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October issue in PDF format
September 28, 2011
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IP News
September 28, 2011
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
The Domestic Industry Requirement at the ITC
September 28, 2011
The domestic industry requirement at the International Trade Commission has two prongs, one economic and the other technical. Two recent decisions of the ITC examine the economic prong in different factual contexts.
CyberSource: Machines Executing Processes and the Computer-Readable Medium
September 28, 2011
In <i>CyberSource v. Retail Decisions</i>, a panel of the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment ruling that the asserted patent claims were invalid under 35 U.S.C. &sect; 101, and held that purely mental processes are unpatentable abstract ideas. The court decided that merely limiting an unpatentable mental process to a computer-readable medium for execution on a processor, in a so-called <i>Beauregard</i> claim, did not satisfy &sect; 101.
How the New Patent Act Will Affect the Way Counsel Practice and Advise Their Clients
September 28, 2011
The America Invents Act, passed by Congress on Sept. 9, 2011, and signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011, imposes sweeping changes to U.S. patent law. This article focuses on how the new patent laws will require patent practitioners to change the way they practice and advise their clients.
September issue in PDF format
August 30, 2011
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IP News
August 30, 2011
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Myriad Genetics
August 30, 2011
On July 29, 2011, the Federal Circuit handed down its decision in <i>Ass'n for Molecular Pathology et al. v. U.S.P.T.O.</i>, (often referred to as the "<i>Myriad Genetics</i> gene patent" case). The divided panel's three opinions reveal areas of broad agreement and notable disagreement about patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. ' 101 of several categories of patent claims of interest to life sciences industries.
John Wiley & Sons v. Kirtsaeng
August 30, 2011
In <i>John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc., v. Kirtsaeng</i>,the Second Circuit took a stand against parallel importation of copyrighted works made under the authority of the U.S. copyright owner in a foreign country.
Supreme Court: 'Willful Blindness' Supports a Judgment of Induced Infringement
August 30, 2011
In <i>Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.</i>, the Supreme Court held that "willful blindness" may satisfy the knowledge element required for a finding of induced infringement. In so doing, the Court rejected the prior "deliberate indifference" standard articulated by the Federal Circuit.

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