Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
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Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
USA 2026
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Leading firm in USA 2026
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4
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1920
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Overview
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Banner Witcoff is a leading intellectual property law firm dedicated to providing premier IP services to clients of all sizes and across all sectors. For more than a century, the firm has served as a trusted partner to innovative organizations worldwide, helping them create, protect, enforce, and enhance the value of their intellectual property. Banner Witcoff delivers creative, strategic guidance across all areas of intellectual property law.
Industry sectors (15)
- Artificial Intelligence
- Chemistry + Chemical Engineering
- Defense + Space
- Electrical + Computer Technologies
- Internet, E-Commerce + Business Methods
- Life Sciences + Pharmaceuticals
- Medical Devices
- Mechanical Engineering
- Consumer Products & Retail
- Financial Services + FinTech
- Automotive
- Academic + Research Institutions
- Telecommunications + Networking
- Sports, Fitness + Athletic Tech
- Food + Beverage
Capabilities (15)
- Appellate Litigation
- Brand Protection
- Copyright Registrations and Enforcement
- Counseling, Opinions + Licensing
- Counterfeit Goods Seizure
- Design Patents
- Jury Trials
- Litigation
- Patent Interferences
- PTAB Litigation
- Patent Prosecution
- Section 337/ITC Litigation
- Trade Dress
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
Clients (14)
- Anker
- Buc-ee’s
- Capital One
- Commerce Bank
- Coulter Ventures, LLC d/b/a Rogue Fitness
- Country Financial
- Electrolux
- Light & Wonder
- NIKE
- Playboy Enterprises International
- Swift Response (aka Flex Seal)
- Tencent
- Toshiba International Corporation
- YETI Coolers
Key people
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Elizabeth Almeter
Board Member and Shareholder
Louis DiSanto
Board Member and Shareholder
Katie Laatsch Fink
President and Shareholder
Erik Maurer
Board Member and Shareholder
Frederic Meeker
Board Member and Shareholder
Andy Mu
Board Member and Shareholder
Work & experience
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Banner Witcoff seeks to create, enforce, and enhance the value of our clients’ IP assets. The firm believes that its clients, from marquee corporations to start-ups, all deserve creative and strategic guidance in developing and protecting the brand equity of their IP assets. In order to understand and maximize the value of our clients' intellectual property, Banner Witcoff commits to values that attract and foster attorneys and staff who share in clients’ quests for market leadership.
Notable work
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YETI Coolers
2013Ongoing
Trademark portfolio management, patent prosecution, counseling, and intellectual property enforcement and litigation.
NIKE
1979Ongoing
Responsible for protecting NIKE's footwear, apparel, and digital innovations.
Capital One
2018Ongoing
Managing over 1,000 patent matters protecting industry-leading innovations that are transforming the financial industry.
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District of Columbia
Mercedes K. Meyer
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
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Robert Katz
Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
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Illinois
Marc S Cooperman
Intellectual Property
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4
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1920
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