Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Intellectual Property / IP Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Advertising Law

The National Law Review is a free resource of intellectual property articles addressing laws governing patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and grey marketing. Legal topics include : trademark and trade dress infringement, copyright registration and infringement, counterfeit and infringing goods, patent litigation, intellectual property licensing, the Internet, e-mail and document and data retention policies. Details on intellectual property transactions and litigation including actions by the Federal Trade Commission “FTC” , the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and by other governmental agencies as well as civil actions are added daily.

Title	Organization	Date Posted
CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation: Poison Apple Re: Patent Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/24/2013
Texas Puts its Lone-Star Spin on Trade Secret Protection	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/24/2013
Understanding Chinese Inventor Reward and Remuneration	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/24/2013
Disclosure Requirements to Conduct a “Meaningful Deposition” of an Expert under Northern District of Georgia Local Patent Rule 6.3(b)(4)	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/23/2013
An Unreasonable Royalty Rate is No Gaming Matter Re: Patent Litigation	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	5/23/2013
Copyright Infringement Action Against Former Employees Fails to Present Issues of Fact for Jury	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/23/2013
New Trademark Headaches, But Help is On the Way Re: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	5/23/2013
Laches, Acquiescence, and Trademark Injunctions	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/23/2013
Chinese Trade Secrets Theft Hits U.S. Universities	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/23/2013
Got a Website or App With No Privacy Policy? California Has a Fine For That	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	5/22/2013
Patent and Trademark Office Guidance for Examiners in Wake of CLS Bank Decision: No Change for Now	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/22/2013
Texas Enacts Uniform Trade Secrets Act	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/22/2013
The Issues of Trademark Infringement and Dilution Go “Wild”	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/21/2013
CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. Leaves Rules for Patent-Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions Unclear	Armstrong Teasdale	5/21/2013
Product Developments Re: Legal Services	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/21/2013
Establishment of Russia’s Specialized Intellectual Property Court	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/21/2013
When Judges Collide: En Banc Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Fails to Clarify Law Regarding Patent Subject Matter Eligibility	Vedder Price	5/21/2013
Understanding Compulsory Licenses in India – Part 2 of a 2-Part Series	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/20/2013
Town Meets Gown - Navigating the Sponsored Research Agreement	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/19/2013
Patent Eligibility of Software Innovations After CLS Bank	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/19/2013
As Summer Winds Down, Patent Law Heats Up	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/19/2013
Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purchaser Has No Right to Make Copies	McDermott Will & Emery	5/19/2013
Prioritization of Examination of Patent Applications in Brazil for Pharmaceutical Products and Processes, and Devices and Equipment Related to Public Health	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/19/2013
Millions of U.S. Patents Re: The Pace of Invention and Innovation is Accelerating	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/18/2013
Biotech Innovation In A First-to-File World	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/18/2013
CLS Bank v. Alice: Chasing the Rabbit Down the Bilski Hole Re: Patent Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/18/2013
Understanding Compulsory Licenses in India – Part 1 of a 2-Part Series	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/18/2013
Patent Reform Is Coming: Is Your Medtech Company Ready?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	5/18/2013
Early Termination of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Proceeding Shows Versatility of PTAB Patent Trials	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/18/2013
Dr. Oz Fights Back Against False Advertising	Dickinson Wright PLLC	5/17/2013
The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/17/2013
En Banc Federal Circuit Issues Five Opinions in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation	McDermott Will & Emery	5/17/2013
SAP Files Ex Parte Reexamination Request for Patent Review using Prior Art from Ongoing Litigations	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/17/2013
Organizational Structure & the Working of the Indian Patent Office	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/17/2013
CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Part 2) Re: Patent Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/16/2013
A Tale of Two Patent Litigation Stays	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/16/2013
Federal Circuit Fails to Clarify Software Patent Eligibility	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	5/16/2013
Massive Growth in Software Usage the Real Reason for More Software Patents, Not Abuse	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/16/2013
Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto on Issue of Patent Protection for Genetically Modified Seeds; Ruling Is a Major Victory for the Biotechnology Industry	Vedder Price	5/16/2013
Supreme Court Decides Bowman v. Monsanto for Monsanto	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/15/2013
What Goes Up…Must Come Down: Viagra Patent Invalidated by Canadian Supreme Court	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/15/2013
En (many) Banc(s) Federal Circuit Decides CLS Bank v. Alice Corp.	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/14/2013
Federal Circuit Fails to Set Clear Standard for Patent Eligibility	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/14/2013
The Perils and Promise of 3D Printing: Are DIY Life Sciences in Your Future?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/13/2013
Composer Accuses Famed Atlanta Rapper Young Jeezy of Copyright Infringement in Misappropriating Lyrics to Song Provided to Rapper in 2009	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/13/2013
Jewelry Design Theft Raised by Ronaldo Designer Jewelry Against The Southern Link in new Copyright Suit	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/13/2013
A First for Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND): Federal Court in Microsoft v. Motorola Sets FRAND Royalty Rates for Standard Essential Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	5/10/2013
Federal Circuit Holds That Expert Evidence Is Not Required to Show Prior Art Reference Is Not Enabled	Vedder Price	5/10/2013
Trademark Owners Should Record with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) Trademark Clearinghouse	Vedder Price	5/10/2013
International Trade Commission Rules Lack of Domestic Industry Results in a Termination of Investigation	Vedder Price	5/10/2013
Supreme Court Exhausts Copyright Owners' Rights in Gray Market Goods Dispute	Vedder Price	5/9/2013
False Marking Claims Must Be Pled with Specificity as to Intent	McDermott Will & Emery	5/9/2013
Replication without Human Intervention: Lessons from Monsanto v. Bowman	Vedder Price	5/9/2013
Will the New Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) Really Influence Internet User’s Experience?	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	5/8/2013
Building Blocks for Inventions Re: Patent and Innovation	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	5/6/2013
Western District of Washington Sets Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) Royalty Rates and Range for Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs)	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2013
Federal Circuit Patent Litigation Appeal Decision in Versata Software v. SAP	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/6/2013
Early Patent Trial and Appeal Board Orders Demonstrate Differences Between America Invents Act (AIA) Patent Trials and District Court Trials	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/6/2013
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Publishes Trial Transcript from First Covered Business Method Patent Review	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/6/2013
No Prior Conception Where Contemporaneous Disclosures Failed to Show Knowledge of Complete and Operative Method of Making Invention	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2013
Patentee’s Infringement Damages Limited to U.S. Sales and Must Not Be Speculative	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2013
Fifth Circuit Flushes Away Pro Se Plaintiff’s Claims Against Oil Giants for Intellectual Property Theft and Infringement of a “Giant Plunger”	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2013
When Can a Design Patent Continuation Applications Claim Priority to a Parent?	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2013
Patent Marking: An Extrajudicial Admission that the Product Is Covered by the Patent but Not an Estoppel	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2013
Jackpot! The Federal Circuit Revives Aristocrats Indirect Patent Infringement Claims in View of Akamai	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2013
No Discovery Permitted in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings in Patent Claim Litigation	McDermott Will & Emery	5/3/2013
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Adopts New Professional Conduct Rules	McDermott Will & Emery	5/3/2013
Allergan V. Sandoz – When Everything “Old” Is “New” Again Re: Patent Law Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/3/2013
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Safe Harbor Analysis Now the Same in Both Ninth and Second Circuits	McDermott Will & Emery	5/3/2013
Federal Jury Finds Executive Recruiter Guilty Stealing Trade Secrets From Former Employer In Order to Start Competing Business	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	5/2/2013
Vicarious Copyright Infringement Requires a Showing of Supervision or Control	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2013
To Correct Inventorship of a Patent, Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Not the Federal Courts	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2013
No “Safe Harbor” for BitTorrent Website Operator	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2013
Affidavits Are Not Required to Challenge Prior Art Enablement in Patent Claim Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2013
New Patent Claim Construction Guts Nearly $600 Million Dollar Infringement Award	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2013
Trademark, Domain Name and Other IP Considerations in Spin-Offs	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2013
Fourth Circuit Rejects Post-Trial Preclusion Ruling in Paper Towel “Stuffing” Saga	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2013
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship	McDermott Will & Emery	4/30/2013
Appropriate Appropriation: Second Circuit Holds That Commentary on Original Work Unnecessary for Fair Use Defense, Only Transformative Quality Required	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/30/2013
Proposed New Jersey Restrictive Covenant Law Threatens to Handcuff Employers	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/27/2013
Data Breach at Gunpoint	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/26/2013
Caught in the Cloud: How Hard Could It Be To Recover Your Data From A Defunct Cloud Provider?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/26/2013
Progressive Casualty Litigation Stayed Pending Outcome of Liberty Mutual Covered Business Method Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/26/2013
Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight: One Simple Weapon to Fight Economic Espionage in a Cyberspace World	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/25/2013
Google Provides its Suggestions to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for Improving Software Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/25/2013
Trade Secret “Inevitable Disclosure” Doctrine Taking Shape in North Carolina	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/25/2013
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Inter Partes Review (IPR) Petition Joinder Practice Gains Momentum	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/25/2013
Man Bites Dog! Re: Trade Secrets Misappropriation Litigation	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/25/2013
America Invents Act (AIA) Patent Trials Differ from Reexamination	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/25/2013
Update on ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/25/2013
Marks & Clerk Releases Life Sciences 2013 Report	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/23/2013
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Updates Guidelines for Making Proper Disclosures in Digital Advertising	McDermott Will & Emery	4/22/2013
Recent Board Decisions on § 101 Show Generally Consistent Approach (and some inscrutability with respect to business-related processes)	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/22/2013
Petitioner Allowed to Submit Supplemental Information After Institution of Covered Business Method Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/21/2013
Exhibits for SAP v. Versata Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/20/2013
Dial-in Info to Hear the First Covered Business Method Patent Trial	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/20/2013
European Commission Proposes for Reform of European Trade Mark System	McDermott Will & Emery	4/20/2013
SAP v. Versata: First Covered Business Method Patent Trial and Appeal Board Trial Tests New AIA (America Invents Act) Trial Provisions	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/20/2013
Batting Practice with DNA Patents at the U.S. Supreme Court	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/19/2013
The UK Patent Box – Clawing Some Money Back from the Taxman	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/19/2013
Patent Case Transferred from Eastern District of Texas to Northern District of Georgia	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/18/2013
State and Commerce Publish Final Rules Defining “Specially Designed” Military End-Items and Creating a New Category XIX	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/18/2013
Myriad Patent Case Argued Before The Supreme Court – Some Snippets	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/18/2013
China’s Merger Control Rules Changing: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Publishes New Draft Regulations on Remedies and Simple Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	4/18/2013
Saffran v. J&J and Cordis Re: Eastern District of Texas Erroneously Construed Claims of U.S. Patent	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/17/2013
Can Human Genes Be Patented?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	4/16/2013
Surrender of Equivalents in a Patent Claim	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/14/2013
Musings regarding the Doctrine of Equivalents Re: Protecting Patents	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/13/2013
An Innovative Software Developer Speaks: Patents are Important	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/13/2013
Heightened Judicial Deference for Patent Claim Constructions?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/13/2013
China Law Update	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/13/2013
Insurance Coverage for the Cyber World	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/12/2013
The Copyright Alert System - Copyright Infringement and The Educational Approach	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/12/2013
A New Front in The Patent Wars: The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Asked for Guidance on Limits to Injunctive Relief	McDermott Will & Emery	4/12/2013
A Primer on Policing Your Trademark	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/12/2013
Things to Know About the Latest Final Interim Rules to Patent Term Adjustment under the America Invents Act (AIA)	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/11/2013
Approaches to Claiming Diagnostic Methods using Biomarkers in the European Patent Office (EPO)	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/11/2013
RE/MAX Sues Local Realtor for Trademark Infringement Over Blue, White, and Red Sign Background	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/10/2013
Six-Month Report Card: Post-Issuance Proceedings Under the America Invents Act "AIA"	McDermott Will & Emery	4/9/2013
NOVARTIS A.G. v. UOI – What is Novelty in Indian Courts?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/9/2013
First-Ever Criminal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) Charges Brought for the Importation and Sale of Hazardous Toys	Beveridge & Diamond PC	4/7/2013
Don’t Photograph the Machines! Re: Trade Secrets Misappropriation Litigation	McDermott Will & Emery	4/6/2013
Essentially in Breach? E. T. Horn Co. Sued for Breach of Settlement Agreement and on Trademark-Related Counts	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/6/2013
Modifying Circuit Court’s Mandate to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Requires “Exceptional Circumstances”	McDermott Will & Emery	4/6/2013
U.S. Polo Association Infringes Ralph Lauren Trademark in Fragrances	McDermott Will & Emery	4/4/2013
Paradise Troubled by Alleged Unfair Competition involving "Certified Social Media Strategist" Mark	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/4/2013
Joint Ownership of Trademark Rights Disfavored with Acquisitions	McDermott Will & Emery	4/4/2013
“Innovation Meets Insight:” An Intellectual Property Expert’s Take on the Revised America Invents Act (AIA)	The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC	4/3/2013
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on "Pay for Delay" Agreements	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/3/2013
Federal Circuit Will Consider De Novo Review of Claim Construction En Banc	McDermott Will & Emery	4/3/2013
Owner of Electronics Export Company Receives a 30-Month Prison Sentence	Beveridge & Diamond PC	4/3/2013
Chicago-Bound: Second of Joao Bock’s 3 Patent Cases Filed in August 2012 Transferred to Another District Court	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/2/2013
Clip from The Ed Sullivan Show in Musical Jersey Boys Was Fair Use Under the Copyright Act	McDermott Will & Emery	4/2/2013
Graphic Novel Not Substantially Similar to Heroes Re: Copyright Infringement Litigation	McDermott Will & Emery	4/2/2013
The Pedowitz Group and Jeff Pedowitz Accuse Jeff Ogden and Find New Customers of Looking for New Customers in the Wrong Places Re: Trademark Infringement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/2/2013
Franchisee Audit Results in Trademark and Breach-of-Contract Action by California Closet Co. Against Franchisee and its Guarantor	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/2/2013
Plaintiff’s Foreign Operations Result in “Lessened” Deference to Choice of Home Forum in Trade Secret Misappropriation Case	McDermott Will & Emery	4/2/2013
Proof of Copying by Circumstantial Evidence Requires More than “Mere Possibility” in Copyright Infringement Case	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
“FIT U” Fitness Clubs Appeal Preliminary Injunction in Trademark Case to 11th Circuit, but War Rages On in District Court	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	4/1/2013
Preliminary Injunction Upheld Against Misappropriated Cardiovascular Drug	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
America Invents Act (AIA) Is Now Fully Implemented	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
Termination of Employee Refusing to Perform Copyright Infringement Was Illegal	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
Component “Located Within,” as Opposed to “Parallel to,” May Meet Function-Way-Result Doctrine of Equivalents Test Re: Patent Infringement Litigation	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
Tax Measures in 2013 UK Budget	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/1/2013
Functional Preamble Claim Language Directed to the Essence of the Invention Can Be Limiting	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2013
Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way for Approval of Generic Version of Fentora Drug	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
Patent Exhaustion for Self-Replicating Articles	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/31/2013
Federal Circuit Affirms Injunction Against Impax Labs and Bars Generic Introduction	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
BONDing WITH NPE's - The Requirement for Security for Costs or Expenses Under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/31/2013
Federal Circuit Walks Fine Line in Equitable Estoppel Bar to Patent Infringement Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
“Kitchen Sink” Patent Applications	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/31/2013
Absent Explicit Language, Subsequent Patent Settlement Agreement Did Not Obviate Earlier Patent Settlement Agreement	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
Joint Actors as It Relates to Method Claim Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2013
Supreme Court Finds That “First Sale” Copyright Doctrine Applies to Works	McDermott Will & Emery	3/30/2013
Whitestone Marketing Accuses ProGraphics of a Not-So-Smart Move of Infringing Smart Campaign® Trademark	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/30/2013
Apple Retail Stores Receive Trademark Protection	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/30/2013
New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) – ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse Goes Live	Lewis and Roca LLP	3/29/2013
Software Patents Too Slow To Keep Up With Software Innovation? NOT!	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/29/2013
How to Choose a Product Brand Name – Most Common Mistakes	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	3/29/2013
Abuse of IP Rights Under China's Antitrust Rules: Recent Cases Have a Potentially Serious Impact	McDermott Will & Emery	3/29/2013
Mintz Levin’s London-based IP Practice Group Identifies the UK’s ‘Patent Box’ as a Boon for Clean Technology Clients	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/28/2013
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Antitrust Issues with "Pay for Delay" Agreements	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/28/2013
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in "Pay-for-Delay" Patent Settlement Antitrust Case	McDermott Will & Emery	3/27/2013
Federal Court Affirms Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) in Dawson v. Dawson and Bowman	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/27/2013
LEGO Builds TM and Breach-of-Contract Case on Allegations that Ex-Licensee Sold LEGO-Themed USB Drives after Sell-Off Period Ended	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/26/2013
Judge Pannell Declines to Reconsider Order Denying "Re-transfer" Patent Infringement Action	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/26/2013
America Invents Act Final Implementation: From First-to-Invent to First-to-File	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/25/2013
By the Numbers: 7-Eleven Files 2 Trademark Lawsuits in Middle District of Georgia against 9 Total Defendants Regarding 6 Accused Sites	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/24/2013
New York-based Design House Files Copyright and Trademark Lawsuit over MADISON Carpet Style	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/23/2013
Preliminarily-Enjoined Parties in Trademark Case Appeal to Eleventh Circuit, which then Denies their Motion to Stay Injunction	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/22/2013
Five Tips for Dealing with “First Inventor to File”	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/22/2013
U.S. Supreme Court Makes Price Differentiation Between Markets More Difficult for Copyright Owners	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	3/22/2013
The Copyright Act’s “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Lawfully Made Abroad and Imported to the United States	McDermott Will & Emery	3/21/2013
