher J. Renk comments on U.S. patent numbers in a BusinessWeek article    04.17.2009 - Steve S. Chang discusses the Pirate Bay verdict in PC World 04.08.2009 - Joseph M. Potenza discusses the top rulings by the Federal Circuit in the first quarter of 2009 in IP Law360 04.08.2009 - Summary Judgment Victory for Pandora Media 04.06.2009 - Robert S. Resis’s Q&A on “life as an IP attorney” is published in Chicago Lawyer magazine 04.03.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman authors a section on trademark media cases in Intellectual Property Law & Interactive Media 04.03.2009 - Robert H. Resis authors a section on media patent cases in Intellectual Property Law & Interactive Media 04.01.2009 - New Fee Structure for the European Patent Office Begins April 1 03.23.2009 - Bradley C. Wright comments on Tafas v. Doll in The Wall Street Journal, Managing Intellectual Property and BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal. 03.23.2009 - Paul M. Rivard comments on Tafas v. Doll in IP Law360 and Drug Industry Daily. 03.17.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 03.12.2009 - The March 2009 issue of Intellectual Property Today lists Banner & Witcoff as a “Top Patent Firm” 03.11.2009 - Banner & Witcoff formulates winning strategy for Airlite Plastics Company 03.04.2009 - Richard Stockton is featured in the cover article of the March issue of Chicago Lawyer 03.03.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman comments on Seagate in an IP Law360 article 03.02.2009 - Peter D. McDermott discusses litigation trends in a National Law Journal article 02.06.2009 - Chicago Daily Law Bulletin profiles Janice V. Mitrius 02.05.2009 - Managing Intellectual Property names Banner & Witcoff as a “Top Patent Firm” 02.04.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman comments on Ty's decision to rename the Sasha and Malia Obama dolls in the Associated Press 02.01.2009 - Timothy C. Meece comments on the future of the “rocket docket” in Managing Intellectual Property 01.28.2009 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry 01.19.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley is a contributing author to Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments 01.18.2009 - Chicago Daily Law Bulletin recognizes Banner & Witcoff’s Design Patent Record 01.12.2009 - Timothy C. Meece comments on the Federal Circuit ruling in the TS Tech case  12.30.2008 - Banner & Witcoff remembers friend and partner Mark T. Banner, 1950-2007 12.16.2008 - Robert H. Resis is quoted in an IP Law & Business article on the pharmaceutical industry 12.08.2008 - Paul M. Rivard discusses Tafas v. Dudas in Managing Intellectual Property, BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, and Intellectual Property Watch 12.03.2008 - Christopher J. Renk comments on Hollywood’s lawsuit against RealNetworks in InsideCounsel 12.03.2008 - John P. Iwanicki writes a column on patent claims for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 12.02.2008 - Charles L. Miller and Shawn P. Gorman write a guest column on business method patents 12.01.2008 - Matthew P. Becker discusses patent reform legislation in Chemical & Engineering News 11.26.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg writes a series of guest columns on IP issues in the virtual worlds 11.07.2008 - Banner & Witcoff a top firm protecting innovation in America. 11.05.2008 - Peter D. McDermott chairs Massachusetts Bar Association committee 11.04.2008 - John P. Iwanicki and Ernest V. Linek are named Massachusetts Super Lawyers. 10.31.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Bilski decision in the Wall Street Journal.     10.31.2008 - Joseph M. Potenza comments on the Bilski decision in an Associated Press article   10.16.2008 - PTO Files Reply Brief in Tafas v. Dudas 10.14.2008 - President Signs PRO-IP Act of 2008 10.03.2008 - Aimee Boss Kolz receives the award for “Outstanding Committee Website” from the ABA. 10.01.2008 - Christopher J. Renk comments on Hollywood’s lawsuit against RealDVD in PC World. 10.01.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments on IP issues in the virtual worlds in IP Law360 and Technology360. 09.25.2008 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry. 09.23.2008 - Christopher J. Renk comments on the Egyptian Goddess decision in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal. 09.23.2008 - Christopher J. Renk comments on the Egyptian Goddess decision in IP Law360. 09.23.2008 - Robert S. Katz comments on the decision in Egyptian Goddess in the Legal Times. 09.23.2008 - Robert S. Katz discusses the Egyptian Goddess decision in Bloomberg. 09.18.2008 - Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing authored by Banner & Witcoff attorneys is now available. 09.17.2008 - David R. Gerk and John M. Fleming partner with The George Washington University to create a comprehensive patent program for engineers. 09.08.2008 - Christopher J. Renk comments on DVD-ripping software in TechNewsWorld. 09.05.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Final Judgment in IP Lawsuit 08.25.2008 - Banner & Witcoff is granted motion to dismiss on behalf of their client, by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 08.24.2008 - Darrell G. Mottley is elected vice chair of the D.C. Bar Council on Sections. 08.21.2008 - Banner & Witcoff announces the appointment of Joseph M. Potenza to the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. 08.21.2008 - Banner & Witcoff congratulates clients, Electrolux, Microsoft, NIKE and Nokia, for their designs honored at the 2008 IDEA awards for design excellence 08.21.2008 - Corporate Counsel’s annual “Who Represents Corporate America?” survey names Banner & Witcoff as a “Go-To” law firm for Fortune 100 companies. 08.19.2008 - Banner & Witcoff announces the appointment of Joseph M. Potenza as the Publications Officer of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law. 08.14.2008 - Banner & Witcoff is pleased to announce that Darrell G. Mottley has been appointed Chair of the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section’s Industrial Design Committee. 08.14.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments on a CAFC ruling on the validity of open source software licenses in LinuxInsider. 08.10.2008 - John P. Iwanicki comments on a drug commercialization agreement between ImClone and Bristol-Myers in a Dow Jones Newswire article. The article appeared in SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal and CNNMoney. 08.04.2008 - Banner & Witcoff obtains dismissal in a declaratory judgment action on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide. 08.04.2008 - Janice V. Mitrius has been appointed co-chair of the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program committee for the ABA Section of Litigation. 08.04.2008 - Richard S. Stockton comments on the Hasbro v. Scrabulous trademark and copyright dispute in The AM Law Daily. 08.04.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg discusses an intellectual property and land dispute in Second Life in Virtual Worlds News. 08.01.2008 - Marc S. Cooperman's monthly column on IP issues affecting the toy and game industry. 07.31.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments on patent applications filed by Apple in MacWorldNews. 07.30.2008 - Jason S. Shull is appointed Co-Chair of the Content Management Committee for the ABA's Section of Litigation. 07.25.2008 - Paul M. Rivard comments on the USPTO’s warning regarding outsourcing patent work overseas in the Legal Times. 07.20.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg is appointed Co-Chair of the 2007-2008 Special Committee for Computer Gaming of the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section. 07.15.2008 - Bradley Rademaker discusses intellectual property issues affecting the packaging industry in a Packaging Digest podcast. 07.11.2008 - Richard S. Stockton discusses the consequences of cybersquatting and the legal action victims can take in TechNewsWorld. 07.09.2008 - Joseph J. Berghammer comments in Fortune on the decision by a French Commercial Court in Paris requiring e-Bay to pay LVMH entities over $60 million in the luxury goods counterfeiting case. 07.09.2008 - Steve S. Chang discusses landmark intellectual property cases in the video game industry in 1UP. 07.08.2008 - Steve S. Chang comments on recent intellectual property law issues in the video game industry in 1UP. 07.01.2008 - Joseph J. Berghammer comments on a French court ruling in LVMH v. eBay Inc. in The AMLaw Daily. 06.18.2008 - Ernest V. Linek comments on the new USPTO patent appeal rules in Intellectual Property Watch. 06.17.2008 - Joseph M. Potenza comments on the new guidelines released for patent appeals in the Legal Times. 06.06.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Federal Circuit en banc Bilski hearing in Managing Intellectual Property 06.04.2008 - Robert S. Katz comments on the Federal Circuit hearing in the Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa case in Managing Intellectual Property. 06.01.2008 - Robert S. Katz explains the basics of patenting an invention in Popular Science. 05.29.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Affirmance in a Trademark Infringement Case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 05.20.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the questioned constitutionality of appointed patent judges in the Legal Times. 05.17.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments on business method patents in Bank Systems & Technology. 05.09.2008 - Joseph M. Potenza comments on appeal filed in Tafas ruling in IP Law360. 05.09.2008 - Paul M. Rivard comments on the appeal filed by the USTPO in the continuation rule package in Managing Intellectual Property. 05.01.2008 - Robert S. Katz is named as one of the "Top 50 Under 45" intellectual property attorneys by IP Law & Business. 04.13.2008 - Banner & Witcoff is named as a “Top Patent Firm” by Intellectual Property Today. 