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So, what’s been happening at the #PTAB?
Banner Witcoff's Robert Boyd and Christopher Galfano examine recent PTAB decisions featuring: Reliance upon terms defined or not defined by the specification, prior art, and more!
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ICYMI: #lawstudents interested in #iplaw can now apply for the 2024 Donald W. Banner Diversity Fellowship.
Learn more and apply at: bit.ly/40kA0mP
#Bannerwitcoff #diversityinlaw
Joshua Davenport was recently interviewed for his thoughts on how generative AI is being used in the legal market for a recent @ManagingIP article titled “Law Firms: Corporations better placed to take AI plunge…for now.”
Read more: bit.ly/3s6e5mO
#generativeAI #AI
On Friday, October 27, a Banner Witcoff team filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) over the proper application of obviousness in design patents.
Read more: bit.ly/3tUxN5v
#IDSA #DesignPatents #IndustrialDesign #PatentLaw
We congratulate shareholder Anna King on her selection as the Chair of American Intellectual Property Law Association (@aipla)'s Trademark Treaties and International Law Committee! bit.ly/472sD6d
Banner Witcoff is pleased to support the Blake Haxton Fall Regatta today in Columbus, Ohio.
The event honors Paralympic rower Blake Haxton, an Upper Arlington (UA) Crew alumnus, and marks the 30-year celebration of UA Crew.
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In this week's PTAB Highlights, Hengyi Jiang and Andy Kim examine the recent decisions at the PTAB, featuring stipulations to avoid discretionary denial, the burden of proof on § 325(d), illustrating prior art modifications, and more!
Read on: bit.ly/3Q6dPMw
Banner Witcoff is proud to be a sponsor of Rising for Justice's 2023 Celebration of Service on Wednesday, October 25. The event honors those who embody Rising for Justice’s commitment to protecting the rights and dignity of people.
Learn more here: bit.ly/3tCuQ9u
Banner Witcoff is delighted to sponsor the Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. Annual Meeting in Chicago on October 15-18.
This year’s theme is Winds of Change: Dealmaking Trends in the Evolving Innovation Economy. Learn more here: bit.ly/48TU5Es
Banner Witcoff's Rich Stockton will present "Extraterritoriality and the Lanham Act" at the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)'s Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 19, at 10:15 a.m. ET.
Read more here: bit.ly/46GrCjq
Join Banner Witcoff's Kirk Sigmon as he dives into the world of patenting and copyrighting #AI during the Global IP ConfEx on October 17.
The discussion will cover vital AI touch-points like defining inventions, national/regional differences, and more. bit.ly/46oqfWY
Banner Witcoff is proud to share that attorneys Timothy C. Meece and Frederic M. Meeker are included in the 2023 edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists! bit.ly/48JZu0u
Curious about what's been happening at the #PTAB?
Jordan Bodner and Hugh Warren summarize the recent decisions, featuring the impact of certificates of correction after a final written decision, institution grant analysis, and more! Read more here: bit.ly/48F4MdU
Banner Witcoff’s Robert Katz will moderate and speak during a discussion on how to best protect digital goods through strategic use of IP rights on Friday, October 6, at the FICPI Open Forum Meeting in London.
Read more here: buff.ly/3reKc3g
Shareholder Kirk Sigmon delved into the impact of video game emulation and decompilations on copyright law in a recent discussion with the Cardozo Law Review Podcast, "Pod Curiam."
Find the episode here: bit.ly/3ELaqgV
Shareholder Darrell Mottley will be a panelist at the AI and Emerging Technologies Partnership Series on Sep 27. Join to discuss AI Tools and Data in intellectual property practice. Learn more here: bit.ly/3Rw3X0F
#AI #IntellectualProperty #USPTO
Rich Stockton will be a panelist at the Chicago-Kent College of Law’s 2023 Supreme Court IP Review on Friday, Sept. 29th. Rich and his co-panelists will review the Supreme Court decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
Learn more: bit.ly/44YZIy0
Darrell Mottley has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee of the @ABAesq Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence.
The AI Task Force is dedicated to identifying the impact of AI on the legal profession and the practice of law. bit.ly/3LxBrIl
Join us in congratulating Scott M. Kelly on being named a “DC Rising Star” in the The National Law Journal’s 2023 Legal Awards, recognizing him as one of the region’s 40 most promising lawyers aged 40 and under!
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What's new at the #PTAB?
Attorneys Zachary Getzelman and Camille Sauer dive into the recent decisions, featuring the duty of candor, timeliness of #IPR petitions, discretionary denials, and more!
Read their full summaries here: bit.ly/48hnDeP