In Re Hubbell (Patent Litigation)	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/21/2013
Distribution in China – Legal Issues, Part IV. Drafting the Distribution Contract	McDermott Will & Emery	3/20/2013
Federal Circuit Will Review Cybor Intellectual Property Decision En Banc	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/19/2013
East Coast Spotlight on Design Patents: Spanx v. Yummie Tummie	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/19/2013
Massachusetts District Court Finds No Inference of Conspiracy Arising From Members of Standard Setting Organization Pursuing Self Interest In Refusing To Approve Plaintiff's Competing Technology	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/19/2013
Chief Judge of Northern District of Georgia Grants Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/18/2013
When Is A Couch, Just A ... Sofa	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/16/2013
Canonical Form of Patent Claims	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/15/2013
ICANN Unveils New Trademark Clearinghouse	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	3/15/2013
Real Housewives of the Northern District: Reality TV Stars Now Legal Adversaries in Copyright Battle	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/14/2013
Which Comes First – The Consolidation Order or the Venue Transfer?	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/14/2013
Are Dr. Dre’s Claims of Likelihood of Confusion and Dilution Enough to “Beat” His Opponents? Re: Trademark Registrations	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/14/2013
Unnecessary Nominative Use May Not Be Trademark Infringement	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/14/2013
Setback for Apple in iPhone Multi-District Litigation (MDL)	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/14/2013
A New Era of U.S. Patent Law Will Begin on March 16, 2013	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/13/2013
Updates on Three Important Issues: Family and Medical Leave Act Developments, Arbitration Agreements and Trade Secret Protection	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	3/13/2013
Protect Your Trademark Online: Global Trademark Clearinghouse to Begin Accepting Submissions	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	3/12/2013
Dot Benefits? Strategies for Protecting Your Brand Trademark in the New Top-Level Domains	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/11/2013
Covenant Not to Sue Is Not Discharged in Bankruptcy	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2013
So, Can You Make A Barcelona Chair Now? Re: Trade Dress Rights Litigation	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Trademark Defendant Who Lost on Summary Judgment Files Appeal with Eleventh Circuit, but Special Master May Still Assess Monetary Recovery	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Appellee Can Rely on Any Ground Supported by the Record to Defend the Decision Appealed From	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2013
Exclusive License Not Required for Standing to Claim Misappropriation of a Trade Secret Involving Subway Car Brakes	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2013
Northern District of Georgia Denies Motion to Strike Affirmative Defenses and Grants Motion to Stay Pending Reexamination	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Federal Circuit Finds New “Respect” for Patent, But Not That “Each” of Plaintiff’s Claims Are Plausible	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2013
Jurisdictions Split on When Copyright Registration Occurs: Impacts Are Huge on Both Claimable Damages and Copyright Portfolio Protection Costs	Dickinson Wright PLLC	3/11/2013
Insights About Software Patenting: Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Taking a Bite Out of Cyber Crime	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/11/2013
Franchisee Sued by Mrs. Winners Restaurant Franchise on Several Trademark Counts	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Adverse Inference Based on Destruction of Computer Evidence	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2013
Comments on European Union Unitary Patent Agreement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/11/2013
Omega Patents Wraps up One Case and Launches Another	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/10/2013
Federal Circuit to District Courts: Decide Transfer Motions Early	McDermott Will & Emery	3/10/2013
Use of Candid Photo in Poster Not Copyright Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	3/10/2013
In Like a Lion: Another Counterfeiting Ring Busted in Atlanta	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/10/2013
Federal Circuit Rules on Pleading Standard for Infringement of Design Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	3/10/2013
Plain Language in Patent Claim Applications	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/10/2013
Unitary Patent Spells Radical Changes for European Patent System in 2014	Vedder Price	3/10/2013
E-Commerce, Internet Technology and Novelty	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/10/2013
Second Circuit Affirms Willful Infringement of Fendi’s Trademark	McDermott Will & Emery	3/9/2013
Titanic Intellectual Property Lawsuit Launched to Sink Competing Enterprise	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/9/2013
UK National Stem Cell Network Report – The Patent Watch Landscape	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/9/2013
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Releases Final Rules to Implement the First to File Provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) and New Fee Schedule	McDermott Will & Emery	3/9/2013
How to Be Anti-Troll Without Being Antitrust	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/8/2013
USPTO Issues Final Rules and Guidelines Governing First-Inventor-to-File Provision	Vedder Price	3/8/2013
U.S. Opens Door to International Application for Industrial Designs	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/8/2013
Mattel v. MGA Entertainment—The BRATZ Saga Continues	McDermott Will & Emery	3/7/2013
Beyond the DotCom: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s Trademark Clearinghouse Provides Time-Sensitive Brand Protection on the Internet	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/7/2013
Southeast Clinical Nutrition Centers, Inc. Sues Mayo Foundation over Diet-Related Service Marks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/7/2013
The Implications and Backlash Surrounding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Cell Phone Unlock Ban	Raymond Law Group LLC	3/7/2013
Unitary Patent Spells Radical Changes for European Patent System in 2014	Vedder Price	3/7/2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Reopens Public Hearing on Genetic Diagnostic Testing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	3/7/2013
Dismissal of "First-Filed" Action does not Compel Re-transfer of Second Action to Original Forum	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/6/2013
Computer-Assisted Review Costs Awarded in California Patent Case	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/6/2013
Oral Arguments in CLS Bank Give Hope to Both Sides	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/6/2013
Point of novelty	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/5/2013
Patent Practitioners and Writing	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/5/2013
Let’s Continue with Insights about Software Patenting	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/5/2013
Annual Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Conference	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/4/2013
Acts of Direct Infringement Not Required to Establish Case and Controversy of Indirect Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	3/4/2013
Eleventh Circuit Finds Exclusion Insufficient for Insurance Companies to Avoid “Advertising Injury” Coverage for Copyright Infringement Defendant	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/4/2013
Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Re: Copyright Ownership Dispute Over A Screenplay)	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/3/2013
The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place for Side Bets (Re: Patent Infringement Litigation)	McDermott Will & Emery	3/3/2013
Early Resolution Through Focus on Claim Construction in Intellectual Property Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	3/3/2013
Deposit of Biological Material – Impact on Validity of Priority Claim	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/3/2013
Federal Circuit Rules Assignor Estoppel is a Shield, Not a Sword	McDermott Will & Emery	3/3/2013
Launch Date for Trademark Clearinghouse Revealed by ICANN	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/3/2013
European Commission Proposes Changes to the Rules Applicable to Technology Licensing	McDermott Will & Emery	3/3/2013
Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet in Intellectual Property Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	3/2/2013
America Invents Act (AIA) Technical Corrections Bill Signed Into Law	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/2/2013
Federal Circuit Expands Liability for Induced Infringement of Method Patents	Lewis and Roca LLP	3/2/2013
Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	3/2/2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Issues First Decision Instituting Covered Business Method Patent Review (CBM)	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/2/2013
Suit Against Kimberly-Clark Transferred from Western District of Washington Mirrors Recently-Filed Complaint	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/1/2013
New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Clearinghouse Will Open March 26, 2013	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/1/2013
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Conviction and 51-Month Sentence for Criminal Copyright Infringement and Trafficking in Counterfeit Labels	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/1/2013
Brand Owners Can Register Trademarks for Protection Mechanisms in New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLDs)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/1/2013
Administration Launches Strategy on Mitigating Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets	McDermott Will & Emery	3/1/2013
Key Trademark Rights Protection Mechanism for New Top-Level Domains Opens March 26, 2013	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/1/2013
Pending Petition for CBM (covered business method) Review Results in Litigation Stay	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/1/2013
Insurance Company Files Declaratory Judgment Action to Avoid Coverage for Defendant in Lawsuits Brought by George Clooney and Julia Roberts	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	3/1/2013
Final Rules for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the America Invents Act	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/1/2013
Patent Filing Considerations Under the American Invents Act (AIA) on the Eve of March16th	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	2/28/2013
BJ's Wholesale Club Sued Over Bone-Shaped Dog Bowls	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/28/2013
In Oral Arguments during Bowman v. Monsanto the Supreme Court Struggles with Exhaustion Doctrine for Patented Seeds	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	2/27/2013
Comverge Asserts Infringement of Patents Disclosing Power Management/Energy Load Devices and Methods against Entek Systems, a Company Operated by Inventors of Some of the Patents	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/27/2013
Landmark Changes to U.S. Patent System Almost Here	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	2/26/2013
What Constitutes an Abstract Idea in Intellectual Property?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	2/25/2013
Why Can't They Be FRANDs? Concerns About The International Trade Commission (ITC's) Approach to Standard-Essential Patent Cases Are Unwarranted	Adduci, Mastriani, & Schaumberg LLP	2/25/2013
Trade Secrets Finally Gets Toward the Top of the National Agenda	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/25/2013
Shot Down by the Gunn: The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Leaving Malpractice Cases Involving Underlying Patent Issues with State Courts	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/24/2013
Northern District of Georgia Adopts Special Master’s Patent Claim Construction and Summary Judgment Denial Recommendations Over Sprint’s Objections	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/24/2013
Limiting Functional Claiming for Software Patents: A Solution or an Impossibility?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/23/2013
Your Hotel Desk Chair May Be Patented	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/23/2013
Is Software Different than other Technologies? Yes and No	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/22/2013
Supreme Court Hears “Replicant Soy Bean” Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/22/2013
Brilliant Instruments v. GuideTech – Doctrine of Equivalents on Review	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/22/2013
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Software Patent Hearing in San Jose Shows Difference of Opinions	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/21/2013
Northern District of Georgia Finds Insufficiencies in Both a Covenant Not to Sue and in a Motion for Summary Judgment of Patent Obviousness	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/21/2013
Commenting Upon Scope of Applicable Twombly/Iqbal Standards, Northern District of Georgia Refuses to Dismiss Indirect Patent Infringement Allegations	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/20/2013
The Impact of Cloud Computing on Food and Drug Administration (FDA's) Regulation of Medical Products	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/19/2013
Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Motion in “Jack the Rapper” Trademark Lawsuit Spawns Early Settlement Dialogue	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/18/2013
Biotech’s Public Relations Problems Continue	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/17/2013
Building a Ready for Action Intellectual Property Portfolio Strategy for In-House Counsel		2/17/2013
Intellectual Property in the Next Technology Revolution: How Does the United States Stack Up?	McDermott Will & Emery	2/17/2013
Kimberly-Clark Hit with Suit and Preliminary Injunction Motion Over Surgical Drapes	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/16/2013
USPTO Publishes Extensive Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/16/2013
2013 Should Bring Clarity to Analysis of Settlements of Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/15/2013
Textile Company Slams Furniture Manufacturer and Retailers with Copyright Infringement Suit	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/15/2013
BMI Strikes Again: Rome, GA Restaurant Target of 3rd Georgia Copyright Suit Filed in 3 Weeks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/14/2013
Fighting Counterfeits in China – Light at the End of the Tunnel?	Dickinson Wright PLLC	2/14/2013
Travel Spike, LLC Re-Files Service Mark Infringement and Cyberpiracy Complaint in Northern District of Georgia	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/11/2013
What Do We Do Now that the World Didn’t End in 2012? - Generic Top Level Domains	McDermott Will & Emery	2/11/2013
Positioning a Finger Flap Between Cans in a Carton Is Non-Obvious	McDermott Will & Emery	2/10/2013
Federal Circuit Addresses Pleading Standard for Design Patents	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/10/2013
Shaw Industries Files Declaratory Judgment Action Against Hershey Over KISSES® Trademarks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/10/2013
FedEx Becomes Second Carrier to Deliver Patent Declaratory Judgment Complaint to Eclipse IP LLC	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/9/2013
Intellectual Property Infringement Lawsuit over Tablet-Docking Smartphones Opens New Front in Smartphone Wars	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/8/2013
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Publishes Pricing for Trademark Clearinghouse	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/8/2013
Patent Licenses Extend to Reissue Patents Unless Specifically Limited	McDermott Will & Emery	2/7/2013
Failure to Raise Patent Validity Challenges in Breach of License Suit Precludes Later Invalidity and Misuse Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	2/7/2013
Rare Federal Circuit Order to Impose Sanctions Against Patentee for Frivolous Claim Construction	McDermott Will & Emery	2/7/2013
Terrorizing Patent Practitioners: Highlights from Oral Argument at the Supreme Court for Gunn v. Minton	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/7/2013
Third-Party Competitor Cannot Sue U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Over Issued Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	2/6/2013
Special Master Issues Report and Recommendation on Claim Construction in Sewer Nozzle Patent Case	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/6/2013
Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) Holds that Territorial Borders of EU Member States Must Be Disregarded in Determining Use of Trademarks	McDermott Will & Emery	2/6/2013
Alternative Defense to False Advertising Claim Carries the Day	McDermott Will & Emery	2/5/2013
Time For Myriad To Fight Another Day - DNA Composition	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/5/2013
Obviousness Ruling Reversed for Failure to Analyze Why References Should Be Combined	McDermott Will & Emery	2/5/2013
BMI and Music Publishers Launch Their Second Georgia Copyright Lawsuit in Six Days	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	2/5/2013
Intentional Infringement of Copyright with Knowledge of Copyright Owner’s Forum Supports Claim of Personal Jurisdiction	McDermott Will & Emery	2/5/2013
Economic Espionage Act Exposed - re Converting a Trade Secret	McDermott Will & Emery	2/5/2013
Generics Challenge to Crestor Patent Fails	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2013
Market Definition Critical to Summary Judgment Determination in Casino Games Case	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2013
Trade Secret Misappropriation: When An Insider Takes Your Trade Secrets With Them	Raymond Law Group LLC	2/4/2013
Is that Mark Funny, Scandalous or Both? (Re: Trademarks)	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2013
Once an “Ale House,” Always an “Ale House” - Trademark and Trade Dress Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
Federal Circuit Affirms International Trade Commission (ITC) Jurisdiction for Non-Practicing Entities	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/3/2013
Once and for All, the Pooh Belongs to Disney - Disney's Trademark Rights	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
AIA’s (American Invents Act's) False Marking Retroactive Provision is Constitutional	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
Sanctioned Parties in Exceptional Cases Continue to Get Fresh Second Look from Federal Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
The EU Agrees to a New, Unitary Patent System	McDermott Will & Emery	2/3/2013
USPTO Releases Final Rules for Micro-Entity Status	McDermott Will & Emery	2/2/2013
Supreme Court Confirms that Broad Covenant Not to Sue Negates Jurisdiction Over Counterclaims for Non-Infringement and Cancellation of Trademark	McDermott Will & Emery	2/2/2013
Federal Circuit Expands Scope of Induced Infringement for Method Patents	Dickinson Wright PLLC	2/2/2013
HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Research	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/2/2013
Federal Circuit Clarifies ITC Domestic Industry Requirement for Non-Practicing Entities	McDermott Will & Emery	2/2/2013
Phase 3 of the America Invents Act: New Patent Laws Take Effect on March 16, 2013	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	2/2/2013
Permanent Injunctions on the Rise?	McDermott Will & Emery	2/2/2013
Controversial Film “Escape From Tomorrow” Shows Need to Protect Intellectual Property	Armstrong Teasdale	1/30/2013
European Parliament Approves EU Unitary Patent Rules	Vedder Price	1/29/2013
Too Many Patents in US? We Only Rank 12th in Patents Per Capita Worldwide	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/29/2013
Vedder Price Helps Clarify the Rules on Induced Infringement	Vedder Price	1/29/2013
ACLU Files Petitioners’ Brief in AMP v. Myriad Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/29/2013
IP Montetization Business Models	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/29/2013
Bratz-Mattel Doll Fight Ends Not with a Bang But a Whimper	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/29/2013
New EU Counterfeit Goods Regulation	McDermott Will & Emery	1/28/2013
USPTO Provides Guidance on Webpages as Acceptable Specimens for Trademarks	Vedder Price	1/28/2013
New Countries Join the International Trademark System (Madrid Protocol)	Vedder Price	1/28/2013
Amazon Loses Gift Patent in European Patent Office "EPO" Opposition	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/28/2013
Kason Industries Sues Competitor Over Commercial Refrigeration and Restaurant Equipment Hardware Patent	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/28/2013
Top 10 Changes under the America Invents Act	Vedder Price	1/27/2013
Getting the Most From Your Good Idea: The Importance of Intellectual Property Law for Innovators	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/27/2013
Thin Copyrights - Protected But Not Infringed	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/26/2013
BMI, Music Publishers Bring Copyright Suit Against Georgia Restaurant, Seeking Statutory Damages	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/25/2013
How Intellectual Property Can Help Solve the Nation's Electrical Grid Security Problems	Parks IP Law LLC	1/25/2013
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Announces Changes to Most Patent Fees	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/25/2013
Enforcement Implications of Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/25/2013
What to Consider Now Regarding the March 16, 2013 Patent Law Change	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/24/2013
Jewelry Design Theft Raised by Ronaldo Designer Jewelry Against Golden Stella in new Copyright Suit	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/24/2013
Banks and Credit Union Latest Targets of Joao Bock Transactional Systems, LLC Patent Suits	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/23/2013
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Copyright Claim in Use of Images of "High-End" Furniture	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/21/2013
Life Sciences Company Obtains Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action	Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP	1/21/2013
License Demand Letter Isn't Enough to Establish Personal Jurisdiction Over Patentee Defendant in a Declaratory Judgment Action	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/21/2013
How to Report a Data Breach in Connecticut	Raymond Law Group LLC	1/21/2013
Preliminary Injunction: An Important Tool in Copyright Infringement Litigation	Raymond Law Group LLC	1/20/2013
USPTO Publishes Final Rules for Micro-Entity Status and Fee Schedule	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/20/2013
Do Computer Fraud & Abuse Act Prosecutions Sometimes Go Too Far?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/18/2013
PTO Issues Notice on Improvement in Patent Application Quality – A Very Modest Proposal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/17/2013
In a Rarely-Seen Joint-Effort in the Competition Arena, the DOJ and the USPTO Unite in Issuing a Policy Statement on Remedies Involving Standard Essential Patents	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/17/2013
Does the First Sale Rule Apply to Works Manufactured Outside the United States?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/16/2013
Discovery of Accused Contributory and Vicarious Infringer’s Tax Returns and General Financial Information Denied for Lack of Assertion of Theory to Recover its Profits	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/16/2013
How Does Bankruptcy Affect Rights Under an Agreement Not to Sue on Patents?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/15/2013
Browserwrap Agreements May Fail to Protect from Cyberliability	Raymond Law Group LLC	1/15/2013
Battle for the Beltline: Atlanta Beltline Sues Andrew Realty Group Over BELTLINE Domain Names	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/15/2013
Protecting the Individual from Data Breach	Raymond Law Group LLC	1/14/2013
Small Business Especially Susceptible to Cyber Attacks	Raymond Law Group LLC	1/13/2013
