John P. Iwanicki

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John P. Iwanicki — Patent Litigation Practice Summary

Specialty / focus. Iwanicki is a registered patent attorney (USPTO Reg. No. 34,628) whose practice is concentrated in chemistry, life sciences, and biotechnology, with a secondary litigation docket in mechanical/consumer products. Banner Witcoff's bio lists representative technologies including CRISPR genome engineering, single-cell genome analysis, genomically recoded organisms, genetically modified plants and seeds, gene drives, spatial sequencing, DNA-based information storage, small-molecule therapeutics, probiotics, polymerizable tissue sealants and hydrogels, implantable/wearable drug-delivery devices, picosecond lasers, and analytical instrumentation. His tracked court appearance, however, is in footwear/knit-textile technology (Nike v. Puma), where he served a local-counsel role rather than as technology lead. He is unusual in the field for combining an active prosecution portfolio (IAM Patent 1000 has ranked him for prosecution in Massachusetts) with litigation.

Side preference. The authoritative case list contains a single tracked appearance, on the plaintiff side (Nike, Inc. v. Puma, D. Mass. No. 1:18-cv-10876). That sample is too small to establish a genuine side preference, and it understates his actual docket. Banner Witcoff's own bio states he "has both enforced patents and defended allegations of patent infringement in federal court," and he appears in PTAB proceedings on the patent-owner side. On the available record he is best described as a patent-owner-oriented practitioner who has also done defense work, not a dedicated NPE/PAE plaintiff's lawyer.

Firm context. He has practiced at Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. in the Boston office (28 State Street) — a full-service IP boutique — and the searchable record shows no prior law-firm history. His entire legal career appears to have been spent at that firm; he is not in-house.

Notable matters, PTAB, and credentials. In Nike v. Puma, he signed the May 3, 2018 complaint as local counsel and was identified as Nike's district-court counsel of record for service in Puma's subsequent IPR petitions against Nike's knit/cushioning patents (e.g., IPR2019-01043, involving U.S. Patent 6,973,746). The case was terminated on January 13, 2020 and is widely reported to have settled in 2020; no verdict or damages award was entered. On the PTAB side, he served as backup counsel for patent owner Incept LLC in HyperBranch Medical Technology v. Incept LLC, IPR2016-01836 (U.S. Patent 7,009,034), a hydrogel/tissue-sealant proceeding — so his IPR/PGR experience is real but modest in the public record, not a high-volume PTAB practice. Bar admissions: Massachusetts (1990), District of Columbia (1993), U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and First Circuit, D. Mass., and the U.S. Supreme Court. Education: B.S. Chemistry, Boston College (1984); M.S. Physical Chemistry, UC Irvine (1986); J.D., Suffolk University (1990).

Sources: Banner Witcoff attorney bio and firm press releases; Martindale-Hubbell and Justia/plainsite docket records; PTAB filings (IPR2016-01836, IPR2019-01043); D. Mass. docket for No. 1:18-cv-10876; Law360 firm/attorney profile. Recognition claims (Best Lawyers, IAM Patent 1000, LMG Life Sciences) are from firm and directory listings and are reported as such.