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Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

2013 
April/May   In this issue:
  • Apple falls too far from the tree
    Irreparable harm won't stop Samsung sales
  • Federal Circuit raises the bar for inequitable conduct defense
  • Location is everything...or is it?
  • Trademark case looks at relevance of geographic connection
  • Progressive enchroachment vs. a tardy claim 
  • The Request for Continued Examination (RCE) and how to make yours a priority
   
February/March   In this issue:
  •  Doubling down
    The latest on patentability of "isolated" DNA molecule
  • Does "social bookmarking" infringe on copyright holders?
  • Trademark: Canceled
  • One, singular sensation...
    Using indefinite articles in patent language
  • The new Internet
    What brand owners should know about the new gTLDs
   
2012 
Year End   In this issue:
  • A more permissive approach?
    New patent test issued for computer-based inventions
  • Barking up the wrong tree: A trademark case
  • The suite must go on
    Copyright Act doesn't preempt TV contract claim
  • Willful patent infrngement standard redefined
  • USPTO establishes additional requirements in proving use of trademarks
   
October/November   In this issue:
  • Clipping YouTube
    Second Circuit explains limits of DMCA safe harbors
  • Nothing's patently obvious, says the Federal Circuit
  • What's in a name?
    Google takes a hit over keyword ads
  • Inequitable conduct dooms drug patents
  • Motion to dismiss
    An effective weapon against flawed patent infringement claims
   
August/September   In this issue:
  • It's only natural
    Supreme Court rejects patents on diagnostic test
  • Almost famous: A trademark case
  • Tread marks and trademarks
  • Do not pass "Go," do not collect anything
    Investment tool ruled unpatentable
  • Patent marking in the 21st Century: Virtual marking
   
June/July   In this issue:
  • Copy that—or not
    Congress can restore copyrights to public domain works
  • Too abstract
    Court invalidates patent of automated auto loan service
  • Federal Circuit clarifies "co-inventor' test
  • Psychic didn't see trademark loss coming
  • Alternative fee arrangements for litigation matters
   
April/May   In this issue:
  • When legal distinctions collide
    Court explains "tension" between patents and trade secrets
  • Presumed innocent?
    Federal Circuit addresses permanent injunctions
  • Can an SLA constitute copyright misuse?
  • Ninth Circuit clarifies the ACPA's reach
  • Recouping your intellectual property investments

 

   
February/March   In this issue:
  • The America Invents Act
    Key components of the patent reform law
  • Using survey results in false advertising claims
  • Transaction denied
    Federal Circuit addresses software patentability
  • Court shelves first-sale doctrine for foreign-made works
  • Protection of trade secrets in the digital age
   

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