E-Z-GO Saved by Bad Case Law: Southern District of Georgia Court Denies Motion for Attorney Fees	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/13/2013
Section 102(g) Is Still Available as a Defense for Pre-AIA Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	1/12/2013
The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Finds A Duty To Defend Misappropriation Of Internet Advertising System	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	1/11/2013
Returning Fire: The Respondent's Brief and Several Supporting Amicus Curiae Briefs in Gunn v. Minton	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/11/2013
New Jersey District Court Decision Provides A New Reason for Copyright Owners to Register Early	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/11/2013
New Federal Statute Strengthens Trade Secret Protection	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/10/2013
Plaintiffs Affiliated with MR CHOW Restaurants Appeal to 11th Circuit in Lanham Act Case	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/9/2013
Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Sherley v. Sebelius	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/9/2013
Lawsuit Launched Over 2010 “The Godfather of Comedy” Show	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/9/2013
Talk to Chuck, but Not Here: Patent Case Against Charles Schwab & Co. Transferred to Northern District of California	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/8/2013
USPTO Announces Location of Dallas-Fort Worth Satellite Office	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/6/2013
Georgia Now Included in Brandywine Communications’ Patent Litigation “Suing Spree”	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/4/2013
Orion the Hunted: Claimed Author of E-Magazines, Blog, and Software Manual Sues Orion Restoration, LLC and Related Parties for Declaratory Judgment of Copyright Ownership and for Copyright Infringement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/4/2013
Stripped of Controversial Provisions, Lame-Duck Patent Reform Heads to Obama's Desk	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/3/2013
Wrong Claim Construction Leads to Erroneous Infringement and Validity Findings	McDermott Will & Emery	1/3/2013
Section 256 Inventorship Claim Does Not Accrue Until the Patent Issues	McDermott Will & Emery	1/3/2013
Federal Circuit Rules It’s Own Standards Apply When Considering Preliminary Injunctions	McDermott Will & Emery	1/2/2013
D.C. Circuit Holds Restitution Must Be Based on Loss of Victim, Not Defendant’s Gain	McDermott Will & Emery	1/2/2013
Reissue Is Not Remedy to Terminal Disclaimer	McDermott Will & Emery	1/2/2013
Lack of Striking Similarity Ends The Big C Copyright Infringement Action in the Ninth Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	1/1/2013
Pleading Unjust Enrichment Does Not Support a Claim for the Underlying Trade Secret Misappropriation	McDermott Will & Emery	1/1/2013
Eleventh Circuit Raises its Glass to the Public Domain; Affirms Summary Judgment Entered Against Miller's Ale House on Trademark, Trade Dress, and Copyright Claims	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	1/1/2013
FTC Signals Stricter Stance on Injunctions for FRAND-Encumbered Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	12/31/2012
Rare Finding of Non-Obviousness Based Solely on Secondary Considerations	McDermott Will & Emery	12/31/2012
Patent Infringement Claims Not Precluded by Related Trademark Infringement Claims in Prior Suit	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
Use of “TRADER” Marks and Domain Names Spark Lawsuit Asserting Trademark Infringement and Cyberpiracy	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/30/2012
Federal Circuit Mows Down Lower Court’s “Into Engagement with” Claim Construction	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
Infringement of Method Claims Requires Proof of Actual Performance Rather than Mere Capability	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
Six-Year-Long International Trade Commission "ITC" Investigation Concludes with Finding of Obviousness	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in Humans - Patent Law Issues	McDermott Will & Emery	12/30/2012
40-Year Delay Smacks Down Monetary Damages, but Not Permanent Injunction, in Fraternity and Sorority Trademark Suit Against Paddle Manufacturer	McDermott Will & Emery	12/29/2012
11th Circuit Sua Sponte Vacates and Replaces Earlier Opinion in Lanham Act Case, but “Harmless Error” Doctrine Preserves Original Result	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/29/2012
Walker Process Standing Affirmed for Direct Purchaser Antitrust Plaintiffs	McDermott Will & Emery	12/29/2012
Top Ten Biotech IP Stories of 2012	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	12/28/2012
Diagnostic Claims For Assessing the Risk of Down’s Syndrome Are Not Patent Eligible	McDermott Will & Emery	12/28/2012
Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by James and Laurie Williams Against Columbus Bar Association	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/28/2012
Opening Shots in Gunn v. Minton: The Petitioner's Brief and Several Amici Curiae Briefs in Support	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	12/28/2012
Northern District of Georgia Dismisses Copyright and State Law Claims Brought by Master Mind Music, Inc.	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/27/2012
Another Shoe Drops in Washington: Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction over Willful Copyright Infringers	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/22/2012
In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation – Making “Therasense” out of Confusion	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	12/21/2012
Protect Your Valuable Brands	McDermott Will & Emery	12/21/2012
Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists against Antonine X. Brown	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/20/2012
Joint DOJ-FTC Workshop Explores Competitive Impact of Patent Assertion Entities	McDermott Will & Emery	12/17/2012
Human Augmentation: A Bioethical Implication Analysis of Cybernetics, Nanotechnology, and Upgrades to the Human Body	Southern University Law Center	12/17/2012
Not Taking it Lying Down: Lawsuit Launched over MATTRESS SAFE®	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/15/2012
Causal Nexus for P.I. Means the Accused Infringement Drives Consumer Demand	McDermott Will & Emery	12/13/2012
Keeping Counterfeits Out of Your Christmas Stockings	Dickinson Wright PLLC	12/13/2012
Common Patent for European Union Adopted	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	12/13/2012
Supreme Court to Decide "Pay for Delay" Antitrust Case Involving Generic Drugs	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/12/2012
“When you assume, you make an …” : Echoes From Oscar Wilde In Luster Products, Inc. v. John M. Van Zandt d/b/a Vanza USA, Opposition No. 91202788 (TTAB 11/28/2012)	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	12/12/2012
New Concerns Over Product Liability Risk for Trademark Licensors	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	12/12/2012
Best Mode Defense’s Last Stand	McDermott Will & Emery	12/11/2012
VitalStim and Three Others Assert Infringement of Four Patents Against eSwallow USA	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/11/2012
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on “Pay-for-Delay” Antitrust Issue	McDermott Will & Emery	12/11/2012
Zac Brown Band's Guitar Strap Flap	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/11/2012
China Foreign Investment: Measures to Accredit the Qualified Key Software Enterprises and Integrated Circuit Design Enterprises 五部委联合发布《国家规划布局内重点软件企业和集成电路设计企业认定管理试行办法》 (08/09/2012)	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/11/2012
Trademark Infringement Action Asserted by Clark Equipment Company against Nighthawk Machinery, LLC	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/10/2012
Limits on the Use of the Disclosure-Dedication Rule Under Doctrine of Equivalents	McDermott Will & Emery	12/10/2012
David Can Beat Goliath in the Trademark World… Just Ask Mixed Chicks!	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/10/2012
Patentees Can File DJ Actions, Too: Complaint in Middle District of GA Provides Example	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/10/2012
America Invents Act - Limitation on Joinder	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	12/9/2012
Rehearing of Decision Affirming PTO Invalidity Finding Denied, Even After Upholding District Court Validity Finding	McDermott Will & Emery	12/9/2012
Alleged Exclusive Licensee of PRENATE® Trademarks Sues for Infringement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/9/2012
“PARIS” Is Misdescriptive of Goods Designed in Miami and Manufactured in Asia	McDermott Will & Emery	12/9/2012
America Invents Act - Prior User Commercial Rights	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	12/9/2012
Clark Equipment Company Brings Anticybersquatting Case Involving its BOBCAT® Trademarks	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/8/2012
America Invents Act - Best Mode Removed as a Defense	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	12/8/2012
Is Your House Designer Creative or a Copier? Judge Finds an Issue of Fact Whether a House Design Infringed on a Previous Designer’s Copyright	Varnum LLP	12/7/2012
How Do You or Don’t You State a Case for A Declaratory Judgment in a Trademark Dispute?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/7/2012
Pharmaceutical Patent Transfers Subject to the Hart Scott Rodino Act (HSR Act): Increased Review Raises Importance of Valuation	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/6/2012
D.C. Circuit: Restitution Order Must Involve Victim’s Loss, Not Defendant’s Gain	Ifrah Law	12/5/2012
Acceleron Asserts its '021 Patent Against Dell, Inc.	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/5/2012
The Patentability of Isolated DNA Will be Decided by the Supreme Court	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	12/4/2012
Alien v. Predator; Who Prevails in Copyright Dispute?	McDermott Will & Emery	12/4/2012
Supreme Court Grants Myriad’s Petition for Cert.	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	12/3/2012
“The Librarian” Makes Noise: Copyright Claims Included in Multi-Count Complaint Detailing Split Between LLC Members	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	12/3/2012
Another Voting Machine Controversy in Florida? (This Time It’s about Patent Infringement)	McDermott Will & Emery	12/3/2012
A Carrier Is Not a Country	McDermott Will & Emery	12/3/2012
New USPTO Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Satellite Office Finds Home in Downtown Dallas Location	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	12/3/2012
What Did You Say? $31 Million Awarded for Infringement of Hearing Aid Patent	McDermott Will & Emery	12/3/2012
FTC Commissioners Disagree on Limits of Section 5 Applicability to Conduct Not Otherwise Covered by Antitrust Laws	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	12/1/2012
Is It Time to Take a New Look at Appellate Review of PTO Claim Construction?	McDermott Will & Emery	11/30/2012
3form Files New Suit Over Design Patents, Utility Patents, and Trademark Relating to its Architectural Panels	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/30/2012
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Gray-Market Copyright Case	McDermott Will & Emery	11/30/2012
Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents under the America Invents Act	Andrews Kurth LLP	11/30/2012
Trademark Infringement Asserted by American Deli against Boa Cho Corporation in Franchise Termination Case	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/29/2012
Georgia is a New Battleground for the Self-Proclaimed “Original Copyright Troll”	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/28/2012
USPTO Director Kappos Resigns	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/27/2012
Lululemon and Calvin Klein Settle Yoga Pants Design Litigation	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/27/2012
Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Drug Maker Fails Because “Off-Guideline” Marketing Does Not Constitute “Off-Label” Marketing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/27/2012
QVC and Two Florida-Based Corporations Sued for Patent and Trade Dress Infringement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/27/2012
Online Retailers Not Immune From Trademark Infringement	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/26/2012
Declaratory Judgment Action Filed Over Trailer Hitch Products	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/26/2012
Agreeing to License Standard-Essential Patents on RAND Terms May Bar Foreign Injunctive Relief	McDermott Will & Emery	11/26/2012
Acacia Subsidiary Automated Facilities Management Corporation Files Patent Suit Against Ventyx	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/26/2012
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Requires a Reason to Modify with a Reasonable Expectation of Success	McDermott Will & Emery	11/25/2012
No Permanent Injunction if Plaintiff and Defendant Did Not Directly Compete; Ongoing Royalty to Be Applied Instead	McDermott Will & Emery	11/25/2012
Trademark Infringement Asserted in Complaint by Warmtone Corp. d/b/a WebWire Against Brittany Race for Use of Marks WEBWIRE and GOWEBWIRE	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/25/2012
Knowledge of a Reference’s Materiality Does Not Prove a Deliberate Decision of Non-Disclosure	McDermott Will & Emery	11/25/2012
Perkinelmer v. Intema – Biomarker Claims Not Patent Eligible	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/25/2012
Home-Field (Venue) Advantage: Being the First-to-File Does Not Always Win the Race	Varnum LLP	11/24/2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Obviousness in DNA Patent Application	McDermott Will & Emery	11/24/2012
The Federal Circuit Finds Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Exists Only with Immediacy and Reality	McDermott Will & Emery	11/24/2012
Broad Reading of Executory Contract when Trademark License Obligations Are Unfulfilled	McDermott Will & Emery	11/24/2012
Counterfeit Merchandise Sales Result in Summary Judgment of Infringement, but Not of “Trademark Counterfeiting”; Middle District of GA Clarifies Statutory Damages Standards	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/24/2012
Domain Names and the First Amendment: The Latest Word	Ifrah Law	11/23/2012
What's The "Best" Trademark?	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/23/2012
FTC Revises “Green Guides”	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/23/2012
Overhead Door Corporation Distributor Asserts Unfair Competition Claim Against Atlanta-Area Garage Door Company	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/22/2012
U.S. District Court Finds the USPTO is Improperly Calculating Patent Term Adjustment	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	11/22/2012
Evolutionism vs. Creationism Battle Over Trademark Rights	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	11/21/2012
Proposed Remedies in the Midst of the Patent Wars: EU and US Antitrust Watchdogs Push to Strengthen FRAND in Standard Setting	McDermott Will & Emery	11/21/2012
3Form and Meridien Accents Settle Architectural Wall Design Patent Action	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/21/2012
Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/20/2012
Update: Watson Pharmaceuticals Responds to FTC's Petition for Supreme Court Review of "Pay for Delay" Case; 31 States File Amici Curiae Brief	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/19/2012
Patent Term Adjustment Update - Exelixis v. Kappos	Armstrong Teasdale	11/19/2012
A Licensee Can Sometimes Bear the Burden of Proof on Non-Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	11/18/2012
Recent Disposition of Atlanta Division Cases Covered in Prior Posts	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/17/2012
Prior Art’s Disclosure of Result-Effective Variables that Overlap Claimed Ranges Is Sufficient to Support a Finding of Obviousness	McDermott Will & Emery	11/17/2012
Mark Rice d/b/a Games to Remember Initiates Three Suits, Asserting Infringement of Funky Monkeys® Trademark	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	11/16/2012
China, Other Nations Need to Crack Down on Software Piracy	Ifrah Law	11/16/2012
Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/16/2012
Is “Air Force 1” Dismissal Grounded?	Dickinson Wright PLLC	11/16/2012
The Federal Circuit Finds that Section 282 Is Not a Safety Net to Protect Against Failure to Disclosure Relevant Information During Discovery	McDermott Will & Emery	11/15/2012
A Recall Notice Directed to “6 Hour” Energy Shots Could Constitute False Advertising	McDermott Will & Emery	11/14/2012
Court Determines U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Is Undercalculating Patent Term Adjustments	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	11/14/2012
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Does Not Dive into the Turbulent Waters of the Supreme Court’s Stream of Commerce Debate	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	11/13/2012
The Eleventh Circuit Finds No Fraud on the PTO Where Declarant Had No Personal Knowledge of Use of Similar Marks	McDermott Will & Emery	11/12/2012
District Court Holds Filing of Request for Continued Examination Does Not Reduce Patent Term Adjustment	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	11/10/2012
Patent War Between St. Jude Medical and Volcano Has Mixed Results	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	11/8/2012
Protecting Trade Secrets Before, During and After Litigation: A Book Review	The National Law Review / The National Law Forum LLC	11/8/2012
Re-Election of Obama Keeps Patent Law and Policy on Track	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/7/2012
For a Product to Be “Derived from” Another, It Must Copy Novel Aspects of the Original Product	McDermott Will & Emery	11/7/2012
Voter Verified Decision Elaborates on Internet Publication	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/6/2012
Monsanto v. Bowman to Be Heard at the Supreme Court	McDermott Will & Emery	11/5/2012
Patents Not Obvious Due to a Lack of Motivation to Combine Prior Art	McDermott Will & Emery	11/5/2012
Fifth Circuit Looks to Totality of Parties’ Conduct to Determine Implied License	McDermott Will & Emery	11/4/2012
No Compulsory License for Internet Streaming	McDermott Will & Emery	11/4/2012
Eleventh Circuit Holds Not All “Internet” Distribution Is Worldwide Publication, Giving Rise to a United States Work	McDermott Will & Emery	11/3/2012
Eighth Circuit Approves Damages Against Individual Music Downloader	McDermott Will & Emery	11/2/2012
A Public Icon: Marilyn Monroe Estate Loses Appeal for Publicity Rights	McDermott Will & Emery	11/2/2012
Judge’s Ruling on Antitrust Complaint Has Implications Far Beyond the .xxx Domain	Ifrah Law	11/2/2012
Thou Shall Describe a Reason for Negative Claim Limitations	McDermott Will & Emery	11/2/2012
Google and Rosetta Stone Settle AdWords Trademark Infringement Suit		11/2/2012
Chuck Yeager’s Right of Publicity Suit Will No Longer Fly in the Ninth Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	11/1/2012
Abandonment and Revival of U.S. Patent Application	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/1/2012
Best Practices for Transparent Cause Marketing - New York Attorney General Issues New Guidelines	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	11/1/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in the First Sale Case	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	11/1/2012
Federal Circuit Side-Steps Issue of Whether False Affidavit Is Per Se Material Under Therasense	McDermott Will & Emery	11/1/2012
Trolls: Unlike Zombies, They Want Your Money Not Your Brains	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	11/1/2012
Business Plans/Pitches and Intellectual Property	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/31/2012
Preparing to Deal with Digital’s Looming Dark Side	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/31/2012
What's in a Name? Everything!	Dickinson Wright PLLC	10/31/2012
Do You Monitor Use of “Copyleft” Open Source?	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	10/28/2012
Abandonment and Revival of U.S. Patent Application	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/27/2012
Report From an Energized WIPO Conference in Geneva	Ifrah Law	10/26/2012
U.S. “First to File” Patent System and Strategic Use of Provisional Patent Applications for Small Businesses	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/25/2012
Is Continued Employment Enough to Uphold Invention Assignment Agreements?	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/25/2012
The Reputational Risk and IT Relationship	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/21/2012
Court Decision in Sony PlayStation Data Breach Case Places Burden on Plaintiffs to Allege Actual Damages	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/18/2012
Concentration Range Claims Cannot Be Narrowly Construed to Preserve Validity	McDermott Will & Emery	10/16/2012
Did you know? October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/16/2012
The Scope of Safe Harbor Provision Under § 271(e)(1) Expands	McDermott Will & Emery	10/15/2012
Exceptional Case: All or Nothing At All?	McDermott Will & Emery	10/14/2012
En Banc Court Deeply Divided on Divided Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	10/13/2012
Domestic Industry Based on Licensing Exists Independently of Domestic Industry Based on Articles Protected by Patent Made in the United States	McDermott Will & Emery	10/12/2012
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Declaratory Judgment Action in Trademark Dispute Involving Alticor	Varnum LLP	10/12/2012
The Gain Act: Providing Additional Market Exclusivity for Antibiotics to Treat Drug-Resistant Infections	Schiff Hardin LLP	10/12/2012
Same Claim Terms Used In Related Patents Have the Same Meaning	McDermott Will & Emery	10/12/2012
Federal Circuit to Address Computer-Implemented Inventions En Banc	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/11/2012
Pattern Designs on US Navy Uniforms and Fabric Are Non-Functional Protected Trademarks		10/11/2012
A Range of Possible Dates for Alleged Prior Art Does Not Satisfy Standard of Clear and Convincing Evidence for Proving Invalidity	McDermott Will & Emery	10/10/2012
Gunning for the Supreme Court: A "Substantial" Case "Arising" from Texas That Means More Than You Think!	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	10/10/2012
Stream of Commerce Contacts Insufficient to Maintain Personal Jurisdiction	McDermott Will & Emery	10/10/2012
Patentability of Obvious Variants of Derived Knowledge Under the AIA	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/9/2012
The Federal Circuit Continues to Make Inequitable Conduct More Difficult to Prove	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	10/9/2012
Trademark Protects “Color of Passion” Used on Soles of Women’s High-Fashion Designer Footwear, Except if Shoe Itself Is Red	McDermott Will & Emery	10/9/2012
Broadening Reissue Cannot Be Used to Remove Claimed Features Relied Upon in Prosecution Arguments	McDermott Will & Emery	10/9/2012
Supreme Court to Review Monsanto v. Bowman	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/8/2012
Total Investments in Entire Licensing Program Cannot Establish Domestic Industry Absent Evidence Establishing Portion of Investments that Have a Nexus to Asserted Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	10/8/2012
Retail Did You Know? Court of Appeals Expands Inducement for Patent Infringement	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/8/2012
Implicit Jury Findings Are Binding	McDermott Will & Emery	10/8/2012
IP: A boon for patent trolls	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/8/2012
USPTO Releases Final Rules for Declarations and Derivation Procedures and Proposed Fee Schedule	McDermott Will & Emery	10/7/2012
Copyright Protection for Architect’s Expression	McDermott Will & Emery	10/7/2012
IP: Phase 2 implementation of the America Invents Act provides new “patent attack” tools	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/5/2012
IP Law: The who, what, and how of indemnification provisions	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/5/2012
Court Must Consider Patent Owner’s Remedies in Terms of Future Infringements	McDermott Will & Emery	10/5/2012
A Casebook Example of Evidentiary Rulings that Cause “Wasteful Litigation”	McDermott Will & Emery	10/5/2012
Service Mark Cancelled Because Services Listed in the Registration Were Not “Good in Trade”	McDermott Will & Emery	10/4/2012
Plants Found in the Wild Are Not Patentable	McDermott Will & Emery	10/3/2012
FERC Forms New Office to Focus on Cybersecurity	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/3/2012
What Doesn’t Kill Me, Makes Me Stronger—Surviving Allegations of Copyright Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	10/3/2012
Web-Linking Is Not Necessarily Copying	McDermott Will & Emery	10/3/2012