04.12.2008 - Janice V. Mitrius comments on using social networking sites to conduct due diligence in Litigation News.  04.04.2008 - Paul M. Rivard comments on Tafas v. Dudas in IP Law360. 04.02.2008 - District court permanently enjoins patent continuation rules. 04.01.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments in Bloomberg on transferring patent-infringement cases from the eastern Texas court district. 04.01.2008 - Christopher J. Renk’s column on the Egyptian Goddess case and Future of Design Patent Law is featured in Forbes. 03.27.2008 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. announced today that it prevailed on behalf of Compupal Corporation in defending their design patent in an interference win against Sakar International, Inc. 03.21.2008 - Charles L. Miller comments on KSR’s effect on patent prosecution in IP Law360. 03.05.2008 - Robert S. Katz comments in IPLaw360 on Motorola's win in a Chinese design patent dispute. 02.21.2008 - Bradley C. Wright comments on the Bilski case in IP Law360. 02.19.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments on Research in Motion and Motorola’s patent infringement lawsuits in the Chicago Tribune. 02.08.2008 - Paul M. Rivard comments in IP Law 360 on arguments heard February 8 for summary judgment regarding the new USPTO rules. 02.01.2008 - John P. Iwanicki comments on drug patents in the February issue of InsideCounsel. 01.29.2008 - Matthew P. Becker comments on the Patent Reform Bill in IP Law360. 01.16.2008 - Robert S. Katz comments on Banner & Witcoff’s design patent record in Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. 01.11.2008 - Christopher J. Renk explains employer intellectual property rights in the January 10, 2008 issue of the Los Angeles Times. 01.07.2008 - Robert S. Katz explains the importance of patent protection in the fashion industry Women’s Wear Daily. 01.02.2008 - Joseph M. Potenza comments on the issues related to content monitoring in Viacom International Inc. et al. v. YouTube Inc. and Google Inc. in IP Law360. 01.01.2008 - Illinios Supreme Court appoints Jeffrey M. Cox chairman of its committee on character and fitness. 12.13.2007 - Robert S. Katz comments on the Hague Agreement in Managing Intellectual Property. 12.12.2007 - Jon O. Nelson is selected by Aspatore Books as author in new authoritative book, Intellectual Property Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Capitalizing, Protecting and Advising Clients on IP Assets (Inside the Minds). 12.11.2007 - Washingtonian Magazine names Joseph M. Potenza a "Top Lawyer" in Intellectual Property. 12.05.2007 - Matthew P. Becker comments on patent reform bill in Medill Reports.  11.30.2007 - Richard S. Stockton comments on Dell’s lawsuit against alleged cybersquatters in Computerworld. 11.14.2007 - Banner & Witcoff ranks first among firms protecting innovation in America. 11.06.2007 - Darrell G. Mottley is appointed to The Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity Industrial Advisory Council at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech. 10.26.2007 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. is recognized in the National Law Journal "Who Represents Corporate America" survey. 10.17.2007 - Robert S. Katz and Banner & Witcoff's Design Patent Practice are featured in The Legal Times article "A Picture-Perfect Patent". 10.17.2007 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments in E-Commerce Times on the potential legal protection offered by Google's filtering technology. 10.02.2007 - Banner & Witcoff Obtains Second Multimillion-dollar Award for SunTiger, Inc. 10.02.2007 - Peter D. McDermott comments on Florida's move to offer optional IP certification to attorneys in the Boston Business Journal. 09.07.2007 - The MetroWest Daily News covers Peter D. McDermott's reappointment as the 2007-2008 Business Law Section Council Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association. 09.06.2007 - Banner & Witcoff helps Delphi gain an affirmance of summary judgment of patent invalidity in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 08.22.2007 - John P. Iwanicki comments on Pfizer's patent dispute over the cholesterol-reducing drug Lipitor in Pharmaceutical Executive magazine. 08.20.2007 - Bradley C. Wright is quoted by Bloomberg on the impact of the Federal Circuit's en banc decision in In Re: Seagate Technology LLC. 08.20.2007 - In the 2007 Corporate Counsel survey "Who Represents America's Biggest Companies," Banner & Witcoff is again named as a a top choice for IP litigation and patent prosecution.   08.08.2007 - Darrell G. Mottley is elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, the premier U.S. sociolegal research institute. 08.03.2007 - Janice V. Mitrius quoted in the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Trial Practice 2007 on technology use in the courtroom.   07.31.2007 - Jon O. Nelson's article "Coaching a Prospective Client about IP” is published in Inside the Minds: Intellectual Property Strategies by Aspatore Books.  07.30.2007 - Banner & Witcoff remembers former partner William E. Schuyler, Jr.  07.25.2007 - Ross A. Dannenberg comments in USA TODAY on Facebook copyright lawsuit. 07.20.2007 - Janice V. Mitrius is reappointed as the 2007-2008 Co-Chair of the Technology for the Litigator Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation. 07.20.2007 - Peter D. McDermott is reappointed as the 2007-2008 Business Law Section Council Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association. 07.18.2007 - Matthew P. Becker quoted in IP Law 360 on the importance of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 which unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee. 07.05.2007 - Marc S. Cooperman comments in IP Law 360 on the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Perfect 10 Inc. v. Visa International. 06.28.2007 - Jon O. Nelson co-authors Intellectual Property Client Strategies, an "Inside the Minds" series book which discusses how to capitalize, protect, and advise clients on IP issues. 06.27.2007 - Jury verdict ends latest chapter in the toner cartridge patent and copyright case Static Control Components, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. Lexmark's lead trial counsel Mark T. Banner, Timothy C. Meece, and Binal J. Patel comment on the case. 06.05.2007 - Ross Dannenberg quoted in Entrepreneur.com's feature article "Video Games at Work" highlights the firm’s expertise in the gaming industry. 05.02.2007 - Steve S. Chang comments in E-Commerce Times on the relevance of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the 'censorship' dispute between the social networking website Digg and its users. 05.01.2007 - Ross A. Dannenberg authors an article on Copyright Issues Arising from Film Sanitization 04.09.2007 - Robert S. Katz quoted in InformationWeek on mobile phone design patent dispute. 03.20.2007 - Joseph M. Potenza honored with a University Silver Vicennial Medal at Georgetown University's Spring Faculty Convocation. 03.20.2007 - Peter D. McDermott addresses privacy issues with customer loyalty programs in an article by Disney Family 03.14.2007 - Joseph M. Potenza comments in New York Times article on Viacom's case against Google's YouTube video sharing web site. 02.21.2007 - John P. Iwanicki quoted in Australian-based technology publication on recent Eli Lilly trade secret ruling. 02.15.2007 - John P. Iwanicki comments on Eli Lilly's Eastern District ruling to recover confidential documents regarding Zyprexa in InformationWeek. 02.14.2007 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. wins 7th Circuit Appeal in trademark infringement case. 02.13.2007 - Ross A. Dannenberg quoted in USA Today on dispute between Google's YouTube and Hollywood Studios. 02.07.2007 - Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel quoted in E-Commerce Times on the exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and their impact on the mobile phone industry. 01.29.2007 - Mark T. Banner featured in cover story in the February issue of Illinois Super Lawyers magazine. 01.24.2007 - Banner & Witcoff is pleased to announce the election of new shareholders. 01.23.2007 - John P. Iwanicki is quoted in BioWorld Today on dispute between Amgen Inc. and F. Hoffman - La Roche Ltd. 12.14.2006 - Federal court awards $969K to B&W client in trademark infringement case. 12.06.2006 - Ross Dannenberg quoted in InformationWeek on Cyberproperty rights. 11.28.2006 - Timothy C. Meece featured in Wired's privacy security blog on the new copyright ruling for unlocking cellphones. 11.03.2006 - Law Firm Profile: Banner & Witcoff LLP 10.06.2006 - B&W wins trademark infringement case.   08.08.2006 - Christopher Renk discusses Coke trade secrets case in an article on Fox News. 08.01.2006 - Charles Miller discusses new Friendster patent in a CNET article. 06.28.2006 - Joseph Potenza discusses Netflix and Blockbuster patent dispute for a Reuters article. 06.15.2006 - Steve Chang and Joseph Potenza interviewed on Apple, Creative Technology Dispute in E-Commerce Times. 06.13.2006 - John Iwanicki and Ernest Linek named "Massachusetts Super Lawyers" 06.13.2006 - Joseph Berghammer interviewed on helping to bring the "next big idea" to market in The Chicago Lawyer 06.02.2006 - Janice Mitrius quoted in the ABA Journal e-Report 05.31.2006 - Intellectual Property Today lists Banner & Witcoff as a "Top Trademark Firm" in 2006 05.27.2006 - Robert Katz to serve in FICPI leadership positions. 05.24.2006 - Bradley Wright quoted in the Los Angeles Times 05.16.2006 - Bradley Wright quoted on eBay decision in The Seattle Times 05.15.2006 - Timothy C. Meece comments on U.S. Supreme Court's decision in MercExchange v. eBay 05.04.2006 - B&W Attorneys named "Top Intellectual Property Lawyers" by the Leading Lawyers Network. 04.24.2006 - B&W wins summary judgment striking down affirmative defenses in patent case. 04.21.2006 - Peter McDermott appointed to Chair of the Business Law Section Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association. 