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Ideas on Intellectual Property Law

2012 
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
   
2011 
Year End   In this issue:
  • Turning a blind eye backfires
    Supreme Court addresses induced patent infringement
  • It's all in the genes...or is it?
    Patentability of "isolated" DNA molecule affirmed
  • Standard raised for "inequitable conduct" defense
  • When tradmark and patent injunction standards collide
  • Domain name overload?
    What companies need to know about the coming influx of gTLDs
   
August/September   In this issue:
  • Better get used to it
    Court addresses patent infringement of an information system
  • Blurred vision: Trademark dilution standard clarified
  • You call that art?
    Flower display doesn't make the cut for copyright protection
  • Getting particular with false marking claims
  • The PCT
    The treaty that revolutionized the international patent system
   
June/July   In this issue:
  • Losing control
    Ninth Circuit examines distribution's role in copyright case
  • Facts > rules
    Federal Circuit rejects familiar formula for patent damages
  • Eek! "Nake licensing" leads to lost trademarks
  • Can a patentee establish liability for joint infringement?
  • Protecting trademarks in the social media age
   
April/May   In this issue:
  • Do online music providers need a license?
    The Second Circuit logs on and weighs in
  • A view to a trademark
    Gun manufacturer turns to 007 for help
  • Conception vs. copying: A patent case
  • Generic drug draws preliminary injunction
  • Product acquisition: Make sure you're getting what you pay for
   
February/March   In this issue:
  • Any given Sunday
    Fourth Circuit makes the call on fair use
  • Patentability after Bilski
    USPTO issues interim guidance on process claims
  • When patent > trademark
  • Can a private party enforce a federal statute?
  • USPTO pilot program will provide inventors with more time and options
   

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