Update: S. 3523 Passes U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	10/3/2012
Prometheus Redux: Patentability of Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patentable Subject Matter	McDermott Will & Emery	10/3/2012
Gossip Mag’s “Fair Use” Claim in Publishing a Celebrity’s Wedding Photos Rejected	McDermott Will & Emery	10/2/2012
Holy Infringement!—Noncommercial Infringement Is Not Fair Use	McDermott Will & Emery	10/2/2012
§ 301(a) of Copyright Act Creates Complete Preemption	McDermott Will & Emery	10/2/2012
Trademarks And Bankruptcy: Seventh Circuit Provides Lifeline For Trademark Licensees Confronting Licensor Bankruptcy	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	10/1/2012
Patent Wars: EU’s Top Regulator Takes Front Line Position	McDermott Will & Emery	10/1/2012
Not Every Magazine Use Is Fair	McDermott Will & Emery	10/1/2012
Lack of Enablement Snares Patent’s Open-Ended Claim Scope	McDermott Will & Emery	10/1/2012
Entire Market Value Rule–R.I.P.?	McDermott Will & Emery	9/30/2012
Design Protection Bill Sent On for Senate Vote	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/29/2012
Cyber Attacks Hit Major Banks. Is Your Business Next?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/28/2012
Personalized Medicine Takes Off While Diagnostic Assays are Grounded	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/26/2012
Federal Circuit Knocks Outside the Box’s Inequitable Conduct Charges Out of the Box	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/26/2012
Akami/McKesson Decision Re-defines Induced Infringement	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/26/2012
Strategy and Tactics: Knowing The Difference In Patent Portfolio Creation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/25/2012
Are Software Patents Different or are Programmers Different?: Breaking the Deadlock	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/25/2012
Israel’s Guidelines for Examining Software Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/24/2012
Appellate Court Ruling Permits Continued NIH Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/24/2012
Singular Claim Terms Are Plural in Scope Unless There Is Clear Intent to the Contrary	McDermott Will & Emery	9/24/2012
An Intellectual Property Law Update: The Cost Of An Illegal Download	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/22/2012
The Federal Circuit’s Recent “Safe Harbor” Ruling Could Impact Biosimilars Drug Development	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/22/2012
Are Biosimilars the Next Generation of Small Drug Manufacturers?	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/21/2012
S. 3523: Louboutin, Lululemon, and Fashion Design: Finally Getting Some Respect?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/21/2012
App Developers Beware: FTC and Congress Are Watching Your Claims, Privacy Issues	Ifrah Law	9/21/2012
Libya Loses Court Battle Over Its Own ‘Libyan Embassy’ Trademark	Ifrah Law	9/20/2012
Further to the “Copying from the Internet” Issue…..	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/20/2012
A123 Announces Technology Advance	Varnum LLP	9/20/2012
America Invents Act Implementation of Rules Relating to the Inventor Oath or Declaration for Patent Applications	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/19/2012
Red Letter Case: Second Circuit Upholds Color as a Protectable Mark	Armstrong Teasdale	9/18/2012
Confusing Similarity Goes to the Dogs	McDermott Will & Emery	9/18/2012
1st Media, LLC v. Electronic Arts, Inc. – Specific Intent Means Specific Intent	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/18/2012
A Red-Leather Day: Giving Single Color Trademarks in the Fashion Industry a Little Sole	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	9/17/2012
When Can You Claim A Color As Your Trademark?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/17/2012
ICO Guidance on Deleting Personal Data Under the Data Protection Act	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/16/2012
District Court Power to Enjoin Improper Use Code Is Limited	McDermott Will & Emery	9/15/2012
Let the Jury Decide Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	9/14/2012
Louboutin Wins Round Two Against Yves Saint Laurent in Fight Over Red Soles	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/14/2012
Trade Secret Misappropriations Accusations Are Not Proof of a Habit	McDermott Will & Emery	9/13/2012
The U.S. Government Supports Textbook Publisher in First Sale Case	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/13/2012
An “Application” Under § 135(b)(2) Includes Earlier Effective Filings Under § 120	McDermott Will & Emery	9/12/2012
Statements Made During Reexamination Can Be Used to Limit Claim Scope	McDermott Will & Emery	9/12/2012
The Other Shoe Drops: Appeals Court Saves But Trims Louboutin Red Sole Trademark	Schiff Hardin LLP	9/12/2012
Red Letter Case: Second Circuit Upholds Color as a Protectable Mark	Armstrong Teasdale	9/12/2012
Sanctions Award Without Fees Not Appealable	McDermott Will & Emery	9/10/2012
Statutory Provision on Royalty Judges Violates Appointments Clause	McDermott Will & Emery	9/10/2012
Court of Appeals Expands Inducement for Patent Infringement	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/10/2012
Federal Circuit Signals Acceptance of Fairness Balancing in Determining Scope of Privilege Waiver	McDermott Will & Emery	9/10/2012
Video Interview: Discussing Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum with LXBN TV	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/10/2012
Copyright Owners Waive Right to Jury Trial by Filing Claims in Bankruptcy Court	McDermott Will & Emery	9/10/2012
Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.: Federal Circuit Makes Proving Induced Infringement Easier	Armstrong Teasdale	9/9/2012
Betting on the NFL Goes on Trial (Part 3)	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	9/9/2012
Repeated Failures to Comply with Discovery Warrant Sanctions Against Counsel	McDermott Will & Emery	9/9/2012
FTC to Mobile App Developers: Get Privacy Right from the Start	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/9/2012
No-Challenge Clauses Do Not Bar Later Challenges to Patent Validity	McDermott Will & Emery	9/9/2012
Two Circuits Conclude that Automatic Bankruptcy Stay Does Not Prevent Continuation of an Infringement Action of Trademarks	McDermott Will & Emery	9/7/2012
FTC Issues Privacy Guidance to Mobile App Developers	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/7/2012
The U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert to Decide Scope of First Sale Doctrine	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/7/2012
Federal Circuit Reaffirms the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/7/2012
Liability for Inducing Infringement Does Not Require a Single Entity Direct Infringer	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/7/2012
Starting Competing Enterprise While Employed Can Mean Trouble	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	9/7/2012
Walking the Red Carpet May Negate Rights of Publicity Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	9/6/2012
Federal Circuit Resurrects ‘Induced Infringement;’ Narrows ‘Joint Infringement Defense’	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	9/6/2012
Akamai/McKesson Decided– Implications for Personalized Medicine Patents	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/6/2012
Are Your Trade Secrets at Risk?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	9/6/2012
The FDA Proposes New Rule on Unique Medical Device Identification and Marking Requirements	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	9/6/2012
Increased European Patent Protection Following a Landmark Ruling on Supplementary Protection Certificates	McDermott Will & Emery	9/5/2012
Continued Employment Is Sufficient Consideration for IP Assignment Agreements	McDermott Will & Emery	9/5/2012
Prior Art Publications Entitled to Presumption of Enablement	McDermott Will & Emery	9/4/2012
Prometheus Rising: In Bancorp, the Battle Between “Claim” and “Inventive Concept” Continues	McDermott Will & Emery	9/4/2012
Federal Circuit to Hear En Banc Issue of Jurisdiction Over Determinations of Liability Where Damages and Willfulness Issues Not Yet Addressed	McDermott Will & Emery	9/3/2012
ITC Proposes Rule Changes to Section 337 Practice	McDermott Will & Emery	9/3/2012
USPTO Releases Proposed Rules for Implementation of AIA	McDermott Will & Emery	9/3/2012
Patent Reform – What You Need to Know for the Approaching September 16, 2012 Implementation Date	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/2/2012
Politician Settling Case for Unauthorized Use of Music at Campaign Events	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	9/2/2012
On Remand, Federal Circuit Spreads Mayo on Myriad	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/30/2012
New America Invents Act Provisions Set to Become Effective in September 2012	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/29/2012
The Federal Circuit Will Decide if a Damages Trial or Decision on Willfulness Is Required Before a Judgment of Patent Infringement Can Be Appealed	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	8/28/2012
Are You Willing to Pay $22,500 to Download A Song?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/28/2012
Another Loss for the Robinson-Patman Act	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/26/2012
Federal Circuit Breathes Life Back Into DNA Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	8/24/2012
Nuclear Regulator Announces Temporary Suspension of Licensing Decisions	McDermott Will & Emery	8/23/2012
FTC Proposes to Expand Types of Patent Licenses Reportable Under the HSR Act	Schiff Hardin LLP	8/22/2012
Should Section 8 Affidavits of Continued Use be filed at Year Three?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/22/2012
Patent Eligible Inventions	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	8/22/2012
7th Circuit: Trademark Owners in Bankruptcy Cannot Revoke License Agreements	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	8/21/2012
Legal Challenge To ICM Registry’s and ICANN’s .XXX gTLD Continues – What Are The Implications For Other gTLD Applicants?		8/20/2012
Fraudulent Notices Directed to Owners of Trademark Registrations on the Rise	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/20/2012
FTC’s Proposed Rules Would Generate More HSR Filings for Transfers of Pharmaceutical Patent Rights	McDermott Will & Emery	8/19/2012
PTO Issues Final Rulemaking for Covered Business Method Patent Review	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/18/2012
Just Because You Can Copy It Does Not Mean That You May Copy It	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/17/2012
New Global Initiatives to Accelerate Examination of Cleantech Patent Applications	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/16/2012
Judicial Estoppel Bars Flip-Flop Within the Same Case as to Ownership of Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	8/16/2012
Proposed Rules for Implementing the First-Inventor-to-File Provisions of the America Invents Act	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/16/2012
The Federal Circuit Withdraws Its Prior Holding Concerning the Appealability of Issues that Are “Noticed” but Not Reviewed by the ITC	McDermott Will & Emery	8/15/2012
Google Search Results Will Reflect Repeated Copyright Infringement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/14/2012
Third Circuit Provides Friendly Environment for FTC and Plaintiffs Challenging Certain Patent Litigation Settlements	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	8/14/2012
Halftime Score: Artist 1; ’Bama 0	McDermott Will & Emery	8/14/2012
A Sticky Situation—Secondary Considerations Require NEXUS to the Claimed Invention	McDermott Will & Emery	8/13/2012
FBI Expands Right to Use Anti-Piracy Warning Seal	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	8/13/2012
“Clear and Convincing” Is the Standard for Obviousness No Matter What	McDermott Will & Emery	8/13/2012
Non-Consumer Confusion May Factor into “Likelihood of Confusion” Analysis	McDermott Will & Emery	8/12/2012
Posner to Apple/Motorola: No Damages, No Injunction, No Trial	McDermott Will & Emery	8/12/2012
More Comments? ICANN Extends Public Comment Period For An Additional 45 Days		8/11/2012
Prior Art's Disclosure of a Preferred Embodiment Does Not “Teach Away” from Inferior Alternatives	McDermott Will & Emery	8/11/2012
Federal Trade Commission Sends Strong Message with $22.5 Million Google Settlement	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/10/2012
Private Challenges to Reverse Payment Settlement Allowed to Go Forward		8/10/2012
New Global Initiatives to Accelerate Examination of Cleantech Patent Applications	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/9/2012
Recent California Case Highlights Standards for Trade Secret Misappropriation Cases	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	8/7/2012
Domain Name Administrator Is Not a Domain Name Registry for Jurisdictional Purposes	McDermott Will & Emery	8/6/2012
Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Fails in Senate — ” A moment of disappointment…”	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	8/6/2012
Alleged Breach of Implied-in-Fact Contract for Use of a Television Show Idea Not Preempted by Copyright Act	McDermott Will & Emery	8/5/2012
A Substantial Non-Infringing Use Does Not Preclude a Finding of Inducement	McDermott Will & Emery	8/5/2012
USPTO Issues Interim Examination Procedure for Subject-Matter Eligibility Analysis Under Prometheus	McDermott Will & Emery	8/4/2012
Is the Second-Hand Sale of Software Licenses Allowed in Europe?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/3/2012
Direct Licenses Should Be Considered in Determining Reasonable Royalty for Performing Rights Organizations	McDermott Will & Emery	8/3/2012
Second Circuit Ruling May Have Important Consequences for Drafting Licensing, Settlement and Other Agreements Containing ‘Covenants Not to Sue’	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/3/2012
Ex-Guitarist Must KISS Royalties Goodbye to Satisfy Judgment	McDermott Will & Emery	8/2/2012
What Is an “Abstract Idea”? Who’s on First? What’s on Second?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/1/2012
“Application Denied”- Prometheus In Action	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/30/2012
Sunbeam Decision Gives a Ray of Hope to Intellectual Property Licensees	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/27/2012
Challenging Competitors’ Patents Before They Issue: New Rule Outlines How to Submit Evidence Against Pending Patent Applications	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	7/26/2012
The Latest, but Perhaps Not Last, Word on the Pleading Requirements for Direct and Indirect Infringement	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	7/26/2012
Are Genes Patentable? Myriad Revisited	Schiff Hardin LLP	7/25/2012
Bankruptcy Trustee’s Trademark License Rejection Does Not Revoke Licensee Rights Under Prepetition Agreement with Debtor	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/25/2012
Oral Arguments Heard By Federal Circuit in Myriad Gene Patent Case	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/25/2012
The Fate of the Music Industry is Jeopardized by Copyright Decision	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	7/24/2012
In Praise of Toby Flenderson: Data Privacy as a Function of HR	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/23/2012
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Unique Medical Device Identification	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/23/2012
PTO Rules on Pre-issuance Submissions by Third Parties	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/23/2012
Know thy vendor’s vendor…..	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/22/2012
The FDA Safety and Innovation Act: Much More Than Just User Fees	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/21/2012
Patent Office Finalizes Rules on Preissuance Submissions by Third Parties	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/21/2012
Proposed Legislation Seeks to Expand Protection for Trade Secrets	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/19/2012
Exit the Dragon: Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Cybersquatting Claim on Bruce Lee’s “Jeet Kune Do” Mark Brought by Non-Owner Martial Arts Instructor	McDermott Will & Emery	7/17/2012
Why Myriad Should Drop Its Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/17/2012
Postal Service Must Pay Reasonable Royalty for Copyright Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	7/17/2012
Massachusetts Amends Its Drug and Device Marketing Law	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	7/16/2012
DOJ, FTC Testimony Before Congress Indicates Enforcement Focus on Standard-Essential Patents and Concern over ITC Exclusion Orders	McDermott Will & Emery	7/16/2012
Supreme Court confirms that generic drug manufacturers can challenge brand-name use-code descriptions in patent litigation	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/16/2012
Computer Passwords: Yahoo Users Like Ninjas, Princesses and Sunshine	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/16/2012
Hershey Thinks Outside the Box (or the Candy Wrapper) in Seeking Trademark Protection for a Product Shape	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/15/2012
Avoid a “Heart Attack”: Promptly Register Your Trademarks	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/14/2012
Board’s Invalidity Finding Is Affirmed, Notwithstanding District Court’s Prior Validity Ruling	McDermott Will & Emery	7/14/2012
The European Patent Office: A Helpful Guide for Inventors	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/12/2012
Party Seeking Preliminary Injunction Must Demonstrate a Nexus Between the Patented Feature and the Consumers’ Decision to Purchase Its Product	McDermott Will & Emery	7/12/2012
PTO Guidelines for Process Claims Involving Laws of Nature	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/11/2012
Ambiguous Incorporation-by-Reference Language Breaks Continuity Link	McDermott Will & Emery	7/11/2012
“In Leukemia Treatment, Glimpses of the Future” of Medicine and IP	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/11/2012
The Myriad Decision in the U.S. Supreme Court	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/11/2012
Patent Trends (or Lack thereof) in Green Energy Technology	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/11/2012
Foreign Defendants Cannot Avoid Personal Jurisdiction in One District by Consenting to Personal Jurisdiction in Another	McDermott Will & Emery	7/10/2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict of Invalidity Based on On-Sale Bar and Public Use	McDermott Will & Emery	7/10/2012
Secondary Considerations Evidence Must Be Considered Before a Court Reaches a Decision on Obviousness	McDermott Will & Emery	7/9/2012
The “Internet Doomsday” Virus Resurfaces	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/9/2012
Twombly and Iqbal Redux; Form 18 Is the Pleading Standard for Direct Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	7/9/2012
The Final Curtain Call? Not Quite Yet New Standard of Review for Willfulness	McDermott Will & Emery	7/8/2012
Supreme Court Invites Solicitor General’s View on “Safe Harbor” of the Hatch-Waxman Act	Schiff Hardin LLP	7/6/2012
USPTO Opens a Satellite Patent Office in Dallas	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	7/5/2012
New Generic Top Level Domain Names Top Three Steps to Take Today	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/3/2012
One Less Copyright Issue to Worry About at the Gym	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	7/2/2012
Brand Owners Take Note: gTLD Applications Revealed, Comment Period Begins	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	6/29/2012
Willful Infringement Will Now Be Harder to Prove		6/29/2012
Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property… Not as Obvious as You Might Think	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/28/2012
“Obamacare” Survives – Including Path to Generic Biologicals	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/28/2012
Lilly Files Amicus Brief in Myriad Remand – With Friends Like This…	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/28/2012
FTC: Collecting and Selling Data Mined from Social Media Sites Covered by FCRA	McDermott Will & Emery	6/27/2012
Federal Circuit Passes Torch From Juries to Judges for Willful Infringement Determinations		6/25/2012
BYOD: The Risks of Bring Your Own Device to Work	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/23/2012
Drug and Device Development Outsourcing	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	6/23/2012
New European Consumer Agenda to be Observed and Adopted by Businesses	McDermott Will & Emery	6/23/2012
Mobile Problems? The Bring Your Own Device to Work Movement	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/22/2012
Functional Software Elements Not Copyrightable	Fowler White Boggs P.A.	6/22/2012
Copyright Owners Using DMCA To Take Down URLs	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/22/2012
Number of gTLD Applications Nearly Quadruples Expectations 7 Month Objection Period Opens	Armstrong Teasdale	6/21/2012
The Risk of Hacktivism - Includes Video	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/20/2012
LinkedIn Password Theft Results in Class Action Lawsuit: Privacy and Security Law Matters	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/20/2012
Trial Court's New Role in Willful Patent Infringement Decisions	Armstrong Teasdale	6/19/2012
Pre-AIA Patent Infringement Filings Still Subject to Mis-Joinder Rules	McDermott Will & Emery	6/18/2012
The List of gTLD Applicants: A Breakdown		6/17/2012
ICANN Publishes List of New gTLD Registry Applications	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/16/2012
Fact Issues Preclude Summary Judgment in Fabric Design Infringement Suit	McDermott Will & Emery	6/16/2012
How to Feel About the "Big Reveal": Roundup on the Land Rush for New gTLD Applications	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/16/2012
The DotCom Shake-Up: How Will You Protect Your Rights in the New Imminent Domain Name Release?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	6/15/2012
Is It Proper To Say You Google On GOOGLE®?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/14/2012
The Next .Step in Internet Expansion	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	6/14/2012
How Deep Is the Safe Harbor?	McDermott Will & Emery	6/14/2012
Domain Names Go Creative: Will We Soon See Dot-Poker?	Ifrah Law	6/14/2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Structural Obviousness Analysis	McDermott Will & Emery	6/14/2012
Happy Reveal Day! The List of New gTLD Applications Is Now Available		6/13/2012
What's the Deal with the "Big Reveal"? Getting Exposed to the List of New gTLD Applicants and Applications	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/13/2012
Has Someone Applied to Register Your .BRAND? Top Five Things You Need to Know		6/13/2012
ICANN to Reveal List of gTLD Applications	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/13/2012
I’ll Drink to That! (Trade Dress)	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2012
When the PTO Shows Sound Basis for Believing Two Products Are the Same, It Is the Applicant’s Burden to Show They Are Not	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2012
The Rise of Nanotechnology in the Energy Sector	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2012
A Betrayal Among Friends: Privacy Issues Surrounding Posts on Facebook	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	6/12/2012
Fashion Fakes: No Counterfeit Burberrys® Allowed Here	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2012
For Recapture, Look to the Change of Scope Between the Original Application Claims And the Reissue Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	6/11/2012
Privilege Cannot Shield Discovery of Settlement Negotiations	McDermott Will & Emery	6/11/2012
The Apple v. Samsung Smartphone Patent War Continues	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/11/2012
Supreme Court of Texas to Federal Circuit: Don’t Mess with Texas but Feel Free to Mess with Texas Patent Attorneys; SCOTUS May Weigh In on “Arising-Under” Jurisdiction	McDermott Will & Emery	6/11/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: Protecting Your Products and Packaging with Trade Dress	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/10/2012
Supreme Court to Decide Application of First Sale Doctrine to Foreign-Made Copyrighted Works	McDermott Will & Emery	6/10/2012
Ex-Employee Escapes Economic Espionage Act	McDermott Will & Emery	6/9/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: Trade Secrets: What Are They and How Do I Protect Them? (Part 1)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/9/2012
Inherency Revisited	McDermott Will & Emery	6/9/2012
Guidance on Construing Claim Construction, a.k.a. Diminutive Claim Construction	McDermott Will & Emery	6/8/2012