04.19.2006 - Joseph Berghammer quoted in E-Commerce Times 04.17.2006 - Federal Circuit affirms decision for Sandia Corp. 04.14.2006 - Banner & Witcoff formulates winning strategy for RealNetworks. 04.13.2006 - Ross Dannenberg quoted on InformationWeek.com 04.05.2006 - Intellectual Property Today lists Banner & Witcoff as a Top Patent Firm in 2006. 03.31.2006 - Peter McDermott quoted in the Boston Business Journal. 03.16.2006 - Joseph Berghammer comments on first ever patent auction. 02.22.2006 - Mark Banner commented on BlackBerry ruling of February 21. 02.09.2006 - B&W wins permanent injunction in patent infringement lawsuit.   02.08.2006 - Banner & Witcoff wins patent preliminary injunction in Georgia federal court. 02.08.2006 - Joseph Berghammer comments on Tiffany v. eBay. 02.01.2006 - Mr. Dannenberg authors an article on copyright protection for digital music 01.11.2006 - B&W wins summary judgment of patent infringement. 01.10.2006 - It's Just a Game, Right? 01.10.2006 - Mark Banner Comments on Patent Reform Legislation in The Chicago Lawyer 01.10.2006 - Patent Myth Article by Ross Dannenberg and Steve Chang appears on PatentCafe.com 12.21.2005 - B&W attorneys co-create a new Patent Law Option at The George Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. 12.12.2005 - B&W enjoys summary judgment in Chicago patent case. 12.07.2005 - Timothy Meece Comments on Gaming Industry Patents in the IP Law Bulletin. 12.02.2005 - John Iwanicki Comments on University Patent Ownership Rights in the IP Law Bulletin. 11.14.2005 - B&W defeats summary judgment of patent unenforceability. 11.08.2005 - B&W wins patent infringement lawsuit. 11.07.2005 - Helen Minsker comments on Starbucks Trademark Victory in the IP Law Bulletin. 11.02.2005 - Bradley Wright quoted in PC Advisor. 10.22.2005 - Timothy Meece quoted on Research in Motion ruling in the National Post. 10.21.2005 - John Iwanicki quoted in The Boston Globe. 10.04.2005 - Matthew Becker Interviewed in IT Business Edge. 09.29.2005 - B&W wins summary judgment of no copyright infringement. 09.15.2005 - Scott Burow Interviewed in Corporate Legal Times. 09.13.2005 - Banner & Witcoff listed among top firms that represent "America's Biggest Companies." 08.21.2005 - B&W wins Delphi case.   07.06.2005 - Helen Hill Minsker comments on trademark issues in the Las Vegas Sun. 05.31.2005 - Ross A. Dannenberg and Steve S. Chang author an article on patent protection of video games 04.21.2005 - Joseph Potenza helps launch ABA web store.   04.14.2005 - Twelve B&W attorneys named "Illinois Super Lawyers." 03.05.2005 - Banner & Witcoff wins again in the Federal Circuit.   03.01.2004 - Mr. Dannenberg is a contributor to The E-Business Legal Arsenal: Practitioner Agreements and Checklists. 08.04.1999 - Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - A Career Milestone Comes Early to One Chicago Lawyer Events 06.18.2013 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 2013 President’s Reception Benefiting the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program 06.14.2013 - Helen Hill Minsker presents "International Searching and Filing Strategies" at PLI's Fundamentals of Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace seminar in Chicago 06.13.2013 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois 99th Annual Installation Dinner in Chicago 06.04.2013 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 24th Annual Great Futures Chairman’s Dinner benefitting the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in Dallas, TX 05.21.2013 - Ross A. Dannenberg presents at the Game Business and Legal Affairs Conference in Los Angeles on Intellectual Property, Patents, and Copyright Matters 05.18.2013 - Bradley C. Wright presents at FICPI’s ABC Meeting in New Orleans 04.24.2013 - Janice V. Mitrius Co-chairs the ABA Section of Litigation Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, April 24-26 04.23.2013 - Robert S. Katz and Darrell G. Mottley present at the USPTO 2013 Design Day: "Designs in the Digital Age" 04.09.2013 - Robert S. Katz presents “Hot Topics in Design Law – The Hague, Apple v. Samsung, Owens, and more” to the International Intellectual Property Society in New York, NY 04.05.2013 - Robert S. Katz presents at Stanford Law School's "Design Patents in the Modern World" Conference 04.03.2013 - ABA-IPL Chair Joseph M. Potenza Hosts the American Bar Association's 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, VA, April 3-5 03.30.2013 - Darrell G. Mottley presents at the IEEE Student Professional Awareness Conference at Virginia Tech 03.21.2013 - John P. Iwanicki presents on protecting protein and peptide related inventions at PepCon-2013 in Suzhou, China 03.15.2013 - Darrell G. Mottley presents at the 2013 American Bar Association, Bar Leadership Institute at a Workshop on Social Media in Washington, DC 03.04.2013 - Christopher J. Renk joins a panel discussion “Practice Before the PTAB Roundtable” at PLI’s 2013 USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials Conference in Chicago 02.28.2013 - Darrell G. Mottley presents at the 16th Annual Hispanic Law Conference:  "The Evolving Legal Landscape for Hispanic Lawyers" at American University, Washington College of Law 02.28.2013 - Erik S. Maurer presents at the fourth annual McCarthy Institute and Microsoft Corporation Trademark Law Symposium in Los Angeles 02.22.2013 - Charles W. Shifley moderates and Matthew J. May joins the panel discussion "Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law" at John Marshall Law School's 57th Annual IP Law Conference in Chicago 02.08.2013 - Robert S. Katz presents at the FICPI Canada Tremblant Meeting: "Promoting Canadian IP on a World Stage" 02.06.2013 - Robert S. Katz presents at IPO's Webinar Series: "Design Patent Protection: An International Overview Including the Hague Agreement" 01.25.2013 - Christopher J. Renk moderates the panel discussion “Damages and Remedies” at the 8th Annual Advanced Patent Institute at the USPTO 01.10.2013 - Robert S. Katz presents at the Second Annual GW Law and Fordham Law School Joint China Program: "China's Patent Regime and its Quest to Become an Innovation Economy" 12.11.2012 - Bradley C. Wright presents "The New Patent Law and More" at the D.C. Bar's IP Year in Review Series on December 11 in Washington, D.C. 11.30.2012 - John P. Iwanicki presents “First-to-File and Absolute Novelty for Patent Applications is (Almost) Here” at the Massachusetts Bar Association's Tenth Annual In-House Counsel Conference 11.30.2012 - Peter D. McDermott co-chairs the Massachusetts Bar Association's Tenth Annual In-House Counsel Conference and presents on “Patent Validity Challenges by a Licensee” 11.29.2012 - John P. Iwanicki presents on the Current Obviousness Standard and Its Implications for Biotech Patenting at ACI’s 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents in Boston 11.05.2012 - Ross A. Dannenberg joins a panel discussion “Practical Tips for Using Other People’s Intellectual Property and Protecting Your Own” at The Law of Digital Games Conference in Boston. 11.02.2012 - Robert S. Katz speaks on the future of design protection law at the University of Oxford 10.27.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley presents on "The Importance of Intellectual Property and the Implications of Apple v. Samsung" at the IP Awareness Conference at Virginia Tech 10.25.2012 - Paul M. Rivard presents “Patent Basics” at the DC Bar’s IP Basic Training conference in Washington, D.C. 10.23.2012 - Robert S. Katz joins a panel discussion at a meeting of the New York Technology Council on the recent landmark case Apple v. Samsung: What The Case Means to Software Development and UX Design 10.19.2012 - CORPORATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINAR 10.12.2012 - Christopher J. Renk leads a panel on claim construction at the 13th Annual Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation in Del Mar, California 09.28.2012 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Patent Developments for IT Practitioners" at the 13th Annual Virginia Information Technology Legal Institute in Fairfax, VA. 09.21.2012 - Ernie V. Linek joins a panel discussion on patent and commercialization opportunities for natural products at the Mechanism-Based Natural Product Development Conference in British Columbia, Canada 09.13.2012 - Scott A. Burow moderates a case review of Kappos v. Hyatt at the 2012 Chicago-Kent Supreme Court IP Review 08.24.2012 - Steve S. Chang joins a webinar panel discussion "The America Invents Act: The Boundaries of Prior Art" sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law. 08.18.2012 - Robert S. Katz presents "Scorched Earth: Surprising Insights Behind the Massive Litigation War over Design and UX Patents" at the IDSA International Conference in Boston. 08.03.2012 - Bradley C. Wright moderates "The Supreme Court in Review" at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago. 07.12.2012 - Robert S. Katz meets with a delegation from the Japanese Patent Office to consult with them on GUI design protection and enforcement in the US 06.28.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley moderates a panel on “The State of the Federal Judiciary,” at the 2012 D.C. Circuit Judicial Conference in Farmington, PA 06.19.2012 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Chicago Debate Commission's Make Room for Debate Luncheon honoring Tom Wilson, CEO of Allstate Corporation 06.15.2012 - Helen Hill Minsker presents "International Searching and Filing Strategies" at PLI's Understanding Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace seminar in Chicago. 06.14.2012 - Steve S. Chang presents on "Enhancing Technology Development and Market Success Using Patent and Licensing Strategies" at the IEEE International Conference on Communications in Ottawa, ON, Canada. 06.05.2012 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 23rd Annual Great Futures Chairman’s Dinner benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in Dallas, TX. 05.17.2012 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the City Year Greater Philadelphia's 2012 Idealist of the Year Tribute Dinner honoring Arthur R. Block, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Comcast Corporation. 04.30.2012 - Steve S. Chang joins a panel discussion on patent reexaminations at the Navy Office of the General Counsel’s 2012 Intellectual Property Day in Alexandria, VA. 04.26.2012 - D.C. Bar President Darrell G. Mottley presents the State of the Bar at the 2012 Judicial and Bar Conference honoring the 40th anniversary of the D.C. Bar 04.20.2012 - Robert S. Katz presents on IP Assets Review and Strategies at FICPI’s Melbourne Congress in Australia 04.19.2012 - Recorded Webinar: Practical Implications of Mayo v. Prometheus   04.11.2012 - Robert S. Katz presents “Trends in Design Protection” at the Fordham IP Law Institute’s Conference on China’s New Environment for Intellectual Property at Fordham University School of Law. 03.29.2012 - Frederic M. Meeker moderates a panel discussion on The American Invents Act at the ABA’s 27th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, VA. 03.28.2012 - Peter D. McDermott is the Keynote Speaker at The Spring 2012 ICAP Patent Brokerage Summit on IP Strategy in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. 03.26.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley is a panelist on the ABA IPL’s "Careers in IP" panel in Washington D.C. 03.25.2012 - John P. Iwanicki presents on protecting protein and peptide related inventions at PepCon-2012 in Beijing, China 03.16.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley presents on “Presidential Communications” at the ABA Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago 02.24.2012 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Recent Developments in Patent Law" at John Marshall Law School's 56th Intellectual Property Law Conference in Chicago, February 24 02.18.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley participates in a Q&A session at the ABA Law Student Division 11th Circuit Spring Meeting 02.09.2012 - William F. Rauchholz joins a panel discussion on IP and Economic Development at “Operating in the Green – Foundations for Sustainable Business” in Portland, OR 02.03.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley presents on “Practical Tips and Programs for Bar Leaders and Members” at the 2012 Mid-Year Meeting for the National Conference of Bar Presidents in New Orleans 02.03.2012 - Peter D. McDermott presents at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Global Scholars Program 02.01.2012 - John P. Iwanicki presents updates on The America Invents Act at the Pharma IPR India 2012 Conference in Mumbai, India. 01.20.2012 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 2012 Advanced Patent Law Institute at the USPTO in Alexandria, VA, January 19-20 01.15.2012 - Darrell G. Mottley presents on the America Invents Act at the 12th Annual Innovation & Equity Symposium on January 14-15 in Washington, D.C. 01.07.2012 - Robert S. Katz presents “Strategic Use of Design Patents” at the National CLE Conference in Snowmass, Colorado 01.06.2012 - Binal J. Patel presents "Patent Litigation Before the ITC" at the Global IP Convention 2012 in New Delhi, India. 12.15.2011 - Recorded Webinar: Navigating the Internet’s So-Called “Next Big .Thing” 12.13.2011 - Bradley C. Wright presents "The New Patent Law and More" at the D.C. Bar's IP Year in Review Series on December 13 in Washington, D.C. 12.09.2011 - Peter D. McDermott co-chairs the Massachusetts Bar Association's Ninth Annual In-House Counsel Conference on Friday, December 9, 2011. 12.01.2011 - John Iwanicki presents “Preparing for a Radical Overhaul of the U.S. Patent System: The Impact of Reform on Biotech Patent Strategies” at the 13th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents in Boston, MA 11.20.2011 - John P. Iwanicki was invited by the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association to present “Patenting Your Medicinal Chemistry Invention" at the Chinese National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium November 17-20 in Guangzhou China 11.10.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Hispanic Bar Association of DC's 34th Annual Equal Justice Awards Reception 11.09.2011 - Robert S. Katz presents on Global Design Rights at the 13th FICPI Open Forum, November 9-11, in Rome, Italy 10.29.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley presents An Overview of Patent Prosecution and Litigation at the first annual IP Awareness Conference hosted by the Student IP Society at Virginia Tech 10.27.2011 - Robert S. Katz joins a panel discussion “Protecting Your User Experience Design” at the New York Institute of Technology 10.26.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley speaks at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs 2011 John Burke Pro Bono Breakfast. 10.25.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Bar Association of the District of Columbia's 2011 Judicial Reception 10.20.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Equal Justice Works 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner 10.18.2011 - Bradley C. Wright presents "IP Basic Training Series: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights" at the D.C. Bar Conference Center in Washington, DC. 10.07.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Indian-American Bar Association of Chicago's Third Annual Banquet 10.05.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Oregon Federal Practitioner’s Institute and Dinner 10.04.2011 - Recorded Webinar: America Invents Act 09.23.2011 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Patent Developments for IT Practitioners" at the 2011 Virginia Information Technology Legal Institute in Falls Church, VA 09.23.2011 - CORPORATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINAR 09.15.2011 - Banner & Witcoff sponsors the 2011 Chicago-Kent Supreme Court IP Review 09.07.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley Addresses D.C. Voluntary Bar Associations on Diversity in the Legal Profession 07.28.2011 - Jon O. Nelson presents “Build Once, Use Many: Intellectual Property Issues for Association Publications” at Association Media & Publishing’s Chicago Education Series on July 28 07.20.2011 - Recorded Webinar: Therasense – Does It Make Sense? Is The Patent Law Doctrine Of Inequitable Conduct Now Fixed? 07.19.2011 - Banner & Witcoff and GMU Law Present: The 10th Annual Symposium on HOT TOPICS IN PATENT LAW 06.17.2011 - Linda A. Kuczma presents "International Searching and Filing Strategies" at PLI's Understanding Trademark Law in the Global Marketplace 2011 seminar in Chicago, June 17. 06.14.2011 - Robert S. Katz presents at FICPI’s ABC Meeting in Bath, England on the topic of strategic protection for product configurations under trademark and design patent laws 05.17.2011 - Ross A. Dannenberg presents “An Introduction to IP Law for Publishers” at Association Media & Publishing’s Legal Issues for Association Publications seminar in Chicago, May 17. 05.04.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the National Inventors Hall of Fame 39th Annual Induction Ceremony in Washington, DC, May 4. 04.13.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley presents “Applicant Views of the Hague System of the International Registration of Industrial Designs” at the USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandria, Virginia, April 13. 04.06.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the ABA IPL Section's 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia, April 6-9. 03.11.2011 - Ross A. Dannenberg joins a panel discussion titled "Legal Issues in the Games Industry," at PAX East in Boston, MA 03.01.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley joins a Fashion Law Roundtable at the First Annual Fashion Law Week hosted by Howard University School of Law in Washington, DC, March 1. 02.25.2011 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Recent Developments in Patent Law" at John Marshall Law School's 55th Intellectual Property Law Conference in Chicago, February 25 02.25.2011 - Charles W. Shifley serves as conference chair and moderator at John Marshall Law School's 55th Intellectual Property Law Conference in Chicago, February 25 02.18.2011 - Robert S. Katz presents "Strategic Use of Design Patents" at PLI's 5th Annual Patent Law Institute in New York, NY 01.28.2011 - Peter D. McDermott presents at the Global Scholars Program 01.21.2011 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 2011 Advanced Patent Law Institute at the USPTO in Alexandria, VA, January 20-21. 01.15.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley presents “Creating Value from Innovation” at the 11th Annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology Symposium  12.15.2010 - Bradley C. Wright co-presents at the DC Bar's Intellectual Property Law 2010 Year in Review Series: Patent Update 12.09.2010 - Peter D. McDermott co-chairs the 8th Annual In-House Counsel Conference themed "Protecting Your Organization in the Electronic Age" for the Massachusetts Bar Assocation in Boston 12.04.2010 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 139th Annual Banquet of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia 12.02.2010 - Robert S. Katz presents on "International Design Issues" and "Design Procurement & Enforcement in the U.S." at the International Seminar on Design Protection in Stockholm, Sweden 12.01.2010 - John P. Iwanicki presents "Antibodies: Overcoming Patentability Hurdles and Claim Drafting Strategies for New Technological Developments" at ACI's 12th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents in Boston, MA 11.19.2010 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Federal Circuit Bar Association's Global Community Conference & 26th Annual Dinner 11.03.2010 - Linda A. Kuzcma presents “Tips for Raising and Protecting Your Family (of Marks)” at the Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Division IP Committee 10.29.2010 - Christopher J. Renk presents “Design Patent Litigation” at the 15th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute in Austin, TX 10.26.2010 - Richard S. Stockton presents "Patent Law in a Globalized Economy" to the Chicago-Kent College of Law's Intellectual Property Law Society on October 26 in Chicago. 