Consolidation in Multi-Defendant Patent Infringement Cases: Or How I Learned To Live with the AIA	McDermott Will & Emery	6/8/2012
ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse: An Update		6/8/2012
Rule 9(b) Applies to False Marking Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	6/7/2012
Second ANDA Filer Has Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgment Action	McDermott Will & Emery	6/7/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: Trade Secrets: What Are They and How Do I Protect Them? (Part 2)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/6/2012
FDA Labels and Method Claims Must Be in Sync, or ANDA Infringement Is Sunk	McDermott Will & Emery	6/6/2012
In Court, Secondary Considerations Must Be Considered Before Making an Obviousness Determination	McDermott Will & Emery	6/5/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: America Invents Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/5/2012
Supreme Court: Generic Drug Manufacturers Have Counterclaim Right to Correct Improper Use Codes	McDermott Will & Emery	6/4/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: An Introduction to Copyright Law	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/3/2012
The Newest Federal Circuit Judge on Claim Construction: A Clear Nod Toward Intrinsic Evidence	McDermott Will & Emery	6/3/2012
Five Traps for the Unwary Licensee	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	6/3/2012
Vermont Updates Data Breach Notification Law	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	6/2/2012
Four IT Security Trends to Master Corporate data is falling into the hands of hackers at an alarming rate. Here are four ways to protect it.	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/1/2012
New "Stuxnet"- type Virus Discovered. What are the Security Implications for You?	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	5/29/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: Trademark	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/29/2012
Patent Applicants Can Submit New Evidence to the District Court in Civil Actions Under §145	McDermott Will & Emery	5/28/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About U.S. Law and Patent System (Part 3)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/28/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About U.S. Law and Patent System (Part 2)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/27/2012
Computer-Implemented § 112 ¶6 Claims Require a Disclosed Algorithm	McDermott Will & Emery	5/27/2012
Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property – Blog Series: What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About U.S. Law and Patent System (Part 1)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/26/2012
N.J. Moves Towards Legal Sports Betting This Fall, in Time for NFL Season	Ifrah Law	5/25/2012
Prometheus Unbound – Are Methods Of Medical Treatment The Next “Targets”?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/24/2012
Why POM Wonderful Can Celebrate FTC Judge’s Ruling in Advertising Case	Ifrah Law	5/24/2012
FTC v. Myspace Part II — The Takeaways	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/23/2012
Fair Use Analysis for E-Reserves and Course Management Systems	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/23/2012
Emerging Energy and Intellectual Property – The Often Unappreciated Risks and Hurdles of Government Regulations and Standard Setting Organizations	Husch Blackwell	5/22/2012
When the Sky's the Limit, Don't Forget the Basics: Social Media, the Internet and Your Business	Much Shelist, P.C.	5/22/2012
New Jersey Rolls Out its Trade Secrets Act: What Employers Need to Know	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	5/21/2012
To Quote Mark Twain “Reports of My (Inequitable Conduct) Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated”	McDermott Will & Emery	5/20/2012
Reversal of Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement Rests on Construction of a Single Term not Found in Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	5/20/2012
gTLD Launch: An Update on the TAS Interruption	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/20/2012
USPTO Issues Examination Guidelines in View of the Prometheus Decision and Pilot After Final Program	McDermott Will & Emery	5/20/2012
Licensing Discussions Give Rise to Declaratory Judgment Action	McDermott Will & Emery	5/19/2012
Caution Canal Street Counterfeiters—Plaintiffs May Recover Attorneys’ Fees in Addition to Statutory Damages	McDermott Will & Emery	5/18/2012
Time Line: An Anonymous Threat The hacker group Anonymous has left a trail of big-name businesses in its wake.	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	5/17/2012
Software Code Theft: Are You Protected?	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	5/17/2012
A Unique Arbitrary Word Mark Does Not Lose Strength as Trademark when Identified Along with Manufacturer	McDermott Will & Emery	5/17/2012
Supreme Court Decision Opens Door for Possible Implied Conflict Preemption of Over-the-Counter Drugs	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	5/16/2012
FTC Consent Order Requires Myspace Privacy Assessments for 20 Years: How Can You Keep the FTC Out of Your Space?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/16/2012
gTLD Batching Update: Digital Archery Services Available at a Price	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/13/2012
No Trademark Protection for Design of Closure Cap for Medical Collection Tubes	McDermott Will & Emery	5/13/2012
Reexamined Claims Do Not Create a New Cause of Action	McDermott Will & Emery	5/12/2012
In re Montgomery – “Unbounded” Inherency in Patent Law	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/12/2012
Laches Period Begins from Knowledge of Confusing Use, Not Mere Knowledge of Use	McDermott Will & Emery	5/12/2012
USPTO Institutes “QUICK PATH” IDS Pilot Program	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/11/2012
High Stakes: Will Google’s Alleged Circumvention of Safari Privacy Settings Expose It to a $100,000,000,000+ Fine?	Poyner Spruill LLP	5/11/2012
Federal Circuit Sets Standard for Joinder in Multidefendant Patent Cases	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/9/2012
Otsuka v. Sandoz – Motivation Trumps Structure	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/9/2012
Damages May Not be Used to “Punish” Willful Trademark Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	5/7/2012
Government Contractor Is Immune from Individual Liability for Alleged Patent Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Denied Registration of “National Chamber” Mark	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2012
Misleading UDRP Exhibits Could Create Liability Under Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2012
Symantec: Malicious Cyber Attacks Increased by 81 Percent in 2011 and Data Breaches Up	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	5/4/2012
Eastern District of Texas Unveils E-Discovery Model to Curb Abuse	McDermott Will & Emery	5/4/2012
Keep a Close Eye on Your Competition- Intellectual Property Law	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	5/3/2012
Broad Range Anticipates Narrow Range that Lacks Criticality	McDermott Will & Emery	5/3/2012
The Supreme Court’s Caraco Pharma. v. Novo Nordisk Decision: Scope of Counterclaim Provision Expanded	Schiff Hardin LLP	5/2/2012
Nothing Revealed on “Reveal Day”: New gTLD Application System Remains Suspended		5/2/2012
Broadening Reissue Applications: No Restrictions to Subject Matter	McDermott Will & Emery	5/2/2012
Federal Circuit Orders Briefing in Myriad Remand	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/1/2012
Issues from an Initial Determination that Are “Noticed” but Not Reviewed by the ITC May Be Appealed to the Federal Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Pre-Therasense Finding of Inequitable Conduct	Andrews Kurth LLP	5/1/2012
CISPA, Approved by House, Poses Threat to Internet Freedom	Ifrah Law	4/30/2012
Rosetta Stone v. Google: No Easy Exit for Google from AdWords Trademark Suits	Andrews Kurth LLP	4/30/2012
Court Ruling Allows Presentation of New Evidence in Civil Action	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/30/2012
“Brogrammers” Giving Silicon Valley a Bad Name?	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	4/30/2012
Patent Applicants Can Submit New Evidence to District Court in Civil Actions	McDermott Will & Emery	4/29/2012
Supreme Court to Decide if First Sale Doctrine Permits Importation of Foreign-Made Copyrighted Works Without Authorization	McDermott Will & Emery	4/29/2012
The Latest From ICANN: New gTLD Application System Shut Down	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/27/2012
Fourth Circuit Gives Rosetta Stone Another Chance to Prove its AdWords Case	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	4/27/2012
Sony Is the New “King of the Road”	McDermott Will & Emery	4/26/2012
Bring New Claim Construction Arguments to the Appeal at Your Peril	McDermott Will & Emery	4/25/2012
Method for Tax-Deferred Real Estate Investments Not Patentable, Notwithstanding Computer Limitations	McDermott Will & Emery	4/25/2012
Technology, Telecom and Defense Companies Support CISPA Over Other Cyber Security Bills Despite Privacy Concerns	MapLight	4/24/2012
Federal Appellate Court Limits the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's Scope	Schiff Hardin LLP	4/23/2012
Intervening Rights Limited to Text-Based Amendments	McDermott Will & Emery	4/21/2012
Eurand v. Mylan –A “School Of Obviousness"	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/20/2012
The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Holds That Infringing Packaging May Trigger Advertising Injury Liability Coverage	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	4/20/2012
Supreme Court Applies “Machine-or-Transformation Test” to Diagnostic Patents	Vedder Price	4/19/2012
US Legislative Cybersecurity Update	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/19/2012
Caraco v. Novo Nordisk (Prandin®): Federal Circuit Reversed in Patent Use Code Case	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	4/19/2012
Federal Trade Commission to host mobile payment workshop	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/19/2012
Supreme Court Reverses In Caraco Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/17/2012
Reexamination Appeals: Go Directly to Fed. Circuit, Do Not Pass Dist. Court	McDermott Will & Emery	4/15/2012
Federal Circuit Continues to Hone in on What Constitutes Patentable Subject Matter Post-Bilski	Vedder Price	4/15/2012
WARNING: Non-USPTO Solicitations That May Resemble Official USPTO Communications1	Vedder Price	4/14/2012
Doing Business on the Internet 2012	Vedder Price	4/14/2012
Recent Changes in Gray Market Rules	Vedder Price	4/13/2012
Prometheus Q/A – Which Side Are You On?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/13/2012
Draft Biosimilars Approval Guideline Released by FDA: More Questions than Answers?	Vedder Price	4/12/2012
The All “Reasonable Manners” of Depiction Standard Rejected in Trademark Examinations, as Well as Oppositions	McDermott Will & Emery	4/12/2012
Summary of the America Invents Act	Vedder Price	4/12/2012
Fourth Circuit Resurrects Rosetta Stone’s Challenge to Google’s AdWords Program		4/12/2012
'Round the Turn They're A-Comin'! The Wild Patent Enforcement Ride of Marine Polymer v. HemCon	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/11/2012
Second Circuit YouTube Ruling Will Have Major Impact for Online-Piracy Debate	Ifrah Law	4/10/2012
Public Agency Need Not Engage in a “Trade” to Protect Information as a Trade Secret	McDermott Will & Emery	4/10/2012
Viacom Lives to Fight Another Day in YouTube DMCA Suit	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/10/2012
When Franchisees Innovate: Discussing The "Big Mac" Provision -includes video	Armstrong Teasdale	4/9/2012
The Batching Games: ICANN’s Plan to Process New gTLD Applications	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/8/2012
Interference Time Bar Can Flex	McDermott Will & Emery	4/8/2012
Court Reaffirms Broad Immunity for Patent Infringing Government Contractors - Only Recourse For Patent Holders Is To Sue Government	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/7/2012
No Likelihood of Confusion or Dilution Between COACH for Test Preparation Materials and COACH for Handbags	McDermott Will & Emery	4/7/2012
Is Subject-Matter Eligibility Really a Threshold Issue?	McDermott Will & Emery	4/6/2012
Massachusetts Attorney General Data Breach Investigation Results in $15,000 Settlement with Property Management Firm	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/6/2012
Bill Criminalizing Sales Tax Skimming Software Passed by Florida Legislature - New York Bill Would Do the Same	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	4/6/2012
Software Code Theft: Are You Protected?	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	4/5/2012
No Independent Analysis—No Preliminary Injunction	McDermott Will & Emery	4/5/2012
Five Key Issues to Consider When Negotiating In-License Agreements With Nonprofit Entities Part I	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/4/2012
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office USPTO Encourages Prosecution After Final – Sort of	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/4/2012
European Intellectual Property Bulletin - March, 2012	McDermott Will & Emery	4/3/2012
Creation of Advertising Material by Third Party Does Not Constitute Trademark Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	4/3/2012
Data Security Breach Alert: 1.5 Million Credit Card Customers Affected	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	4/3/2012
Award of Attorneys’ Fees in Copyright Cases Not Beholden to Lodestar Method	McDermott Will & Emery	4/2/2012
Can't Touch This - Supreme Court Finds Personalized Medicine Patent Claims Invalid	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/2/2012
Reverse Engineering Software, Without More, Not Trade Secret Misappropriation in California	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2012
USPTO Preliminary Guidelines Spread Mayo on Patent-Eligibility	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/1/2012
Yer Out at Home—Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Jon Bon Jovi Strikes Out	McDermott Will & Emery	4/1/2012
United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: “Just Say No to ‘CRACKBERRY’”	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2012
Patent Claims Must Recite “Significantly More” than a Law of Nature	McDermott Will & Emery	3/31/2012
Clearing the Way for Innovation in Orlando	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	3/30/2012
Divided Patent Infringement in Germany	McDermott Will & Emery	3/30/2012
Disclosure Exemptions for Fracking Chemicals Under Fire in Wyoming	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/29/2012
Legal Challenge To “ObamaCare” Threatens Generic Biologicals	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/29/2012
Supreme Court Invalidates Biotech Method Patent in Mayo v. Prometheus	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/27/2012
Contribution Toward Method for Making a Chemical Compound Constitutes Conception of Invention Directed to Compound	McDermott Will & Emery	3/27/2012
Handbook of Quality Procedures Before the EPO	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/27/2012
Supreme Court Remands In Myriad Appeal	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/26/2012
Pinterest Announces Changes to Its Terms of Service		3/26/2012
Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) To Biotech Examiners – We’ll Get Back To You!	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/26/2012
DOJ to Standard Essential Patent Holders—“We have our eye on you”	Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP	3/26/2012
Supreme Court Rules in Prometheus: Patent Claims Must Recite “Significantly More” than a Law of Nature	McDermott Will & Emery	3/25/2012
Personalized Medicine Patents Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	3/24/2012
How Zappos Defused a Potential Online Privacy Crisis	Ifrah Law	3/24/2012
The Supreme Court's Mayo v. Prometheus Decision The Implications for Biotechnology	Schiff Hardin LLP	3/23/2012
Intellectual Property Law Alert - Supreme Court Finds Broad Diagnostic Method Is Not Eligible for Patent Protection	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	3/23/2012
Navigating the Evolving Regulation and Commercialization of Stem Cell Research	McDermott Will & Emery	3/22/2012
Supreme Court Rules that Certain Diagnostic Methods Based on Laws of Nature are not Patent-Eligible	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/22/2012
Victory for Medical Practitioners - No Patents for Determining Dosages	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	3/22/2012
App Industry Begins to Regulate Itself on Data Privacy – With Nudge From Government	Ifrah Law	3/22/2012
A Sharply Divided En Banc Federal Circuit Decision Limits Intervening Rights To Claims Textually Modified in Reexamination	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/21/2012
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision in Mayo v. Prometheus	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/21/2012
Indian Patent Office Grants Compulsory License To Bayer Drug	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/21/2012
Applying for a New gTLD? Registration Deadline of March 29, 2012 Approaches As Cybersquatting Continues To Rise.		3/21/2012
China Conditionally Clears Western Digital’s Acquisition of Hitachi’s Hard Disk Drive Business	McDermott Will & Emery	3/20/2012
Supreme Court Reverses In Prometheus v. Mayo!	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/20/2012
Regulating Employee Personal Conduct Through Employment Policies	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/19/2012
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter in Business Method Patents—Fort Properties v. American Master, MySpace v. Graphon Corp. and the Murky, Treacherous Waters of Abstract Ideas	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/19/2012
Patentee’s Expert’s Testimony Regarding 40-Year-Old Reference Does Not Overcome the Reference Disclosure	McDermott Will & Emery	3/18/2012
One Year Rule Bars Interference with an Issued Patent	McDermott Will & Emery	3/16/2012
Custom Software and Technology Development. Do You Actually Own the Deliverable(s)?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/15/2012
Letters of Protest: A Tool To Avoid The “Trademark Bully” Label		3/15/2012
Privacy-on-the-Go: California Attorney General and Major Mobile Application Platforms Agree to Privacy Principles for Mobile Applications	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	3/14/2012
“Caught Up” Not Substantially Similar to “Caught Up”	McDermott Will & Emery	3/13/2012
Federal Judge Approves Predictive Coding Technology for e-Discovery	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/13/2012
ANDA Allegation May Confer Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, But Not State a Claim upon which Relief Can Be Granted	McDermott Will & Emery	3/12/2012
Adding “Computer” to Software Method Does Not Make It Patentable	McDermott Will & Emery	3/12/2012
Social Media: Reap the Rewards While Avoiding the Pitfalls	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/11/2012
A Gripping (Graft) Saga Draws to a Close	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2012
A Surprise to No One; Means-Plus-Function Claim Elements Are Limited by Disclosed Embodiments	McDermott Will & Emery	3/11/2012
USPTO Releases Proposed Rules and Fees for Post-Grant Procedures	McDermott Will & Emery	3/10/2012
Warning About Trademark Fee Solicitations	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/7/2012
Territoriality Requirement of Patent Exhaustion Doctrine Survived Supreme Court Decision in Quanta	McDermott Will & Emery	3/5/2012
Online Terms and Conditions Enforceable Even if They Conflict with the Terms of a Written Agreement	McDermott Will & Emery	3/4/2012
Federal Circuit Rattles Patent Owner by Vacating Vibrating Controller Claim Construction	McDermott Will & Emery	3/3/2012
Rules for Use of Music at Political Campaign Events		3/2/2012
Keep Your “Friends” Close: Protecting Employers’ Ownership Interests in their Corporate Social Media	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/1/2012
Alternative Basis for Invalidity Waived When Not Raised Before District Court	McDermott Will & Emery	3/1/2012
Last Chapter In The “Corn Wars” Or Just The Latest?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/1/2012
WIPO Named Exclusive Arbitrator of “Legal Rights Objections” for New gTLD Program	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/29/2012
Google Maps and iPad Maps App Challenged in the Middle District of Florida	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	2/29/2012
Defending Trademarks on the Internet: New Generic Top-Level Domains Present Both Opportunities and Threats	Vedder Price	2/29/2012
Using Online Shame as a Defense to a Trademark Infringement Claim May Not Always Be Effective		2/28/2012
Bayer v. Lupin – Patenting The Label Redux	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/28/2012
Pretzel Crisps: The Importance of Evaluating A Trademark’s Strength		2/25/2012
What You Need to Get Done Now If You Want to Sell Your Company in 2012	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/25/2012
Update: Who Owns a Company's Twitter Account?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/25/2012
Developers of New Apps Need to Consider Privacy Issues	Ifrah Law	2/24/2012
America Invents Act Update	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/24/2012
District of Delaware Adopts Default Standards for E-Discovery	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/22/2012
Supreme Court Declines To Review “New And Improved” Written Description Requirement	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/22/2012
Cancellation of Trademark Registration OK as Sanction for Failure to Comply with TTAB Discovery Orders	McDermott Will & Emery	2/22/2012
CMS’s Proposed “Sunshine” Regulations: Implications for Research	Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	2/21/2012
Massachusetts Regulations to Protect Consumer Personal Information Contain March 1, 2012 Deadline. -Data Privacy Update	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/20/2012
Legislative Update – Cybersecurity	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/20/2012
FDA Publishes Draft Biosimilars Guidance	McDermott Will & Emery	2/17/2012
FDA Issues Long-Awaited Draft Guidance Documents on Biosimilars	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	2/17/2012
Linsanity: The Trademark		2/16/2012
Second Application Window for New gTLDs “Reaffirmed” By ICANN		2/15/2012
High Court of England and Wales Rules Emissions Allowances to be Treated as Property	McDermott Will & Emery	2/15/2012
The Inside Job: Can Employees Walk Out The Door With Your Company's IP?	McDermott Will & Emery	2/14/2012
Electronically Stored Information, Social Media and the Rules of Professional Conduct: Are you compliant with your duties of competence and diligence?	Much Shelist, P.C.	2/13/2012
Better Anti-Piracy Bill Introduced in Wake of SOPA, PIPA	Ifrah Law	2/13/2012
The EU Commission Has Proposed a New Framework for Data Protection: What does this mean for your business?	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/11/2012
FDA Issues Three Draft Guidances for Biosimilars	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/10/2012
Does 5th Amendment Protect Computer Files From Decryption?	Ifrah Law	2/9/2012
Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Cases Live On	McDermott Will & Emery	2/9/2012
The Latest on the New gTLD Launch: “Reveal Day” Set For May 1st	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/8/2012
No Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction over Non-Asserted Claims; Injunction Affirmed	McDermott Will & Emery	2/8/2012
Don’t Ignore Governmental Mechanisms for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	2/8/2012
Restoration of Copyright in Foreign Works Passes Constitution Muster	McDermott Will & Emery	2/8/2012
BLUE IVY CARTER: What to Get a Child Who Has Everything? A Trademark Registration.		2/7/2012
DMCA Safe Harbor Held to Protect Content-sharing Website	McDermott Will & Emery	2/7/2012
Ginsburg, The Originalist (Golan v. Holder)	Andrews Kurth LLP	2/6/2012
Exceptional Case Fee Award Appropriate if Patent Owner’s Litigation Conduct Is Deemed Vexatious	McDermott Will & Emery	2/6/2012
Transfer of Ownership Requires a Written Assignment	McDermott Will & Emery	2/5/2012
Chicken, Waffles and Copyrights—Ninth Circuit Upholds Infringement of Public Performance Rights by Restaurant Chain	McDermott Will & Emery	2/4/2012
Overhaul of European Data Protection Law Announced	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2/4/2012
Can Holdover Franchisees Be Held Liable For Trademark Counterfeiting?	Armstrong Teasdale	2/4/2012
Who Owns a Company’s Twitter Account (and Musings on Social Media and Trademarks)?		2/4/2012
They're Using My Trademark On Their Out-Of-State Website, Can I Sue Them In My State?	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	2/3/2012