10.08.2010 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Patent Developments for IT Practitioners" at the 2010 Virginia Information Technology Legal Institute in Falls Church, VA 10.08.2010 - Corporate Intellectual Property Seminar 10.01.2010 - Joseph J. Berghammer presents “Reexamination: Ex Parte and Inter Partes” at IPLAC’s 2010 Patent Law Symposium 09.09.2010 - John P. Iwanicki has been invited by the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office to speak at the 2010 Patent Information Annual Conference of China in Bejing 09.08.2010 - Robert S. Katz presents on Virtual Design Theft at the FICPI 12th Open Forum in Munich, Germany 09.05.2010 - Ross A. Dannenberg joins a panel discussion titled "Legal Issues in the Games Industry," at PAX Prime 2010 in Seattle, WA. 07.21.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley speaks at the Hispanic Bar Association of DC's Summer Associate Reception 07.20.2010 - Banner & Witcoff and GMU Law Present: The 9th Annual Symposium on HOT TOPICS IN PATENT LAW 07.20.2010 - John P. Iwanicki presents Assessing Patent Protections Afforded Under the Safe Harbor at ACI's Hatch-Waxman Boot Camp in Boston 07.08.2010 - WEBINAR: Patentable Subject Matter After Bilski 06.23.2010 - Linda A. Kuczma presents “Learn the Secrets of Beating Your Competition (By Protecting Your Business),” at a Business Roundtable in Chicago. 06.23.2010 - WEBINAR: Inter Partes Reexamination: Myths Busted, Tips Given, and Pitfalls Avoided, From Actual Practitioner Experiences 06.18.2010 - Linda A. Kuczma presents “International Searching and Filing Strategies” at PLI’s Understanding Trademark Law Program in Chicago 06.17.2010 - Brian J. Brisnehan and John M. Fleming present at the 14th Annual Intellectual Property Law Practice National Conference in Fairfax, VA 05.25.2010 - Linda A. Kuczma joins a panel discussion on “Ethical Consideration in Outsourcing Trademark Prosecution,” at the INTA Annual Meeting in Boston, May 25. 04.28.2010 - John P. Iwanicki speaks at the IBC LifeSciences TIDES Conference on "IP Issues Relating to Therapeutic Oligonucleotides and Peptides" 04.25.2010 - Ernest V. Linek speaks at the IBC LifeSciences TIDES Conference on "Synthesizing Intellectual Property around Manufacture of Oligonucleotides" 04.15.2010 - Ernest V. Linek joins a panel discussion on the industrial effects of the CAFC Bilski decision in Concord, NH, April 15. 04.15.2010 - Robert S. Katz joins a webinar panel on the topic, "Design Patents: The Latest From the Federal Circuit," Thursday, April 15, 2010, 2:00pm ET 04.14.2010 - Fraser D. Brown joins a panel discussion on post-doctoral careers at the National Heart, Lungs and Blood Institute in Baltimore, MD, April 14. 04.10.2010 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the ABA IPL Section's 25th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, Virginia, April 7-10. 04.09.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley joins a panel discussion “Strategic Planning: Envisioning the Future and Setting a Path to Achieve Success” at the 2010 DC Judicial and Bar Conference, April 9. 04.08.2010 - Steve S. Chang, Ross A. Dannenberg and Jordan N. Bodner lead a panel discussion “Video Game Lawsuits: What’s New?” at the 2010 Triangle Game Conference in Raleigh, NC, April 8. 04.06.2010 - Richard S. Stockton presents at the USPTO Design Day; Darrell G. Mottley serves on planning committee 03.23.2010 - John P. Iwanicki chairs and speaks at the BIT Life Sciences 3rd Annual Protein and Peptide Conference, in Beijing, China, March 23. 03.19.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley presents "An Overview of Recent U.S. Design Patent Law Cases" at the USPTO Global IP Academy's Patent Industrial Design Program in Alexandria, VA, March 19. 03.17.2010 - Robert S. Katz presents "An Attorney's View of Design Patents" at the USPTO Global IP Academy's Patent Industrial Design Program in Alexandria, VA, March 17. 03.10.2010 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors ADL's 17th Annual "Women of Achievement Awards Dinner" honoring Allstate's GC Michele Mayes, in Chicago, March 10. 02.26.2010 - Bradley C. Wright presents "Recent Developments in Patent Law" at John Marshall Law School's 54th Intellectual Property Law Conference in Chicago, February 26. 02.26.2010 - Charles W. Shifley serves as conference chair and moderator at John Marshall Law School's 54th Intellectual Property Law Conference in Chicago, February 26. 01.28.2010 - Jeanne M. Tanner joins a panel discussion on "Non-Traditional Engineering Careers" at the Society of Women Engineers Professional Development Meeting in Boston, January 28. 01.23.2010 - Erin E. Bryan speaks at a STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) showcase at Boston College, January 23 01.22.2010 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 2010 USPTO Advanced Patent Law Institute at the USPTO in Alexandria, VA, January 21-22, 2010. 01.22.2010 - Peter D. McDermott presents at the Global Scholars Program 01.12.2010 - John P. Iwanicki hosts a roundtable discussion on "The Practical Aspect of Patents as Strategic Business Tools." 12.17.2009 - Bradley C. Wright speaks on the subject of recent developments in patent law at the D.C. Bar, December 17. 12.09.2009 - Peter D. McDermott serves as conference co-chair and presenter for the Seventh Annual In-House Counsel Conference, December 9 in Boston, MA. 11.16.2009 - Robert S. Katz presents on U.S. Design Patent Law at the FICPI China Forum, November 14-16, in Shenzhen, China. 10.28.2009 - John P. Iwanicki presents "Maximizing Your Global Patent Strategy" at the 5th International Conference on Corporate Intellectual Property Strategy in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. 10.06.2009 - Jason S. Shull presents at the 2009 ABA Section of Litigation Editor’s Symposium/ Fall Leadership Meeting 09.25.2009 - Bradley C. Wright presents on "Patent Developments for IT Practitioners" at the 2009 Virginia Technology Legal Institute in Fairfax, Virginia. 09.23.2009 - Ross A. Dannenberg presents "Patent Update: Understanding Today's Issues and Prepare for What's Ahead" at the 2009 Digital Law Conference. 09.18.2009 - 2009 Corporate Intellectual Property Seminar 07.29.2009 - Ross A. Dannenberg and Darrell G. Mottley present at the 2009 ABA Annual Meeting 07.21.2009 - HOT TOPICS IN PATENT LAW: GMU Law School and Banner & Witcoff present the 8th Annual Hot Topics in Patent Law Symposium, July 21, 2009 07.17.2009 - Joseph J. Berghammer presents at the Door County IP Academy, "The Wake of Bilski - Prosecution and Litigation Strategies" 06.22.2009 - John P. Iwanicki lectures at Harvard University in its "Making Medicine" series. 06.15.2009 - David R. Gerk presents "Trends, Tricks and Tales of Design Protection" at NeoCon World’s Trade Fair 06.12.2009 - Linda A. Kuczma presents on trademark law at a Practicing Law Institute program 06.05.2009 - John P. Iwanicki presents in China “Freedom to Operate and Injunctions under US Law” to the clients of Chinese patent firm Unitalen 06.02.2009 - John P. Iwanicki presents the keynote address on "Global Patent Strategies" at the International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Intellectual Property in China 05.19.2009 - Robert S. Katz joins a panel discussion on Getting in Shape for Global Design Protection at the 131st INTA Annual Conference 04.30.2009 - Linda C. Kuczma moderates an INTA Roundtable on managing trademark costs in a down economy 04.29.2009 - Steve S. Chang presents on legal protection for game developers at the Triangle Game Conference. 04.27.2009 - Rebecca P. Rokos presents on licensing agreements at a Practicing Law Institute program 04.06.2009 - Robert S. Katz presents at the USPTO Design Day 04.05.2009 - John Iwanicki and Sarah Kagan teach a short course at Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s 5th Annual Protein Engineering summit 04.03.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley moderates a panel at the ABA’s 24th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference 04.03.2009 - Ross A. Dannenberg presents on developing a legal presence in the virtual world at the ABA's Annual IPL Conference 03.27.2009 - Ross A. Dannenberg presents on “Video Game Patents” at the 2009 Game Developers Conference 03.12.2009 - Joseph J. Berghammer presents at the Oregon State Bar CLE Seminar, “Intellectual Property a Year in Review” 02.28.2009 - Darrell G. Mottley presents at the ABA Law Student Division’s 11th Circuit Spring Meeting. 02.27.2009 - Charles W. Shifley serves as conference chair and moderator at John Marshall Law School's 53rd Intellectual Property Law Conference. 02.27.2009 - Timothy C. Meece presents at John Marshall Law School's 53rd Intellectual Property Law Conference on "Strategies Regarding Patent Exhaustion After Quanta." 02.20.2009 - Helen Hill Minsker Co-Chairs a seminar on Trademark Practice 02.12.2009 - Helen Hill Minsker moderates a program on “Trademarks in the Internet”  01.28.2009 - Peter D. McDermott presents at the Global Scholars Program 01.11.2009 - John P. Iwanicki teaches a short course on "Protecting IP for Protein Therapeutics and Diagnostics." 12.16.2008 - Robert S. Katz and Darrell G. Mottley participate in a teleconference on Egyptian Goddess 12.10.2008 - Bradley C. Wright presents on "Developments in Patent Law, 2008" 12.10.2008 - Peter McDermott co-chairs the 6th Annual In-House Counsel Conference of the Business Law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association. 11.19.2008 - Robert S. Katz provides the keynote address at Infusion Capital’s Fall Forum. 11.13.2008 - Christopher J. Renk joins a panel discussion on “Patent Litigation: Key Issues and Considerations.” 10.29.2008 - David R. Gerk presents “Using Intellectual Property to Establish and Protect Your Firm’s Architectural, Interiors and Industrial Domain.” 10.28.2008 - Christopher J. Renk participates in a telebriefing on Egyptian Goddess. 10.26.2008 - Bradley C. Wright presents "New Practical Patent Strategies." 10.24.2008 - John P. Iwanicki is the keynote speaker at the "Third International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Intellectual Property Protection." 10.24.2008 - Robert S. Katz presents on “Understanding and Choosing Between US Utility and Design Protection.” 10.18.2008 - Darrell G. Mottley assists in planning the AIPLA Annual Conference. 10.18.2008 - John P. Iwanicki speaks on "Protecting Inventions Resulting from the Drug Discovery Process." 10.14.2008 - Darrell G. Mottley moderates a panel discussion on "Intellectual Property as an Investible Asset" 10.14.2008 - Janice V. Mitrius moderates a teleconference on "Managing Technology Overload," hosted by the American Bar Association. 10.10.2008 - Robert S. Katz joins a panel discussion on “The Scope of Registered Design Protection.”   10.07.2008 - Christopher J. Renk joins the FCBA's Post-Decision Discussion of Egyptian Goddess. 10.06.2008 - Christopher J. Renk joins a panel discussion on “Use of Reexamination in Patent Litigation.” 09.26.2008 - Jason S. Shull participates in two panel discussions at the 2008 Editor’s Symposium. 08.29.2008 - Ross A. Dannenberg participates in panel discussion on "Legal Issues in Contemporary Gaming" 08.10.2008 - Helen Hill Minsker moderates the panel discussion "Trademarks, Celebrities, and The Good Deed: Using Celebrity Branding for the Public Good." 07.21.2008 - Banner & Witcoff and George Mason University School of Law present the Seventh Annual Symposium on "Hot Topics in Patent Law." 07.21.2008 - Robert S. Katz presents "Lawman, Egyptian Goddess, and the Future of U.S. Design Patents." 06.28.2008 - Binal J. Patel co-presents “Changes in Patent Rules and Effect on Patent Law Practice.” 06.26.2008 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the Fifth Annual North American South Asian Bar Association. 06.01.2008 - Binal J. Patel joins the panel discussion “Exploring the Relationship between Insurance, Intellectual Property, Patent Law and Innovation.” 04.25.2008 - Linda A. Kuczma joins a panel discussion on “Branding the Land: Trademarks, Geographic Indicators and the Advancement of Third World Development.” 04.24.2008 - John P. Iwanicki presents at BIT's First Annual Protein and Peptide Conference. 04.18.2008 - Linda A. Kuczma and Robert H. Resis co-present “How to Maximize and Preserve Attorney Client Privilege.” 04.11.2008 - Banner & Witcoff announces the 2008 Corporate Intellectual Property Law Seminar. 04.01.2008 - Binal J. Patel presents "Exploring the Relationship between Insurance, Intellectual Property, Patent Law and Innovation." 03.27.2008 - Robert S. Katz and Erik S. Maurer co-present “Attorneys View of Design Patent Enforcement.” 02.27.2008 - John P. Iwanicki speaks at ACI's 8th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents. 10.01.2007 - Mark T. Banner presents "The Supreme Court's Recent Decision in KSR v. Teleflex and How it will Affect Corporate Patent Portfolios." 09.27.2007 - John Iwanicki speaks at Cambridge Healthtech Institutes 13th Annual Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference.   06.28.2007 - Banner & Witcoff proudly sponsors the 2007 North American South Asian Bar Association Convention. 05.30.2007 - Joseph M. Potenza joins ABA Teleconference/Webcast: "Patent Law After KSR v. Teleflex: Are Your Patents Still Valid?" 03.20.2007 - Christopher J. Renk speaks at American Conference Institute's Conference on "Making the Burden of E-Discovery Manageable." 02.23.2007 - Charles W. Shifley organizes and moderates John Marshall Law School's 51st Annual Conference on Developments in IP Law. 01.23.2007 - Robert H. Resis speaks at The Bar Association of the District of Columbia's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section Roundtable. 12.08.2006 - Banner & Witcofff announces December Chicago Corporate Intellectual Property Law Seminar. 10.30.2006 - Charles S. Shifley presents at the Law Seminar International. 07.18.2006 - Hot Topics in Patent Law - Fifth Annual Symposium, July 18 at the George Mason University School of Law 07.19.2005 - Hot Topics in Patent Law - Fourth Annual Symposium, July 19 at the George Mason University School of Law 07.20.2004 - Third Annual Hot Topics in Patent Law Symposium Photos 05.21.2004 - Program & Registration Information for Banner & Witcoff's Corporate IP Seminar.   04.21.2004 - Program & Registration Information for Banner & Witcoff's Corporate IP Seminar in Atlanta. 04.11.2003 - Corporate Intellectual Property Seminar in Boston. 02.28.2003 - Brad Wright spoke at the 47th Annual Conference on Developments in Intellectual Property Law.   10.21.2002 - John Iwanicki spoke at The University of Maryland School of Law's: "At The Crossroads: Public/Private Priorities Concerning Access to Genetic Information." 07.16.2002 - Banner & Witcoff co-sponsored "Hot Topics in Patent Law" at George Mason University. 03.13.2002 - Banner & Witcoff Gives $25,000 to the John Marshall Law School for the Study of Intellectual Property Law. 12.15.2001 - Banner & Witcoff Joins with the Association of Legal Administrators Capital Chapter for the Salvation Army Angel Tree Program. 12.15.2001 - New gTLD Conundrums: Strategies for Navigating the So-Called “Next Big .Thing” 08.21.2001 - Banner & Witcoff shares technology with the community. 10.02.2000 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. and Head Start Announce Partnership.   05.12.2000 - Banner & Witcoff sponsors ABA/YLD Event. 11.05.1999 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. supports the Efforts of The National Youth Leadership Forum. 10.27.1999 - Nike Awarded 400,000th Design Patent 03.02.1999 - Women Corporate Counsel Networking Group Breakfast Program. Press Releases 05.20.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Awards Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarships 05.03.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Congratulates QuesTek Innovations Co-founder Gregory Olson for his 2013 Creative Achievement Award 03.25.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Video Game Lawsuit for World of Tanks® Developer Wargaming.net 03.04.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Congratulates Inventor Bert Vogelstein for his Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 02.05.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Elects President and Shareholders, Announces New Associates 01.30.2013 - Banner & Witcoff Obtains Most Design Patents for 10th Consecutive Year 08.08.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Preliminary Injunction in Online Video Game Lawsuit for World of Tanks® developer/publisher Wargaming.net LLP 07.30.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Temporary Restraining Order in Online Video Game Lawsuit for World of Tanks® developer Wargaming.net LLP 05.16.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Early Dismissal of Patent Infringement Claims for Lexmark 05.15.2012 - Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship Winners 05.14.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Welcomes Thirteen Summer Associates 02.13.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Elects Shareholders; Announces New Attorneys 02.10.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Obtains Dismissal of Claims under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and Illinois State Law 02.03.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Video Game Lawsuit for RuneScape® Developer Jagex, Ltd. 01.18.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Summary Judgment Ruling for Rock River Arms 01.03.2012 - Banner & Witcoff Leads the Way in Design Patent Procurement for the Ninth Year in a Row 12.21.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Dismissal of False Marking Claim for Lexmark 09.28.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Wins General Exclusion Order as well as Cease and Desist Orders for Lexmark in ITC 08.05.2011 - ABA-IPL Section Confirms Banner & Witcoff ShareholderJoseph M. Potenza as Chair-Elect 07.25.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Wins Federal Circuit Appeal Affirming Summary Judgment of No Patent Infringement for NIKE, Inc. 07.13.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Wins ITC Summary Determination for Lexmark on Violations of Section 337 06.30.2011 - Darrell G. Mottley Inaugurated President of the D.C. Bar 06.24.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Wins ITC Initial Determination for Lexmark on Violations of Section 337 and Recommendation for Entry of General Exclusion Order 06.01.2011 - Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship Winners 05.10.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Welcomes Eleven Summer Associates 02.01.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Elects President and Shareholders; Announces New Associates 01.10.2011 - Banner & Witcoff Hits Milestone of Procuring Over 5,000 Design Patents; Leads the Way for the Eighth Year in a Row 11.18.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Obtains Judgment of No Patent Infringement for Jagex, Ltd. 08.10.2010 - Banner & Witcoff’s IP Lawyer: Free iPhone Application Providing Full Search Access to Patents, Trademarks, and IP Litigation Resources 06.14.2010 - Darrell G. Mottley Elected D.C. Bar President-Elect 05.07.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Welcomes Nine Summer Associates 04.19.2010 - Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship Winners 04.13.