Curtain Call: Supremes Bow to Congressional Authority on Copyright Terms	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/2/2012
The Trademark Audit: A Necessary Legal Check-up	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	2/2/2012
With Patent Reform Going into Effect, What Should Patent Holders Do Now?	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	2/2/2012
New Domain Name Registry Application Period Now Open Though Critics Urge Delay	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	2/2/2012
Supplemental Examination Decision Tree – Lots of Dead Branches?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	2/2/2012
The Anatomy of Data Risk Management	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/31/2012
Proposals for Reform of the Data Protection Regime and Binding Corporate Rules	McDermott Will & Emery	1/31/2012
The Emerging Risks of 2012	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/30/2012
The Trademark Audit: A Necessary Legal Checkup	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/29/2012
Protecting Your Business from Cybercrime	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/28/2012
Comprehensive Data Protection Reform Proposal Released by European Commission	Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.	1/28/2012
The Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Briefing on Future of Data Protection in The European Union	McDermott Will & Emery	1/28/2012
New Years Solicitations - Creative Marketing or Deceptive Advertising?	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/27/2012
WIPO Refuses to Order the Transfer of worldcup2011.com to The International Rugby Board	McDermott Will & Emery	1/27/2012
PTO Proposes Supplemental Examination Rules – Extremely Expensive and Incredibly Complex	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/26/2012
Supreme Court Upholds "Restoration" of Copyright Protection to Foreign Works in the U.S. Public Domain — What Claims Will Follow?	Schiff Hardin LLP	1/25/2012
Lawsuit Regarding Strip Club Ad Highlights Importance Of Franchise Brand Management	Armstrong Teasdale	1/25/2012
The Federal Circuit Agrees to Consider En Banc Whether Intervening Rights Can Apply To Independent Claims Not Amended During Reexamination	Andrews Kurth LLP	1/24/2012
Registration of Colour Marks: Cadbury’s Purple Registered for Chocolate	McDermott Will & Emery	1/24/2012
Real Estate Development Dispute Over Copyright in Engineering Plans - State Court or Federal Court?	Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.	1/23/2012
Indictments of Megaupload Are a Greater Threat to Web Users Than Piracy	Ifrah Law	1/23/2012
Post-Grant Review Aspect of New Patent Law		1/23/2012
Lessons from the Facebook Privacy Fiasco	Andrews Kurth LLP	1/22/2012
Appeal Against Exclusion From Patentability of Software to Protect Minors Online Allowed	McDermott Will & Emery	1/22/2012
The America Invents Act—From the Perspective of the Small Business		1/21/2012
Taiwan IP Update	Andrews Kurth LLP	1/21/2012
Online Protests Hit Hard Against Anti-Piracy Bills	Ifrah Law	1/21/2012
Could SOPA and PIPA Interfere with State Dept.’s Global Internet Freedom Agenda?	Center for Public Integrity	1/20/2012
The Evolution of Social Media Law	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/20/2012
Trade Secrets – Protecting Your Confidential Information	Varnum LLP	1/20/2012
AMP Petitions for Cert. and A Look Back	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/19/2012
Dyson v Vax Ltd: Court of Appeal Of England and Wales Finds “These are Different Designs”	McDermott Will & Emery	1/19/2012
Top 2011 IP Stories on Patents4Life	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	1/18/2012
WIPO Launches New PCT Patent License Feature	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/17/2012
Securing Ownership of Your Company’s Digital Property	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	1/13/2012
New Generic Top-Level Domain Names Available	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/13/2012
New Jersey Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	1/12/2012
The Nine Billion Names of the Web [1]: More Internet Domain Names Coming	Schiff Hardin LLP	1/11/2012
“Imitation Two-Year Provisional” Option Extended Through 2012	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/10/2012
Defendants’ State of Incorporation Is Entitled to Little Weight in Transfer-of-Venue Analysis	McDermott Will & Emery	1/10/2012
The Year In Review	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/9/2012
Amazon’s ‘One-Click’ Patent Still Alive in Canada	McDermott Will & Emery	1/8/2012
Apple Denied Rights to “iPad” Trademark in China	McDermott Will & Emery	1/6/2012
Prior Conception and Reduction to Practice Defeats Invention	McDermott Will & Emery	1/4/2012
Cost-Shifting for Use of an Electronic Document Database Trumped by Parties’ Agreement to Share Costs	McDermott Will & Emery	1/3/2012
Patent Fast Lanes Now Open Despite Holiday Rush!		1/3/2012
Equitable Claim to Patent Title Insufficient for Standing	McDermott Will & Emery	1/3/2012
ITC Issues General Exclusion Order Based on Respondents’ “Willful Blindness” and Potential to Evade Order	McDermott Will & Emery	1/2/2012
RIM Defeats Sherman Act Section 2 Claims At Pleading Stage	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/30/2011
Rooney and restraint of trade - the doctrine is still alive and kicking	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	12/29/2011
Cyber Attacks on Corporate America continue to escalate in Frequency and Sophistication	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	12/27/2011
FDA Public Meeting on Biosimilars (User Fees): Implications for the Forthcoming Biosimilars Regulatory Pathway	Schiff Hardin LLP	12/22/2011
Court of Federal Claims Reaffirms Exceptions To The Anti-Assignment Act	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/21/2011
Password Apathy	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	12/20/2011
Patent Protection of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Extended to U.S. Licensees of Foreign Debtors	McDermott Will & Emery	12/15/2011
Inter PartesEstoppel Provision Applies Only After All Appeals Have Been Exhausted	McDermott Will & Emery	12/15/2011
Strategies For Intellectual Property Licensees Who Depend Upon The Use Of Complementary Trademarks When A Licensor Files For Bankruptcy	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	12/13/2011
FTC Staff Report Summarizes Recent Pay-for-Delay Settlements	McDermott Will & Emery	12/12/2011
California Appeals Court Rejects Antitrust Challenge to “Pay-for-Delay” Settlement of Patent Infringement Suit	McDermott Will & Emery	12/11/2011
Waking up a Sleeping Giant	McDermott Will & Emery	12/10/2011
Licensees Entitled to Seek Declaratory Judgment Despite a License	McDermott Will & Emery	12/9/2011
A Green Light to Block Red Light Domain Names	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	12/8/2011
Algorithm Written in Prose Provides Sufficient Structure for a Means-Plus-Function Claim Term	McDermott Will & Emery	12/8/2011
“One,” But Not the One and Only	McDermott Will & Emery	12/7/2011
UK Supreme Court Steps Into line with Europe, but Rejects U.S. Approach	McDermott Will & Emery	12/6/2011
Post-Therasense: Inequitable Conduct Really Is a Higher Standard	McDermott Will & Emery	12/5/2011
Apple and Samsung Wage Patent War	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	12/5/2011
Proof that the Claimed Invention Worked Is Required for Reduction to Practice	McDermott Will & Emery	12/4/2011
Q&A: The Risks of Social Media Spam Attacks	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	12/4/2011
Surprise! You Just Starred In Our Movie	Armstrong Teasdale	12/3/2011
Trade Secret or Patent, Not Both	McDermott Will & Emery	12/3/2011
Parties’ Contract Trumps Patent Act to Deny Prejudgment Interest	McDermott Will & Emery	12/3/2011
Post-eBay Demise of the Presumption of Irreparable Harm for Awarding Injunctive Relief	McDermott Will & Emery	12/2/2011
Claim Construct Tension Persists at Federal Court	McDermott Will & Emery	12/1/2011
Intra-Circuit Split Continues as Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc	McDermott Will & Emery	11/30/2011
Social Media and Corporate Compliance	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/30/2011
The Importance of Drafting Clear Patent Assignments MHL Tek v. Nissan Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2011)	Vedder Price	11/26/2011
How Visa Safeguards Its Operations	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	11/26/2011
How to Protect Your Company's Most Valuable Asset - Trademarks	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	11/25/2011
The Pitfalls of Using Open-Source Code	Vedder Price	11/25/2011
Flowchart Inadequate Structure to Define a Computer-Implemented Means-Plus-Function Limitation In re Aoyama (Fed. Cir. 2011)	Vedder Price	11/24/2011
“Can I Have a Do Over, Please?” Reflections on Certain Provisions of the America Invents Act	Vedder Price	11/23/2011
Section 337 Violation May Be Based on Trade Secret Misappropriation Occurring Abroad	McDermott Will & Emery	11/23/2011
Are Restrictive Covenants Enforceable in California? It Depends.	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	11/22/2011
Prometheus’s Supreme Court Brief – Don’t Confuse Us With “LabCorp”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/21/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Supersede Inventors' Rights in Federally Funded Inventions	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	11/20/2011
First Sale Doctrine of U.S. Copyright Law Does Not Apply to Foreign-Made Works	McDermott Will & Emery	11/18/2011
Federal Question Jurisdiction Exists If Copyright Authorship, Rather than Ownership, Is in Dispute	McDermott Will & Emery	11/18/2011
Constitutional Challenge to (File Sharing) Damage Award Rebuffed	McDermott Will & Emery	11/17/2011
USPTO Revises Rules Governing Inter Partes Reexamination Requests	McDermott Will & Emery	11/16/2011
Powell v. Home Depot – False Petition Not “Egregious Misconduct”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	11/16/2011
BPAI—What Constitutes a New Ground of Rejection	McDermott Will & Emery	11/16/2011
Litigation Activities Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry for Purposes of § 337	McDermott Will & Emery	11/14/2011
“Universal Night Sight” Is a Descriptive Trademark	McDermott Will & Emery	11/14/2011
Apple’s Software License Restrictions Not Misuse	McDermott Will & Emery	11/13/2011
NIST issues “US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap”		11/12/2011
Court of Justice of the European Union Provides Further Guidance on Circumstances in which Keyword Advertising Constitutes Trademark Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	11/12/2011
Claim Term “a” Does Not Necessarily Include Singular or Plural	McDermott Will & Emery	11/11/2011
Unclaimed Feature Not Limiting, Even When Required to Practice Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	11/10/2011
Social Media Perils: A Primer for Businesses	Much Shelist, P.C.	11/10/2011
Stent Wars: Return of the Dictionary and No Inequitable Conduct	McDermott Will & Emery	11/10/2011
Practicing the Prior Art Is Not a Defense	McDermott Will & Emery	11/9/2011
Ye Shall Reap What Ye Shall Sow	McDermott Will & Emery	11/8/2011
Seller of George Forman Trademarks Down for the Count on Breach of Contract Claims	McDermott Will & Emery	11/7/2011
Tenth Circuit Continues the Ambiguity of “Advertising Injury”	Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation	11/7/2011
Navigating the Cloud: Minefields in the Uncharted Territory of Cloud Computing	Much Shelist, P.C.	11/6/2011
Intervening Rights Can Apply to an Original Claim Based on Arguments Made During Reexamination	McDermott Will & Emery	11/6/2011
New Defense Security Service Electronic Communications Plan Released	Armstrong Teasdale	11/6/2011
Selecting a Company Name: A Trademark Lawyer’s Perspective	McDermott Will & Emery	11/5/2011
International Protection of Trade Secrets - ITC Wields the "Hammer of Thor"	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	11/5/2011
$32 Million Damages Award Against Web Hosts Reduced by One-Third—Contributory Infringement Limited to Single Award of Statutory Damages	McDermott Will & Emery	11/2/2011
No Disqualification Where Disclosure of Confidential Information Controlled by Joint Defense Agreement	McDermott Will & Emery	11/2/2011
Hacking the Military	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/31/2011
Big Changes Coming to the Internet’s Domain Name System	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/31/2011
SEC Issues Guidance on the Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents and Costs	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/30/2011
Israeli Biometric Data Hacked	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/30/2011
Trade Commission Likely to Play Growing Role in U.S. Renewable Energy	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/28/2011
Long-Standing Software Patent Claim Format Under Attack	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/28/2011
The Federal Circuit’s Recent Reexamination Rulings	Andrews Kurth LLP	10/28/2011
Convertible Debt Financing: Thoughts on the Default Conversion Price	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/27/2011
Protecting Your Brand in the New .XXX Top-Level Domain	Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP	10/27/2011
Is an Isolated DNA Patentable?	Andrews Kurth LLP	10/27/2011
The U.S. Has a New Patent Law		10/27/2011
Transitioning to the Updated ISFO Process Manual v3.0	Armstrong Teasdale	10/26/2011
Three Large States Revise Their Security Breach Notification Laws and Texas Applies Its Law to Residents of Some Other States to Boot	Andrews Kurth LLP	10/26/2011
What’s in a Tweet?	Andrews Kurth LLP	10/26/2011
Safe-Harbor Provision of Hatch-Waxman Act Does Not Protect Post-Approval Research Activities	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	10/25/2011
Small Businesses Think They are Safer Than They Really Are	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/25/2011
SEC Asks Public Companies to Disclose Cyber Attacks	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	10/24/2011
U.S. Patent Reform in 2011: President Signs the America Invents Act	Much Shelist, P.C.	10/24/2011
America Invents Act: U.S. Will Become a First-to-File Patent System	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/22/2011
Tenth Circuit Finds Potential Insurance Coverage for Patent Infringement Claims Under “Advertising Injury” Provisions	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/21/2011
On Remand from the Federal Circuit, the District Court in Lucent v. Microsoft Rules Lucent Again Failed to Properly Apply the Entire Market Value Rule	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/20/2011
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Decision and Rules that Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patent-Eligible Subject Matter	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	10/19/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC's Determination that Litigation Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry	McDermott Will & Emery	10/18/2011
Infringement by Unobvious Changes – A Look (Way) Back	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/18/2011
The Coverage Question	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	10/18/2011
Obviousness = Equivalence? Saint-Gobain v. Siemens	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/17/2011
Be Aware of Trademark and Patent Scams	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	10/15/2011
Easy Steps To Avoid Having Your Brand Used In An Adult Website Address	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	10/14/2011
USPTO Implements New Policy Change on Reissues in View of Recent Federal Circuit Decision	McDermott Will & Emery	10/14/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	10/13/2011
Underlying Invention and Not Category Literally Invoked by Claim Determines Subject Matter Eligibility	McDermott Will & Emery	10/12/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Obviousness Summary Judgment for Novel Formulation of Prior Art Active Drug Compound	McDermott Will & Emery	10/11/2011
Defendant Not Allowed to Appeal Denial of a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss After Trial	McDermott Will & Emery	10/11/2011
SCO Can’t Claim Ownership of the UNIX Operating System	McDermott Will & Emery	10/10/2011
The Top Five Intellectual Property Traps in M&A Transactions	McDermott Will & Emery	10/9/2011
UK Supreme Court Holds that U.S. Copyright Claims Are Justiciable in English Courts	McDermott Will & Emery	10/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Declares that “The King” Is Dead (in Copyright Cases)	McDermott Will & Emery	10/6/2011
EMC Corp. Should Have Drafted a Better Non-Competition Clause	McDermott Will & Emery	10/5/2011
Third-Party Web Ads Confer Jurisdiction over Nonresident	McDermott Will & Emery	10/5/2011
Second Circuit Holds First Sale Doctrine Inapplicable to Foreign-Made Goods	McDermott Will & Emery	10/5/2011
Cordis v. BSC – Therasense at Work	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	10/3/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents	McDermott Will & Emery	10/2/2011
FTC Proposes Changes to Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule; Issues Ruling on First Mobile App Case	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	10/1/2011
The Federal Circuit Applies Intervening Rights to Independent Claims Not Amended in Reexamination	Andrews Kurth LLP	9/30/2011
What’s in a Name? Protecting Your Start-Up Trademarks	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/29/2011
Federal Circuit Unveils Model Order for E-Discovery in Patent Cases	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/28/2011
Pacific Standard Time - The Artist's Legacy	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/28/2011
USPTO Announces Effective Dates of America Invents Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/27/2011
ANDA Automatic Stay of FDA Approval Does Not Defeat Standing in Sham Litigation Antitrust Counterclaim	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/26/2011
Q&A for Employers: Understanding the Impact of Illinois' New Civil Union Act	Much Shelist, P.C.	9/21/2011
President Obama Signs Patent Reform Into Law	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	9/20/2011
America Invents Act Update - Important Implementation Dates	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/19/2011
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act	Vedder Price	9/19/2011
The Top Six Blunders in Dealing with the Cloud	Andrews Kurth LLP	9/17/2011
President Obama Signs America Invests Act -i.e., Patent Reform - into Law	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/17/2011
Applications of China’s New Personal Information Protection Standards	McDermott Will & Emery	9/16/2011
Myriad Petition For Rehearing Denied	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/15/2011
Proposed cybersecurity legislation would protect employers from information theft by departing employees, if a policy prohibits such conduct	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/14/2011
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover And Nine Ways To Attack Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/13/2011
NTP Patents Revisited	McDermott Will & Emery	9/13/2011
Patent Reform Becomes Law of the Land	McDermott Will & Emery	9/13/2011
Copyright Infringement Suit Survives Dismissal Based on Proposed Amended Complaint	McDermott Will & Emery	9/13/2011
OFCCP Restores and Updates Functional Affirmative Action Program Process for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/13/2011
Patent License Is Presumed to Cover Continuation Applications	McDermott Will & Emery	9/12/2011
Narrowing Claim Amendment Blocks Application of the Doctrine of Equivalents, Again	McDermott Will & Emery	9/12/2011
Let The Reformation Begin! Patent Reform Act Passes	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	9/12/2011
Congress Passes America Invents Act	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/12/2011
Second Circuit Dismisses $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit	McDermott Will & Emery	9/11/2011
Immediate Changes for Patent Reform Under the America Invents Act	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/11/2011
Decision Time: Trademarks and the New World of Domain Names	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	9/11/2011
U.S. Congress Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	9/10/2011
Voluntarily Invoking Federal Jurisdiction Constitutes Waiver of Sovereign Immunity	McDermott Will & Emery	9/10/2011
Special Post-Grant Review for Business Method and Software Patents	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/10/2011
Senate Passes Sweeping Patent Reform Legislation	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	9/10/2011
America Invents Act Passed by Congress	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/9/2011
Update: .XXX Top-Level Domain Sunrise Period Starts September 7th	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/9/2011
New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO Under the America Invents Act	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/9/2011
Patent Reform Now One Signature Away: Senate Sends Historic Bill to President's Desk	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	9/9/2011
eBay Abrogates Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Copyright Cases in Ninth Circuit	McDermott Will & Emery	9/9/2011
Protecting Your Brand in a .XXX World	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	9/8/2011
Baseless Infringement Allegations (by an NPE) Warrants “Exceptional” Case	McDermott Will & Emery	9/8/2011
10 Things To Know About Post-Grant Review Under The America Invents Act of 2011	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	9/8/2011
Personal Jurisdiction in Trade Secret Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	9/7/2011
Protecting Your Trademarks In The New .xxx Domain Space	Armstrong Teasdale	9/7/2011
America Invents Act A Likely Reality	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Adopts Lower Court’s Use of Its Own "Blades of Chaos" to Filter Out the Unprotectable Elements of a Plaintiff’s Copyright Infringement Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	9/5/2011
Federal Circuit Jurisdiction over State-Law Tort Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	9/5/2011
Eastern District of Texas Gives Generics a Headache	McDermott Will & Emery	9/4/2011
Previous Litigation Results in Court Hanging Up on Plaintiff Based on Collateral Estoppel	McDermott Will & Emery	9/4/2011
Kimberly-Clark Finds a Soft Touch on Appeal	McDermott Will & Emery	9/3/2011
Alleged Trademark Sublicense Assignable in Bankruptcy	McDermott Will & Emery	9/2/2011
Can Genes Be Patented?	McDermott Will & Emery	9/1/2011
Obviousness Objections Based On Combinations Of References – Consistent Warnings From The CAFC	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	8/31/2011
Recent Cases Paint Troubling Picture of Art Experts in Poland	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/31/2011
REALITY BITES - Brand Protection, Reality TV Style	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/29/2011
Block Your Valuable Brand from .XXX	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	8/26/2011
Antitrust Counterclaim in Patent Infringement Action Lacks Plausible Allegations of Competitive Injury	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/24/2011
Italian Competition Authority Finds Abusive Conduct in Withholding Data and Internal Communications Praising Company Strategy	McDermott Will & Emery	8/24/2011
Customer Letter Characterizing Competitor’s Patent as Invalid Not Enough to Create Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction	McDermott Will & Emery	8/22/2011
Court Denies Louboutin Preliminary Injunction: Holds Fashion Blind to Single Color Marks	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/21/2011
“Dashboard” Mark Merely Descriptive of Automotive Information Services	McDermott Will & Emery	8/21/2011
About Face: Lancôme's Airbrushed Makeup Ads Banned in the UK	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/21/2011
Patentability of Software-Implemented Inventions: Ineligible Method Claims Can Jeopardize Apparatus Claims As Well	Vedder Price	8/21/2011
Going Down: Means-Plus-Function Elements on Claims to Elevator Invention Are Structural	McDermott Will & Emery	8/20/2011
Really, “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan”	McDermott Will & Emery	8/20/2011
Mutual Indemnification Clause Gives Rise to Attorneys’ Fees Regardless of Prevailing Party	McDermott Will & Emery	8/18/2011
“Hot News” Cannot Be Enjoined Under Misappropriation Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	8/18/2011
Fashion Designer Allowed to Prevent Use of His Name as Community Trademark, Despite Having Sold All Trademark Rights	McDermott Will & Emery	8/17/2011
Broad Injunctive Relief and Damage Award for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Upheld	McDermott Will & Emery	8/16/2011