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Handles Acquisition and Intellectual Property Work for Client atebits 04.02.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Adds Renowned IP Litigator to Growing Litigation Practice,  IP Litigator V. Bryan Medlock, Jr. Joins the Firm 02.03.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Announces Elected Shareholders and New Associates 01.20.2010 - Banner & Witcoff Leads the Way in Design Patent Procurement for the Seventh Year in a Row 01.18.2010 - Fifteen B&W Attorneys named to the Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List 09.02.2009 - Federal Circuit Rejects “Should Have Known” Standard for Proving Intent to Deceive in Trademark Fraud Cases 08.20.2009 - Corporate Counsel’s annual “Who Represents America’s Biggest Companies?” survey names Banner & Witcoff as a “Go-To” law firm for Fortune 100 companies 07.31.2009 - Three B&W attorneys named to the 2010 Best Lawyers list 07.29.2009 - Banner & Witcoff congratulates clients Microsoft, NIKE and Nokia, for their designs honored at the 2009 IDEA awards for design excellence.  06.08.2009 - Banner & Witcoff Welcomes Summer Associates 04.20.2009 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Announces Winners of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship 02.04.2009 - Banner & Witcoff Announces Newly Elected Shareholders and Associates 02.03.2009 - Banner & Witcoff Elects First Woman President  01.19.2009 - Banner & Witcoff attorneys named Illinois Super Lawyers and Rising Stars 01.08.2009 - Banner & Witcoff Leads the Way in Design Patent Procurement   09.23.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Breaks the 2007 Design Patent Procurement Record 07.24.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Secures Favorable Settlement for Client Regarding Intellectual Property and Land Dispute in Second Life. 07.10.2008 - Dale H. Hoscheit, Frederic M. Meeker and Joseph M. Skerpon were requested by the Department of Commerce to advise an official Ukrainian delegation on drafting a new trade secret law. 06.12.2008 - Fifth Circuit Affirms Banner & Witcoff Victory for NIKE, Inc. and Golf Club Designer Tom Stites In a Trade Secret and Deceptive Trade Practices Case 04.08.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Announces Winners of the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship. 01.23.2008 - Banner & Witcoff announces newly elected shareholders and associates. 01.09.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Breaks Design Patent Procurement Record for the Second Year in a Row 01.02.2008 - Banner & Witcoff Remembers Partner, Mark T. Banner 11.28.2007 - Banner & Witcoff announces that it prevailed in a patent infringement suit on behalf of CIBA Vision Corp. 09.18.2007 - Banner & Witcoff Breaks Design Patent Procurement Record 08.22.2007 - Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Offers the Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship 05.08.2007 - Banner & Witcoff's new DC office space wins International Interior Design Association award. 02.26.2007 - The Unique Boutique: Banner & Witcoff Names New President and Announces Record-Breaking Year 02.19.2007 - Seven Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. attorneys were named "Leading Lawyers" in 2007 by the Leading Lawyers Network. 11.16.2006 - Banner & Witcoff Shatters Design Patent Procurement Record 10.02.2006 - Banner & Witcoff Expands Chicago Office with Five New Attorneys 07.04.2006 - Banner & Witcoff Breaks Design Patent Procurement Record on July 4 01.23.2006 - B&W wins Federal Circuit Appeal affirming summary judgment for NIKE, Inc. in trade secrets case 10.06.2005 - B&W Reaches Design Patent Milestone 01.24.2005 - Banner & Witcoff is Pleased to Announce the Election of New Shareholders 10.22.2004 - PROGRAM & REGISTRATION - B&W presents a Corporate Intellectual Property Seminar in Milwaukee on October 22 client portal library 05.14.2013 - Design Patent Functionality After Egyptian Goddess and Richardson: The Assumption of Claim Construct 05.13.2013 - Supreme Court Decides Bowman v. Monsanto 05.10.2013 - Federal Circuit CLS Bank Decision On Computer-Implemented Inventions Just Handed Down 04.19.2013 - Be prepared: The importance of due diligence in choosing between bench and jury trials 04.16.2013 - Supreme Court to Weigh In on Gene Patents 04.09.2013 - Industrial Strength 03.27.2013 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in FTC v. Actavis 03.22.2013 - Protect Your Rights as New gTLDs Prepare to Launch 03.20.2013 - Supreme Court Decides Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 03.14.2013 - The Biosimilars Act: The United States' Entry into Regulating Biosimilars and its Implications 02.27.2013 - Changes Coming to U.S. Patent Law 02.20.2013 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Bowman v. Monsanto 02.19.2013 - You Must Start Your Campaign to Complain About a Generic Top Level Domain by March 13 02.13.2013 - U.S. Implementation of The Hague Agreement -- What You Need to Know 02.11.2013 - Federal Circuit Appears Split on Patentability of Computer-Implemented Business Methods 01.23.2013 - Potential Benefits to Filing Certain U.S. Patent Applications Before AIA Changes Go Into Effect 12.19.2012 - U.S. to Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs 12.07.2012 - Hague Accolade: The United States is Poised to Join an International Design Protection System 12.07.2012 - The Anticipated US Ascension to Hague Agreement 11.19.2012 - Federal Circuit Reaffirms Patent Eligibility of Isolated DNA Molecules 11.19.2012 - Federal Circuit Reverses Marine Polymer Decision 11.19.2012 - Rules for America Invents Act Provision 11.19.2012 - Seeing Red: Recent Developments in the Trademark Functionality Doctrine 11.19.2012 - Tools to Protect Your Rights And Brands During gTLD Evaluations 09.28.2012 - Patent Developments for IT Practitioners 09.24.2012 - Should I Request A Jury Trial?; Managing Intellectual Property. 09.06.2012 - Federal Circuit Partially Revises Divided Infringement Law 08.30.2012 - America Invents Act Final Rules Take Effect on September 16, 2012 07.20.2012 - Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Myriad Genetics Case 06.13.2012 - gTLD Application Reveal: Strategies to Protect Your Rights and Brands 05.29.2012 - Contract Lawyers and the Business of Law 05.22.2012 - Dot Deadlines: What to Expect with gTLDs in 2012 and How to Protect Your Rights and Brands 05.22.2012 - Streamlining Patent Litigation through Non-Statutory Tools 05.22.2012 - Supreme Court Decides Golan v. Holder 05.22.2012 - Supreme Court Rules Prometheus Personalized Medicine Claims Not Patent-Eligible 05.22.2012 - The Future of Multi-Defendant Patent Cases 05.08.2012 - Before the Crash 05.02.2012 - Flexibility: Managing Lawyer Talent 04.19.2012 - Practical Implications of Mayo v. Prometheus 04.18.2012 - Hyatt v. Kappos: Patent Applicant Rights Preserved 04.02.2012 - A Washington Lawyer's Role 03.21.2012 - Streamlining Patent Litigation through Non-Statutory Tools 03.20.2012 - Supreme Court Rules Prometheus Personalized Medicine Claims Not Patent-Eligible 03.15.2012 - Federal Circuit Reverses Marine Polymer Decision 03.01.2012 - As Changes Abound, We Need to Keep Up 02.29.2012 - Marine Polymer — Take 2 02.27.2012 - Developments in Patent Law 02.23.2012 - Intellectual Property Law 2012: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year 02.01.2012 - The Bar's Resources: Yours for the Asking 01.20.2012 - Supreme Court Decides Golan v. Holder 01.05.2012 - Navigating Fashion Law: Leading Lawyers on Exploring the Trends, Cases and Strategies of Fashion Law 01.01.2012 - Sustainability: The Courts and Access to Justice 12.16.2011 - Navigating the Internet's So-Called "Next Big .Thing" 12.13.2011 - Determining Patentability Of Personalized Medicine 12.13.2011 - Developments in Patent Law 2011 12.07.2011 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Patent Eligibility of Personalized Medicine 12.02.2011 - New Generic Top Level Domain Conundrums 12.01.2011 - Opposing Sides, A Common Goal 11.30.2011 - Therasense - Does It Make Sense? Has the Federal Circuit Finally Fixed Inequitable Conduct Law? And 11.29.2011 - The America Invents Act and What It Means for the Future of Patent Acquisition and Enforcement 11.22.2011 - Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Pair of “Combined Infringement” Cases 11.08.2011 - Patent Research & Strategy Seminar 11.01.2011 - From the President: Diversity Efforts Take Persistent Energy 11.01.2011 - Functionality: Trademark Rights Cancelled 10.12.2011 - Grappling With Keywords In The 4th Circ. 10.04.2011 - First Inventor to File, Derivation Proceedings and Post Grant Review After Patent Reform - What You 10.01.2011 - From the President: New Technology, Old Values 09.29.2011 - ­­USPTO Prioritized (Track I) Examination under the America Invents Act 09.25.2011 - An Introduction to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act 09.25.2011 - Federal Circuit Holds Claims to Isolated DNA and to Methods of Using Isolated DNA to Screen for Canc 09.25.2011 - Law on Divided Infringement Remains Uncertian 09.25.2011 - Supreme Court Renders Decision in Stanford v. Roche 09.25.2011 - Therasense on Patent Inequitable Conduct - The Decision of the Federal Circuit "Fixes" Inequitable C 09.25.2011 - Who is a Copyright Pirate? 