Hitting Non-Practicing Entities Where It Hurts	Andrews Kurth LLP	8/16/2011
I’m Singing the Blues—Sampled Song and Procedural Mish-Mash	McDermott Will & Emery	8/14/2011
New Dosage of a Known Pharmaceutical: Obvious?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/14/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained	McDermott Will & Emery	8/13/2011
Is the Claimed Stent Described in the Specification?	McDermott Will & Emery	8/12/2011
Ten Things You May Not Know About the New gTLDs	McDermott Will & Emery	8/12/2011
Mobile Apps and Hidden Risks	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	8/11/2011
Strict Proportionality Not Required Between Attorneys’ Fees and Damages	McDermott Will & Emery	8/11/2011
Lucasfilm Wins Right to Sue in UK for Infringement of U.S. Copyright	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	8/11/2011
Trademark Protection Strategies in China	McDermott Will & Emery	8/11/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained	McDermott Will & Emery	8/10/2011
Well-Drafted Patent Claims Foreclose Competition	Much Shelist, P.C.	8/9/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Isolated DNA is Patentable Subject Matter	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that "Isolated DNA Molecules" Are Patentable Subject Matter and Method Claims Merely "Comparing" or "Analyzing" Are Not	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/8/2011
International Trade Commission Offers Guidance on Satisfaction of Domestic Industry Requirement	McDermott Will & Emery	8/7/2011
International Patent Protection	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/6/2011
Myriad Federal Circuit Decision Affirms Patentability of Claims to “Isolated” DNA but Methods Involving Only “Comparing” or “Analyzing” DNA Sequences Unpatentable and No Declaratory Judgment for Those Who Simply Disagree With Patent	Vedder Price	8/4/2011
Wegner Paper Probes Myriad Decisions Flaws	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	8/3/2011
Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in New York: Implications for Estate and Tax Planning	McDermott Will & Emery	8/3/2011
Federal Circuit Upholds the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	8/2/2011
Two New Patent Cases Join Supreme Court’s Fall Docket	McDermott Will & Emery	8/1/2011
Naked Licensing Defense Barred Where Licensee Previously Failed to Contest Trademark Validity	McDermott Will & Emery	8/1/2011
AMC v. Myriad – “Laws of Nature” Exception Does Not Include Isolated DNA	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	8/1/2011
This (Retractable) Needle Is Going to Sting a Bit: Next Chapter in the Adventures of Post-Phillips Claim Construction	McDermott Will & Emery	7/31/2011
Increasing Level of Seizures by U.S. Customs	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/31/2011
Read, Not Seagate, Controls Enhanced Damages: Spectralytics, Inc. v. Cordis Corp.,	McDermott Will & Emery	7/30/2011
Divided Panel Finds DNA Molecules Patentable – Cancer Screening Claims Too Abstract	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/30/2011
Scarlett? Rhett? Frankly My Dear, I Don’t Give a Damn: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al. v. X One X Productions et al.,	McDermott Will & Emery	7/29/2011
Anonymous Bloggers And The First Amendment: When And How Your Company Can Identify Its John Doe Defendants	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ratchets Up Materiality Requirement for Inequitable Conduct	McDermott Will & Emery	7/27/2011
Are Your Employees Stealing Your Data?	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/26/2011
Supreme Court Affirms Clear and Convincing Standard of Patent Invalidity Proof	McDermott Will & Emery	7/26/2011
Patent Office Proposes New Materiality Rules	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/26/2011
Inequitable Conduct in Canada – Disarming the “Atomic Bomb”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/25/2011
Pleading Indirect Patent Infringement Post-Twombly	Akerman Senterfitt	7/25/2011
ICANN Opens Registration to New Generic Top-Level Domains	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/25/2011
The New “Willful Blindness” Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/25/2011
EU Requires Consent Before Cookies Can Be Placed	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/24/2011
Actual Knowledge an Element of § 271(B) Inducement, but Willful Blindness Will Suffice	McDermott Will & Emery	7/24/2011
Patents by the Numbers		7/22/2011
On Your .Mark, Get Set, GO! — ICANN Opens the Internet to Unlimited Generic Top-Level Domains	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/22/2011
Recent Cases Should Make Software Licensors Review Their Distribution Methods and License Terms (and They May Even Make Us Look at Open Source Licenses in a Different Way)	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/21/2011
Murdoch’s News Corp lobbied on privacy issues as hacking controversy bubbled	Center for Public Integrity	7/20/2011
For Infringement Purposes, Preamble Can Define a Limiting Environment Rather than a Claim Limitation	McDermott Will & Emery	7/19/2011
Endo Finds Pain Relief from Board’s “Erroneous Reasoning”	McDermott Will & Emery	7/19/2011
In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation: Obviousness Determinations Revisited	McDermott Will & Emery	7/18/2011
Trademark Owners Should Plan for the Arrival of .XXX Domain Names	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	7/18/2011
Judge Michel Takes “Patent Reform” Bills To Task	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/18/2011
Patent Exhaustion Still Applies when Licensees Fail to Pay Royalties	McDermott Will & Emery	7/16/2011
Analogous Art Must Address the Entire Problem Solved by the Patent	McDermott Will & Emery	7/15/2011
Summary of the House and Senate Patent Reform Bills	McDermott Will & Emery	7/14/2011
Boston Scientific Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson: Written Description Requirement Spreads its Wings	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/12/2011
eBay Standard Applies to Preliminary Injunctions in Trademark Cases	McDermott Will & Emery	7/12/2011
Standing Under California § 17200 Only Requires Injury From Business Practice	McDermott Will & Emery	7/11/2011
"Supreme Court Decision Limits Use of “Stream of Commerce” Jurisdiction Theory to Subject Foreign Manufacturers to Suit in the U.S." - Litigation Alert	Barnes & Thornburg LLP	7/10/2011
Patents / Injunction Bond Wrongful Injunction Raises Presumption of Recovery of Bond: Patents / Injunction Bond	McDermott Will & Emery	7/10/2011
Not Just Loose Change: Bottom Line Benefits of Sustainability Innovations	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/9/2011
Vendor’s Economic Injury Is Insufficient to Establish DJ Jurisdiction, but Implicit Claim of Contributory Infringement Is Enough:	McDermott Will & Emery	7/8/2011
One Year Post-Bilski : How the Decision is Being Interpreted by the BPAI, District Courts, and Federal Circuit -§101 Case Summaries v. 2.0: June 28, 2010 – June 27, 2011	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/6/2011
The Perils of Email: Navigating the Legal Risks	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/6/2011
Keeping Your Trademarks From Becoming XXX-Rated	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/6/2011
Patent Reform is on the Immediate Horizon - New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/6/2011
Prejudgment Interest in Copyright Infringement Suit Tracks to Date of First Infringement - William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey	McDermott Will & Emery	7/4/2011
ICANN Votes in Internet Expansion: Are you .ready?	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	7/4/2011
Combining Disclosed Technology Can Be a Protectable Trade Secret	McDermott Will & Emery	7/3/2011
Rambus Encore: Duty to Preserve Documents for Litigation Clarified	McDermott Will & Emery	7/2/2011
Report From Bio International Convention in DC– Everyone In the Patent Pool!	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	7/1/2011
“Particular Machine” not required: Ex Parte Dietz et al., Appeal 2009-008029, BPAI	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/30/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Caraco	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/28/2011
Delaware Court Expands Restrictions on Assignment of Intellectual Property Licenses in Mergers and Acquisitions	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	6/28/2011
Patent Reform Is Imminent - House Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/28/2011
Italian patent data now in EPO database	McDermott Will & Emery	6/27/2011
Patent Reform Bill Passed by the United States House of Representatives	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/24/2011
House of Representatives Passes Patent Reform Act	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/24/2011
Collision Occurs Between Copyrights and Misappropriation in Electronic News Media Space	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/24/2011
FTC Hosts Workshop on Preventing Patent “Hold-Ups” in Standard-Setting	McDermott Will & Emery	6/23/2011
Preserving a CFAA Claim When Employees Misappropriate Data		6/23/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Mayo v. Prometheus	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/23/2011
Dealings with Vendors Shouldn't Expose Trade Secrets	Poyner Spruill LLP	6/22/2011
Brand Owners Prepare! ICANN Approves Seismic Shift of Internet Proportions by Expanding Generic Top-Level Domains	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/21/2011
Caraco – The Little Counterclaim That Could?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/21/2011
Fictitious “Conch Republic” May Receive Trademark Protection Upon Showing of Secondary Meaning	McDermott Will & Emery	6/19/2011
Adding Only Dependent Claims Is Error Correctible By Reissue	McDermott Will & Emery	6/18/2011
CMS Announces New Technology to Identify Medicare Fraud	von Briesen & Roper, S.C.	6/18/2011
Supreme Court Rules That Knowledge Of Patent Is Required For Liability For Inducing Patent Infringement, But Willful Blindness Is Enough	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/18/2011
Assignments Are Always Subject to Prior Licenses	McDermott Will & Emery	6/17/2011
Federal Circuit Changes Law for Post-Injunction Contempt Proceedings Against Modified Products	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/17/2011
The Federal Circuit Affirms the Delaware District Court’s Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Failure to Disclose the Best Mode	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/16/2011
.xxx Domain Names to Become Available from September 2011	McDermott Will & Emery	6/16/2011
Supreme Court Upholds “Clear and Convincing” Standard of Proof for Patent Invalidity While Suggesting Juries Be Instructed on the Weight of the Evidence	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/16/2011
Domain Name Registrant Found to Lack Bad Faith in UDRP Proceeding Later Loses Against ACPA Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Inventor's Ownership of Patent Rights Under the Bayh-Dole Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/15/2011
Patent Law Unchanged by Microsoft Supreme Court Decision	Vedder Price	6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Clear and Convincing Standard for Invalidity but with a Twist	Armstrong Teasdale	6/14/2011
Supreme Court Unanimously Maintains High Hurdle for Invalidity Defense	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/14/2011
Personal Jurisdiction Lacking Despite Twenty Internet Users from Forum State Signing Up for Defendant’s Website	McDermott Will & Emery	6/14/2011
Best Mode Lacking Where Disclosure “Leads Away” From Commercial Embodiment	McDermott Will & Emery	6/13/2011
Supreme Court: Evidence Of Invalidity Must Be “Clear And Convincing”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/13/2011
Common Sense Variation Is Unpatentable	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2011
Patent Holder Takes a Shot at Nintendo over DSi Cameras	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/12/2011
Joint (Direct) Infringement Still Requires Control … But Stay Tuned	McDermott Will & Emery	6/12/2011
A Four-Step Guide for Securing Patent Portfolios after Stanford v. Roche	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	6/11/2011
Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Eclipse Inventor's Rights	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/10/2011
Nonanalogous Art Lives! In Re Klein	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/10/2011
Agree to Assign vs. Hereby Assign: In Stanford v. Roche, the Wording of Assignment Agreements Determines Patent Ownership	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	6/10/2011
Supreme Court Leaves Standard for Patent Invalidity Unchanged	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	6/9/2011
Supreme Court Attempts to Clarify Bayh-Dole Act	Vedder Price	6/9/2011
Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership et al.: Supreme Court Observations	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	6/9/2011
Supreme Court decides Stanford v. Roche – Clarifies Scope of Bayh-Dole Act	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/9/2011
Even Under Bayh-Dole, Employee Inventor Has First Dibs	McDermott Will & Emery	6/7/2011
Reexamination Practice: One Size Does Not Fit All	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	6/7/2011
Perils of Reissue - Recapture Doctrine Has Teeth!	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/7/2011
New Standards for Litigants in Patent Cases: Inequitable Conduct is No Longer a Boiler Plate Defense	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	6/6/2011
False Advertising Injunction Upheld; It’s All Good … And Good for You	McDermott Will & Emery	6/6/2011
Pitfalls of Provisional Patent Applications	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/5/2011
Coming to America: Converting a UK Technology License Agreement To A US Technology License Agreement	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	6/5/2011
Bridal Shop Loses Trademark Rights for Naked Licensing - Eva's Bridal Ltd.	McDermott Will & Emery	6/4/2011
Federal Circuit Attempts to Eradicate the Plague of Inequitable Conduct, Sets New Standards	Vedder Price	6/4/2011
European Court of Justice Extends Injunction Granted in One Jurisdiction to Entirety of European Union	McDermott Will & Emery	6/3/2011
Making Therasense of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/3/2011
Idea Submission Case Involving “Ghost Hunters” Television Series Not Preempted by Copyright Law	McDermott Will & Emery	6/3/2011
Turning a Blind Eye to Critical Facts leads to Induced Infringement Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b)	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	6/2/2011
Expanded Protection Against Employee Computer Data Theft Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act	McDermott Will & Emery	6/1/2011
The Hacker Who Avoided a False Marking Claim	McDermott Will & Emery	6/1/2011
Federal Circuit Significantly Restricts the Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct in Therasense v. Becton Dickenson	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	6/1/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Establishes State-of-Mind Requirement for Inducing Infringement Liability	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	5/31/2011
Therasense Makes Sense of Inequitable Conduct Defense	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/30/2011
Patent Rights and Attracting Investors	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/29/2011
Therasense Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company—The Federal Circuit tightens the standards necessary to establish the inequitable conduct defense by requiring a “but-for” showing of materiality	Andrews Kurth LLP	5/27/2011
Can We Talk? Doing So Significantly Increases Early Allowance of Patent Applications	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/27/2011
Therasense Returns Common Sense to Law of Inequitable Conduct	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ruling Tightens Standard For Inequitable Conduct	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	5/26/2011
Patent Application Drafting for International Prosecution: Practice Tips	Vedder Price	5/26/2011
Highlights on the Latest Patent Reform Bill	Vedder Price	5/25/2011
Patent Owner Stay Motion Successful Based on Defendants’ Reexam Requests Filed on Eve of Markman	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/25/2011
IP Experience in the Due Diligence Process More Important than Ever	Vedder Price	5/25/2011
Implementation of Track I of Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative by the USPTO Postponed	Vedder Price	5/24/2011
Decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal – Sexual Crossing and Selection of Plants is Not Patentable Even When Using DNA Markers	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/19/2011
Patent Office Broadens “First Action Interview” Pilot Program	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/18/2011
Court Considers Whether Non-Competitor Can Bring Unfair Competition Claim	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/17/2011
Annette Campbell and Bente Zaber v Catherine Hughes (IAN ADAM): Name of Recently Deceased	McDermott Will & Emery	5/17/2011
KINDER Not Confusingly Similar to TiMi KINDERJOGHURT	McDermott Will & Emery	5/16/2011
KUBA KUBA Held to be Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive for Cigars	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/16/2011
Specification Must Sufficiently Describe Claimed Invention to Show Possession of Claimed Subject Matter	McDermott Will & Emery	5/15/2011
Federal Court Finds Allegations of "Bad Faith" in Sprinkler License Agreements to be "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	5/15/2011
District Court Decision Reversed as Genuine Issue of Material Fact Remained: Zobmondo Entertainment LLC v Falls Media LLC	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/14/2011
UK's Information Commissioner's Office Publishes Guidance on the "Cookie Directive"	McDermott Will & Emery	5/13/2011
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG: “Obvious to Try” and “Fair Expectation of Success”	McDermott Will & Emery	5/13/2011
Federal Circuit Invalidates Claims to Fully Human Antibodies for Lack of Written Description When Specification Is Limited To Murine and Chimeric Antibodies	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/13/2011
No Standing if Plaintiff’s Exclusive Rights Were Limited in Time	McDermott Will & Emery	5/12/2011
Supreme Court Affirms No “First Sale” Defense for Foreign-Made Copies	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP	5/12/2011
Football Dataco Ltd v Sportradar GmbH: Copyright and Database Right Infringement and Jurisdiction	McDermott Will & Emery	5/12/2011
TiVo’s Reexamination Strategy Helps Win a Stay in the Northern District of California	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/12/2011
“Situs of the Injury” for Exercising Personal Jurisdiction over Defendant for Online Copyright Infringement Is Location of Copyright Owner	McDermott Will & Emery	5/10/2011
No Likelihood of Confusion or Dilution Between CITIBANK and CAPITAL CITY BANK	McDermott Will & Emery	5/10/2011
Software Compilation Not A Trade Secret Under State Law	McDermott Will & Emery	5/9/2011
Lockwood Cert Petition Seeks Clarification of Redress for Alleged “Sham” Reexamination Request	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/9/2011
Ninth Circuit No Friend to Winklevoss Twins: Facebook Settlement Stands	McDermott Will & Emery	5/8/2011
What Were They Thinking? A Second Look at Lilly v. Sun	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/8/2011
The House Enters the Patent Reform Fray	McDermott Will & Emery	5/8/2011
Laser Board Game May Be Obvious Based on Laser Computer Game	McDermott Will & Emery	5/7/2011
Oracle Ordered to Reduce the Number of Patent Infringement Claims against Google	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/6/2011
You Cannot “Game” the Appellate System by Filing a “Protective” Cross-Appeal	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2011
Claim Construction: Too Much Structure Will Spoil the Brew	McDermott Will & Emery	5/6/2011
Judicial Economy Is Not a Trump Factor in Deciding Transfer Motions	McDermott Will & Emery	5/5/2011
Budget Crisis Derails the PTO Fast Track	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/4/2011
Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Ban	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	5/2/2011
PTO’s Prima Facia Case - In Re Jung	McDermott Will & Emery	5/1/2011
Split Within Federal Circuit On Preemption In Ownership Disputes	McDermott Will & Emery	4/30/2011
USPTO Postpones Procedure for Prioritized Examination of Patent Applications	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/28/2011
Patent System Fosters Eugenics – What Next?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/27/2011
The Patent Office Wants Your Ideas for Streamlining Reexamination	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/27/2011
“Innocent” Criminals: Criminal Copyright Infringement, Willfulness and Fair Use	Pace University School of Law	4/26/2011
Frankenstein's Monster: Data Rights Changes Adopted In The National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2011	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/26/2011
Can Post Grant Review Enhance Patent Quality?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/26/2011
Petition Granted for Rehearing en banc of Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/25/2011
International Trade Commission Finds No Violation In Inv. 337-TA-692	McDermott Will & Emery	4/25/2011
European Commission Releases Draft Regulations Governing Unitary Patent Protection	McDermott Will & Emery	4/25/2011
More Than Just An Algorithm: Reconciling The Necessity For Disaggregating The Business Method, With Bilski’s Abstract Test	Hofstra Law School	4/25/2011
False Patent Marketing: What You Need to Know		4/24/2011
New Directions in the Federal Circuit: Motivation to Combine	Andrews Kurth LLP	4/23/2011
Hyatt v. Kappos: A New Standard for the Admissibility of Evidence in a Section 145 Action	Andrews Kurth LLP	4/23/2011
Sanctions May Be Awarded for Violation of Injunction, Even Absent Infringement	McDermott Will & Emery	4/22/2011
Facebook Wars: In the Age of Social Media, a Trademark Registration Is More Important Than Ever	Andrews Kurth LLP	4/22/2011
From Trips to ACTA: Establishing the Intent to Uphold Access to Medicine in the Face of Ambiguity	American University Washington College of Law	4/22/2011
Apple's Expanding App Reach	Andrews Kurth LLP	4/21/2011
Federal Circuit Decision in In re Tanaka	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/21/2011
Antitrust, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Online Music Industry: An Antitrust Analysis of Apple’s Combination of Services and Products	The University of Iowa College of Law	4/20/2011
Updates on Transfers in the Eastern District of Texas	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/20/2011
Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Products	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/19/2011
HTC buys patents from ADC Telecommunications for $75 million	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/19/2011
Walker Digital Files 15 Patent Suits Against More Than 100 Companies	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/18/2011
Tweet Me! - The Southern District of New York Answers Copyright Questions Raised By Twitter and Twitpic Use	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/18/2011
The Federal Circuit Rejects the 25 Percent Rule as Fundamentally Flawed and Reviews the Entire Market Value Rule for Calculation of Patent Infringement Damage	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	4/17/2011
Patent Reform: Key Features of the Senate and House Bills	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/15/2011
Fixing The Holes – Proposed Patent Reform Bill Amendment De-Bugs Grace Period	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/13/2011
Myriad Oral Arguments – Section 101 vs. Chemistry 101?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/13/2011
PTO Issues Final Rule to Implement Prioritized Examination Track (Track I)	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/12/2011
Microsoft v. Barnes and Noble: Take The Design-Around Challenge	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/11/2011
The Patent Monopoly – More Than The Right To Exclude	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/11/2011
Protecting Trade Secrets In A Post-WikiLeaks World	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	4/11/2011
Use Petitions to Reverse Determination of No SNQ (Substantial New Questions of Patentability) in Inter Partes Reexamination	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/10/2011
Petitions Practice for SNQ Findings in Inter Partes Reexaminations	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/9/2011