09.23.2011 - Patent Developments for IT Practitioners 09.16.2011 - The America Invents Act and What it Means for the Future of Patent Acquisition and Enforcement 09.06.2011 - New .XXX Domain Name Registry Announced, Secure Your Domain and Protect Your Brand 09.06.2011 - Patent Lesson: If You Have a Best Mode -- Disclose It 09.01.2011 - From the President: The Power of Giving Hope 08.18.2011 - Laying Claim to DNA 08.16.2011 - The American Bar Association’s Legal Guide to Video Game Development 08.06.2011 - Preliminary Relief in Patent Infringement Disputes 08.03.2011 - The US PTO Proposes to Adopt Therasense Materiality Standard for Practice in the US PTO 08.01.2011 - Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing, with 2011 Cumulative Supplement 08.01.2011 - Federal Circuit Holds Claims to Isolated DNA and to Methods of Using Isolated DNA to Screen for Canc 08.01.2011 - From the President: A Commitment to Leadership 08.01.2011 - International Prosecution Strategy after Therasense: What You Need to Know Now 08.01.2011 - IP Litigation Update 06.30.2011 - Status of Patent Reform Legislation 06.06.2011 - Supreme Court Renders Decision in Stanford v. Roche 06.01.2011 - A New Standard for Inducement to Infringe: Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A. 06.01.2011 - IP Litigation Update 05.25.2011 - Therasense on Patent Inequitable Conduct – The Decision of the Federal Circuit “Fixes” Inequitable C 05.20.2011 - The Attack on Patenable Subject Matter Continues: Organic Seed v. Monsanto Pushes Utility to the Lim 05.09.2011 - Timing Traps in European Design Laws 04.28.2011 - False Patent Marking Tsunami: What In-House Counsel Should Do Now 04.18.2011 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Microsoft v. i4i 04.04.2011 - Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Myriad 04.01.2011 - Bound to be Round 04.01.2011 - DMCA—Next Up: Supreme Court Review? 04.01.2011 - Functional Claiming and Functional Disclosure 04.01.2011 - IP Litigation Update 04.01.2011 - Multi-Location, Multi-Actor Activities: Infringement or Not? 04.01.2011 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement 04.01.2011 - Therasense—Will It Make Sense? Will the Law of Inequitable Conduct Finally Be Fixed? And When? 04.01.2011 - Trends in Inter Partes Reexamination 03.31.2011 - Legal Building Blocks 03.28.2011 - Building a Better Mousetrap: If It’s Virtual, Can Its Patent Be Infringed? 03.01.2011 - Removal and Sequestration of Iodide from Alkaline Solutions using Silverdoped Carbon Nanotubes 02.28.2011 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Stanford v. Roche 02.25.2011 - Developments in Patent Law 02.24.2011 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB S.A. 02.01.2011 - Biotecnhology and Pharmaceutical Litigation 01.21.2011 - Functional Claiming and Functional Disclosure 01.05.2011 - Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Third Edition with 2011 Supplement 12.20.2010 - Developments in Patent Law 12.01.2010 - IP Litigation Update 12.01.2010 - Overview of Proposed U.S. Fashion Design Legislation 11.29.2010 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Microsoft v. i4i 11.29.2010 - Trends in Patent Re-Examinations 11.23.2010 - Reexamining Success Rates in Inter Partes Reexaminations 11.10.2010 - Federal Circuit Inequitable Conduct Oral Argument Reverses Signals, and Now Portends Little Change 11.08.2010 - Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Costco v. Omega 11.01.2010 - IP Litigation Update 10.08.2010 - Globally Challenged? Strategies for Protecting Your Brand in a Global Marketplace 10.08.2010 - Patent Developments for IT Practitioners 10.01.2010 - Federal Circuit Decision on False Marking: Pequignot v. Solo Cup 10.01.2010 - Federal Circuit Signals Big Changes on Inequitable Conduct Likely by Year End 2010 10.01.2010 - Functionality - The Next Turf War in Design Patents 10.01.2010 - How Much Do I Really Need to Put in My Invention Disclosure 10.01.2010 - Real Life Wizard Wars 10.01.2010 - Supreme Court Eases Test for Patentability in Bilski v. Kappos 09.29.2010 - Debunking Conventional Wisdom—You CAN End Inter Partes Reexamination 09.29.2010 - Federal Circuit Signals Big Changes on Inequitable Conduct Likely By Year End 2010 09.29.2010 - Opinions of Counsel Are Still Needed to Defend Against Willful Patent Infringement Claims 09.28.2010 - Bilski v. Kappos: Some Business Methods Still Patentable 09.20.2010 - Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Litigation 09.01.2010 - Federal Circuit Closes off Possible Standing Defense 08.31.2010 - Patent Obviousness in the Wake of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. 08.27.2010 - The Attack on Patentable Subject Matter: ACLU v. Myriad Genetics as a Harbinger of Things to Come 07.08.2010 - Webinar: Patentable Subject Matter After Bilski 07.01.2010 - IP Litigation Update 06.30.2010 - Webinar: Inter Partes Reexamination: Myths Busted, Tips Given, and Pitfalls Avoided 06.29.2010 - Arc'Teryx Equipment, Inc. v. Westcomb Outerwear, Inc. 06.28.2010 - Supreme Court Eases Test For Patentability in Bilski v. Kappos 06.10.2010 - Federal Circuit Decision on False Marking: Pequignot v. Solo Cup 05.24.2010 - Debunking Conventional Wisdom - You CAN End Inter Partes Reexamination 05.20.2010 - Do You Get to See the Highly Confidential Information in Litigation? 05.11.2010 - AMS: The End of a Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Preliminary Injunctions 05.11.2010 - Federal Circuit Clarifies Written Description Standard 05.11.2010 - Federal Circuit Holds that USPTO has been Shortchanging on Patent Term Adjustments 05.11.2010 - Federal Circuit Shifts its Declaratory Judgement Jurisprudence 05.11.2010 - USC's Trojans Hit a Home Run in a Trademark Battle Over "SC" 05.01.2010 - Patent Term Adjustments Continued 04.26.2010 - Federal Circuit Signals Big Changes on Inequitable Conduct Likely By Year End 2010 04.25.2010 - Opinions of Counsel Are Still Needed To Defend Against Willful Patent Infringement Claims 04.01.2010 - Computer Games and Virtual Worlds: A New Frontier in Intellectual Property Law 04.01.2010 - District Court Rules Against Patenting Human Genes 03.26.2010 - Patent Term Adjustment Case Update 03.22.2010 - Federal Circuit Reaffirms 35 U.S.C. § 112 03.17.2010 - Suggestions for Improving USPTO Re-Examinations 03.15.2010 - Titan Tire Corp. v. Case New Holland, Inc. 03.01.2010 - Lasers and Licenses 02.26.2010 - Developments in Patent Law 02.10.2010 - Bilski Supreme Court Update 02.09.2010 - A Picture Problem 02.01.2010 - Intellectual Property Law 2010: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year 01.21.2010 - Design Patent Litigation and Procurement Post-Egyptian Goddess 01.21.2010 - The Federal Circuit Once Again Avoids Issuing a Precedential Decision Regarding Irreparable Harm 01.04.2010 - Virtual Design Theft: Is It Legal? Can You Stop It? 01.01.2010 - Enforceability of Machine Patents in Virtual Worlds 12.18.2009 - Developments in Patent Law 2009 12.09.2009 - Federal Circuit Shifts its Declaratory Judgment Jurisprudence 12.08.2009 - Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments in Ariad v. Eli Lilly on Written Description Requirement 12.04.2009 - Bilski Update 12.04.2009 - Is TS Tech the Death Knell for Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas? 12.01.2009 - Patent Trial Advocacy Casebook, Second Edition 11.30.2009 - “Lessons to Learn from Post-KSR Pharmaceutical Obviousness Decisions 11.30.2009 - Embracing Change 11.28.2009 - A Trademark Case's Slip Up 11.16.2009 - Do Diagnostic, Theranostic and Therapeutic Methods Pre-empt Nature? 11.09.2009 - Supreme Court Hears Argument in Bilski Case 11.01.2009 - Experimental Use Requires Testing Claim Elements or Evaluating Overall Suitability 11.01.2009 - Hot Topics in Nanotechnology 11.01.2009 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Bilski Case 11.01.2009 - U.S. IP Rights Not Necessarily Exhausted Because of an Overseas Sale 10.20.2009 - Patent Case Resolution by Inter Partes Reexamination 09.14.2009 - Loopholes & Legalese 09.02.2009 - Appeals Court Allows New USPTO Director to Reweigh Continuation Rules 09.02.2009 - Federal Circuit Rejects “Should Have Known” Standard 09.01.2009 - More Spring Cleaning 08.13.2009 - The Evolution of Business Method 07.23.2009 - Is TS Tech the Death Knell for Patent Litigation in the Eastern District of Texas 07.21.2009 - Public Demonstration of Method Without Testing Claim Elements 07.13.2009 - Cameroon Launches Registration Period for Country Code Top-Level Domain 07.01.2009 - Time for Spring Cleaning 06.12.2009 - Facebook Policy Change May Detrimentally Affect Online Search Result Rankings 06.01.2009 - Supreme Court Grants Cert in Bilski Case 05.27.2009 - 'See' The Line, Or Risk Crossing It 05.26.2009 - DMCA Copyright Protections: Uniquely American or Common & Uniform Abroad? 05.21.2009 - The Federal Circuit Establishes the ‘Final Rule’ 05.20.2009 - A Review of Tafas v. Doll 05.01.2009 - Digital Age Copyright Law in Asia: DMCA-Type Provisions in China and India 05.01.2009 - Dot Bomb: Be Prepared for the New Web Addressing System 05.01.2009 - Federal Circuit Issues Split Decisions on PTO Continuation Rules 05.01.2009 - Litigation in East Texas After The Federal Circuit's Decision in TS Tech 05.01.2009 - Patent Reform Act Proposed For 2009 05.01.2009 - Yes, We Can Resolve Patent Cases for Less 03.20.2009 - Federal Circuit Issues Split Decision on PTO Continuation Rules 03.17.2009 - What's In A Name? 03.01.2009 - More Tales From the ANDA Wars Part II 02.01.2009 - Tales From the ANDA Wars 01.27.2009 - Strategies Regarding Patent Exhaustion After Quanta 01.07.2009 - Has The PTO Shortchanged You On Your Patent Term Adjustment? 01.02.2009 - Websites and Wizards 12.30.2008 - Federal Circuit Grants Mandamus Relief in In re Tech USA Corp. et al. for Refusal to Transfer Case 12.28.2008 - Developments in Patent Law 2008 12.20.2008 - Licensing Due Diligence – Who Owns the Patent: Part II? 12.10.2008 - Intellectual Property Advisory: Now Your Business Can Own Naming Rights on the Internet 12.09.2008 - Intellectual Property Advisory: Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Patent Continuation Rules Appeal 12.09.2008 - The Legal Aspects of Package Design as a Marketing Tool 12.02.2008 - Can You Still Patent a Method of Doing Business? 12.01.2008 - Tips on How to Properly Construe Patent Claims 11.25.2008 - The Rocky Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds, Part 3: Copyrights 11.21.2008 - Egyptian Goddess v. 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