United States Patent Reform Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/8/2011
CLS Bank Int’l: DC District Court Drives Stake into “Heart” of Business Method Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/7/2011
Google Seeks to Acquire Nortel Patents for $900M	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/7/2011
Free Market Economists Rejoice - Kappos Moves PTO Train to the Fast Track	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	4/7/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/6/2011
Federal Court Hears Myriad Gene Case This Morning	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/5/2011
Factors in Deciding Motions to Stay Litigation Pending Reexamination	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/5/2011
Microsoft V. i4i – Prosecution And The “Variable Proof Regime”	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/4/2011
New York Federal District Court Addresses the Pleading Standard and Constitutionality of False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	4/2/2011
One Step Towards an EJC Decision on the Patentability of Embryonic Stem Cells in Europe	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/2/2011
Banning Stem Cell Research — Or Cloning? Or Both?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	4/1/2011
Department of Energy Launches "America's Next Top Energy Innovator"	U.S. Department of Energy	4/1/2011
Here’s a Question for Opponents of Software Patents	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/31/2011
Expanded Standing, or "Back to Basics"? Flash Memory Direct Purchasers Found to Have Standing to Assert Walker Process Claims	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/31/2011
Patent Owner Reexamination Requests with Parallel Litigation	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/31/2011
Cleantech Patents: When is Trade Secret the Right Protection?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/28/2011
This Season, Cover Your Apps - Intellectual Property Concerns of Apps	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/27/2011
ICANN Steamrolls Forward with New Generic TLD Program and .xxx TLD	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/26/2011
Innovation Toys And Analogous Art – Defender Against Hindsight?	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.	3/25/2011
In re Crystal Power Company: "Defendant" Means Defendant	Andrews Kurth LLP	3/25/2011
Ninth Circuit Establishes Factors to Determine Keyword Advertising Infringement	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/21/2011
Reasonable Royalty Damages: The “25 Percent Rule” Is Dead!	Vedder Price	3/21/2011
H.R. 848, The Performance Rights Act: The Recording Industry’s Saving Grace?	New York Law School	3/18/2011
Notions of the Transformative in Law and the Visual Arts	Brooklyn Law School	3/17/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/17/2011
Preparing for the Launch of New Generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) in 2011	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/17/2011
There and Back Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Can Provide Copyright Protection to Works Already in the Public Domain	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/16/2011
The "Initial Interest Confusion" Test - Analysis and Proposal for a Sensible Formulation for Use on the Internet	Saint Louis University School of Law	3/15/2011
March Madness Isn't for Everyone - Trademark Usage	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/15/2011
Apparently Pigs Can Fly: Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	3/10/2011
EU Guidelines on Industry Standards (Technical or Quality Requirements)	Greenberg Traurig, LLP	3/10/2011
America Invents Act Passed by the United States Senate	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/9/2011
How Microsoft v. i4i Could Change the Future of U.S. Patent Law	Vedder Price	3/4/2011
Brands and Video Games: Three Steps for Finding a Perfect Match	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	3/3/2011
Enforcing Global Anti-Piracy Regulation	Legal IQ, a division of IQPC	3/3/2011
Section 145 Action to Obtain a Patent	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/2/2011
A Federal District Court Rules That The Qui Tam Provision of the False Marking Statute is Unconstitutional	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	3/1/2011
Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/25/2011
Export Compliance - Is YOUR Company Ready?	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/22/2011
American Manufacturing and Innovation	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/20/2011
Back to the Future with Watson	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/19/2011
Patent Reform Act of 2011 Recently Approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	2/18/2011
Kappos Opts for Fast Track Examination Over 3-Track - for Now	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/17/2011
10 IT Risk and Security Trends to Watch	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	2/12/2011
The Ninth Circuit's Holding in Levi Strauss v. Abercrombie & Fitch - "Degree of Similarity" Is But One of Six TDRA Factors, Not the Threshold Test -- Marks An Important Decision Elucidating The Proper Dilution Standard	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/11/2011
Patent Reform Is Again Before Congress - The Patent Reform Act of 2011	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/9/2011
FDA Announces Its Plan For Changes to the 510(k) "Approval" Pathway	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/2/2011
Are Video Game Companies Recession-Proof?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1/29/2011
Federal Circuit Breaks the 25 Percent Rule of Thumb	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/14/2011
New gTLD's (generic Top-Level Domains) Are Coming...Keep Speaking Up, Your Voices Are Being Heard!	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	1/13/2011
Obama Artwork Copyright Case Dismissed	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	1/12/2011
Patent Litigants -- the 25% Rule is Dead!	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	1/11/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Obviousness of Patent May Boil Down to Common Sense	Andrews Kurth LLP	1/6/2011
Does your School Really "Own" its Intellectual Property?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1/4/2011
Case Law Review: Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc.	Vedder Price	1/3/2011
China Revamps Its Outdated Copyright Pledges System	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	1/2/2011
Patent Exhaustion Doctrine in China	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/29/2010
Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Indus., L.P.- The Protection of Trade Dress.	Vedder Price	12/28/2010
Sun Pharm. Indus. v. Eli Lilly & Co.- Care Should Be Taken in the Development of Patent Families Surrounding Particular Technology.	Vedder Price	12/27/2010
Managing Your Internet Traffic	Vedder Price	12/22/2010
The Uncertain Future of Isolated DNA Patents	Vedder Price	12/21/2010
Outsourcing Intellectual Property: Do Risks Outweigh Potential Rewards?	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	12/17/2010
Is it "Fair" to Link to News Articles?		12/15/2010
USPTO Introduces Program that Allows Deferral of Patent Application Filing Fees	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	12/13/2010
Intellectual Property Traps When Using Federal Money for Renewable Energy Projects	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	12/9/2010
Adjusting the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine: Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments En Banc in Therasense	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	12/9/2010
Is Social Media Right For Your Business?	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	12/6/2010
PTO Expands Program Expediting Green Tech Patents	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	12/1/2010
Director Kappos Gives Early Holiday Present to Patent Owners of "Green Technology"	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	11/23/2010
USPTO Extends and Expands the Green Technology Pilot Program	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/13/2010
How to Avoid Losing Your Patent Rights, or, Possible Defenses to a Patent Infringement Claim: Two Sides of the Coin		11/11/2010
United States Weighs in on Myriad Genetics Case	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	11/7/2010
Supreme Court to Review Whether University Owns Patent Under Bayh-Dole Act	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	11/5/2010
Vampires vs. Zombies - Trademark Registrations	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	11/3/2010
Registration Symbol Misuse As Trademark Fraud?	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	11/1/2010
Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs): Not Just a “Standard Form.”	Pepper Hamilton LLP	10/29/2010
Avoiding Ambiguity in Patent License Agreements	Pepper Hamilton LLP	10/27/2010
Patent Litigation – Risks and Rewards		10/26/2010
USPTO Extends and Expands Patent Application Peer Review Program	Pepper Hamilton LLP	10/25/2010
Blog Hyperlinks to News Stories = Copyright Infringement or Not?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	10/22/2010
The Impact of ACTA on China’s Intellectual Property Enforcement	American University Washington College of Law	10/22/2010
FTC Updates “Green Guides” to Environmentally Friendly Marketing	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	10/19/2010
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Induced Infringement	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	10/15/2010
Legal Risks Facing New Media Publishers	Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd	10/14/2010
The Medical Device Rodeo: Harnessing Innovation	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	10/11/2010
Life Sciences Patents Dealt a Significant Blow	Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP	10/4/2010
Peeled, Inc. Seeks Injunction, Damages in Trademark Infringement Suit Against Peeled Fruit LLC	Stoel Rives LLP	10/4/2010
Do You Know Who's Got Your Data?	Poyner Spruill LLP	10/2/2010
When Employees Leave, Make Sure Your Information Security Doesn’t Walk Out the Door With Them		9/29/2010
The Middle District of Florida Ranks Among the Best for Plaintiffs in Patent Infringement Cases	Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.	9/22/2010
ITAR License Exemption Amended To Allow Hand-Carrying Of Technical Data Outside The United States	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/16/2010
Second Circuit Finds Personal Jurisdiction Over California Vendor Based on the Shipment of a Single Product Bearing Counterfeit Mark to Brand Owner’s Attorneys in New York	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/9/2010
That May Be A $500 Bow Tie I'm Wearing - the Ruling in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers, Inc. a Recent "False Marking" Claim Case.	Andrews Kurth LLP	9/8/2010
Arguing Obviousness After KSR: Are We Coming Full Circle? (Fed. Cir. 2010)	Vedder Price	9/6/2010
Internet Merchants owe a Greater Duty of Care to their European Clients - Louis Vuitton v. eBay [France] in contrast see Tiffany v. eBay [NY, US]	Vedder Price	9/5/2010
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling in Bilski v. Kappos: Hedging Against Bright-Line Rules	Vedder Price	9/4/2010
Patent Applicants Should Fully Describe Their Inventions in Originally Filed Applications - Ariad Pharm. Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co. (Fed. Cir. 2010)	Vedder Price	9/3/2010
The Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Prevention Act: Will Design Protection Be In Vogue in Congress?	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/3/2010
The Federal Circuit Holds That False Marking Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	9/2/2010
FTC Provides Further Guidance to Advertisers Using Social Media	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/30/2010
False Patent Marking – Case Law Update: Threshold “Standing” Inquiry Dooms False Marking Claims Asserted By Plaintiffs Who Do Not Allege a Concrete or Particularized Injury-In-Fact	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/28/2010
Patent Precautions: Avoiding Errors in Inventorship	Much Shelist, P.C.	8/26/2010
Sublicenses By Exclusive Licensees Of Copyrights - Copyright "Clarification" May Change The Law	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/25/2010
Bratz Hitz Back at Mattel	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC	8/25/2010
Why Spend Money on Intellectual Property?		8/24/2010
Google’s AdWords Policy Expanded to Europe and Canada	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/17/2010
What Lies Ahead? Business and Legal Issues in the Coming Decade	Much Shelist, P.C.	8/6/2010
Is Network Neutrality a Thing of the Past for Google?	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	8/6/2010
Ninth Circuit Finds Employment Agreement Ambiguous As To Whether An Employee's "Ideas" Were Assigned To Employer	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/5/2010
Crowded Trademark Parties & Coexisting Store Names - Party Store Trademarks	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	7/28/2010
Prior Art Date for Patent Can Go Back to Provisional Filing Date	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/27/2010
Rocker and Reality Star Settles Suit Regarding Trademark	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	7/25/2010
Toyota Settles Hybrid Patent Case	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/23/2010
Supreme Court Rejects Bilski Claims, Overturns "Machine-or-Transformation" Requirement for Patent Eligibility of Processes	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/23/2010
MGE UPS Systems v. GE Consumer Industrial: A Trade Secrets Win With No Damages	Andrews Kurth LLP	7/22/2010
Gucci's Attempt to Extend Trademark Infringement Liability to Credit Card Merchant Service Providers Survives Motion to Dismiss	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/16/2010
Tech Savvy: Understanding IT from a Risk Management Perspective	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/13/2010
The Pirate Bay Proves Not So Private - Copyright Infringement and Getting Hacked Themselves	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	7/13/2010
Challenging Patents Before the USPTO: Looking Ahead to a World of Patent Reexaminations, Post-Grant Reviews and Inter Partes Reviews	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/12/2010
Mexico Passes New Law on Data Protection	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/11/2010
ICANN Continues March Toward Generic Top Level Domains	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	7/9/2010
Supreme Court Decision on Patentability of Business Methods		7/9/2010
Use of Interferences to Challenge Patents Before the USPTO	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/8/2010
Bilski Decision Keeps Innovation Engines Humming	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	7/8/2010
Bilski v. Kappos Decided on June 28, 2010 Claims Were to an Abstract Idea, and Not Patent-Eligible Subject Matter.	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	7/2/2010
Supreme Court Strikes Business Method Claim as Seeking to Patent an Abstract Idea	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	7/2/2010
US Patent Office Expands Green Technology Accelerated Examination Program - More categories of invention are now eligible for expedited processing	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/2/2010
Sometimes "Compare To" Packaging Means Just What it Says	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	7/1/2010
The Sneaky Chef Cookbook Gets "Thin" Copyright Protection	McDermott Will & Emery	6/30/2010
The Risks of Social Media: Legal Limits	Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)	6/29/2010
International Luxury Brands May Face Product Quality Enforcement In China	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/28/2010
Smells Like Trademark Protection: Copycat Perfumes Cannot Engage in Comparative Advertising, on Odor of the Court in the UK and EU	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/25/2010
California Court Takes On Trade-Secret Preemption of Other Civil Claims	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/25/2010
China's Supreme People's Court Publishes White Paper on Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	6/22/2010
Don't Gamble with Internet Sweepstakes	Much Shelist, P.C.	6/18/2010
Lid Blown Off Patent False Marking Claim	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/17/2010
Qualifying Barriers Lower for "Green Technology" Patent Applications	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	6/16/2010
All Aboard! Accelerated Examination Plan Gets Expansion and Extension	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/28/2010
Patent Office Jumps into Social Media with Both Feet	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/26/2010
Could've. Should've? In Trademark Law - Just Because You Can - Should You?	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	5/13/2010
Tavern on the Green Trademark Dispute Rages On	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	5/13/2010
Penalty for Patent False Marking Set at Highest Sales Price	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/12/2010
Patent Office Ombudsman to the Rescue!	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	5/11/2010
Managing The Legal Risk of "Verbing Up" Brands and Trademarks	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	5/10/2010
Lunchtime Seminar or Invitation to a Trademark Infringement Lawsuit?		4/24/2010
Grilling Some Barbecue Brands	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	4/23/2010
Out for Blood (or Money)?	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	4/21/2010
Best Buy, Resurrected From the Trademark Graveyard?	Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A.	4/19/2010
New U.S. Law Establishes Long Awaited Abbreviated Approval Pathway for Biosimilars	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	4/12/2010
Second Circuit Supports eBay in Trademark Case	Social Media Law Student	4/5/2010
What’s in Your Patent Portfolio? Beware of Marking Trolls	Vedder Price	3/31/2010
Personalized Medicine and Patentability: Important Considerations After Healthcare Reform	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/24/2010
Gene Patents Under Attack	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/22/2010
Federal Circuit Issues Key Ruling on Functional Features in Design Patent Cases	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/12/2010
Federal Circuit Opts for Ordinary Observer Test in Anticipation Cases	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/11/2010
Court Orders Second Production of ESI in a Reasonably Usable Form and Rejects Argument that Foreign Privacy Laws or the Hague Convention Bars Production of Personal Information	Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP	3/9/2010
Federal Circuit Reverses ITC's Determination of Non-Infringement for Croc's Design Patent	Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.	3/8/2010
Court Limits Copyright Statutory Damages to Number of Registrations Owned	Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP	3/8/2010
European Union Takes Steps Towards Common Patent System	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	3/8/2010
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Provides Post-Bose Guidance for Pleading Fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office	Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP	3/1/2010
Pepsi Unsuccessful In Attempt To Derail Powerade ION4 Launch*	Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto	2/27/2010
USPTO Patent Reexamination – an Effective “Tool” to Acquire a Fresh View of Patentability at a Low Cost Compared to Litigation.	Staas & Halsey LLP	2/27/2010
If You File Patent Applications in Multiple Countries, Such as in the U.S., Japan, Korea, and the EPO and Want to Accelerate Examination, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Can Be a Useful Tool.	Staas & Halsey LLP	2/27/2010
The Southern District Of New York Sends A Clear Message To Retailers Selling Counterfeits That Failing To Exercise Due Diligence In Purchasing Products After An Injunction May Result In Trebled Damages Of Millions Of Dollars	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/26/2010
It's Not Over For MGA's Bratz Doll Line Yet	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	2/26/2010
New Interim Patent Term Adjustment Procedures Drawing to a Close	Troutman Sanders LLP	2/24/2010
Coexisting with the Patent Office		2/23/2010
Should You Seek International Patent Protection for Your Invention?		2/23/2010
Three Small Victories in the Trademark Battle Against ICANN	Bracewell & Giuliani LLP	2/1/2010
Soaring Patent Activity in Biofuel Technology Part II		1/28/2010
Soaring Patent Activity in Biofuel Technology Part I		1/28/2010
Generic Substitution and Biopharmaceuticals: Where Are All the Follow-on Biologics? And, How Much Money Will They Save?	Carpenter Law Firm PC	1/1/2010
Proving Fraud Just Got Tougher in Trademark Cancellations: The Impact of the In re Bose Decision	Vedder Price	12/31/2009
Five Common Employment Law Hazards for Start-Ups	Foley Hoag LLP	12/31/2009
Customer Lists as Trade Secrets	Dykema Gossett PLLC	12/30/2009
Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon	Reed Smith LLP	12/29/2009
Non-Competition Agreements: Despite the Myths, Often a Powerful Method of Protecting Your Business	Much Shelist, P.C.	11/22/2009
Psst! Can You Keep a Secret? No, Really.	Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC	11/2/2009
A Cautionary Tale: Why Employers Must Define Acceptable Computer Use by Employees	Bingham McCutchen LLP	11/1/2009
Creating the (Virtual) American Dream: User-Generated Content and Trademarks in Virtual Worlds	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	11/1/2009
TRANSAMERICA LIFE FOUND TO INFRINGE “BUSINESS METHOD PATENT” ON VARIABLE ANNUITIES	Clark Hill PLC	9/16/2009
UMG v. Augusto: Allowing the Sale of Promotional CDs Under the First Sale Doctrine Could Affect Much More than the Music Industry	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/15/2009
Does Edwards v. Arthur Anderson Bar The Use of Employee Confidentiality Agreements?		9/8/2009
Cairns Patent Once Again Provokes The Promotions Industry To Re-Evaluate Online Promotional Games	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	9/7/2009
User Generated Content Promotions: Balancing The Sponsor's Rights Against Risks	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/31/2009
Joseph Abboud Is Back: Personal Name Trademark Controversy Continues	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/31/2009
Employers Should Carefully Consider Whether To Sue Former Employees For Threatened Trade Secret Misappropriation Based On Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Awarding Over $1.6 Million To Former Employees	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/30/2009
What Is the Jurisdictional Pre-Requisite for Copyright Litigation?: Do Denim v. Fried Denim	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/30/2009
What To Do When Your .CN Domain Name Is Already Taken	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/29/2009
Branded: Product Placement and Video Games	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/29/2009
Second Circuit Resolves Split Between the Circuits Regarding Sale of Keywords to Trigger Sponsored Links and "Use in Commerce" Under the Lanham Act	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/28/2009
Brave New Web: Trademark Rights in the Expanding Internet	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP	8/28/2009
Protecting Your IP in a Troubled Economy: A Modest (and Cost-Effective) Proposal	Much Shelist, P.C.	8/14/2009
Is Your Intellectual Property (IP) ‘Insured’? 10 Tips to Protecting Your IP Investment	Fairfield and Woods P.C.	7/24/2009
Technological Surveillance in the Workplace	Fairfield and Woods P.C.	7/8/2009
Summary of Digital Legislation Affecting Colorado	Fairfield and Woods P.C.	7/7/2009
Ninth Circuit Rules on Copyright Act -- Attorney's Fees	Clark & Trevithick	6/30/2009
Licensing From Universities: Identifying And Managing Unique Issues	Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.	6/2/2009
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: A New Tool for Protecting Information	Much Shelist, P.C.	6/1/2009
Supreme Court Rulings Affect Patent Holders	Much Shelist, P.C.	6/1/2009
United States Patent and Trademark Office Publishes New Rules on Patent Applications	Much Shelist, P.C.	5/31/2009
The Business Case for Intellectual Asset Management	Much Shelist, P.C.	5/29/2009
The Financial Consequences of Using Unlicensed Software	Clark & Trevithick	5/27/2009
Credit Card Companies Are Not Liable for Contributory Copyright Infringement	Clark & Trevithick	5/27/2009

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