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| Date | Feature | |
| Issue 2007/09 | 01/31/07 | Future Sanctions May Issue to Parties Appealing Non-Final Judgments |
| Issue 2007/08 | 01/30/07 | Section 337 Complaint: Lighting, Digital Camera, and NAND Memory Import Investigations Requested |
| Issue 2007/07 | 01/29/07 | European Court of Justice Limits SPC's To Active Ingredients |
| Issue 2007/06 | 01/26/07 | Recapture Rule Must Not Undo Broadening Reissue |
| Issue 2007/05 | 01/24/07 | "Use in Commerce" Not Required for U.S. TM Opposition |
| Issue 2007/04 | 01/17/07 | Amendments to the Madrid Protocol and the Regulations Thereunder Adopted by the Assembly of the Madrid Union at its September-October 2006 Session |
| Issue 2007/03 | 01/17/07 | Supreme Court Allows Declaratory Judgment by Patent Licensee in Good Standing |
| Issue 2007/02 | 01/16/07 | Philips En Banc Decision Did Not Affect Law of the Case |
| Issue 2007/01 | 01/15/07 | Replacement of Parts that Must Be Broken Not Impermissible Reconstruction |
| Issue 06/70 | 12/11/06 | Divisional Applications at the European Patent Office |
| Issue 06/69 | 12/08/06 | Remedial extension of time provisions in Australia |
| Issue 06/68 | 12/18/06 | Recent Ruling Adds Strength to Sophisticated Patent Licensing Programs |
| Issue 06/67 | 12/01/06 | No anticipation of a patent by "inherent disclosure" in Canada |
| Issue 06/66 | 11/30/06 | Federal Circuit Inching Toward Reconsideration of Cybor Deference |
| Issue 06/65 | 11/27/06 | Priority Claim Restorations — Update |
| Issue 06/64 | 11/23/06 | New directions, and a challenge, for Canada's generic drug approval regim |
| Issue 06/63 | 11/21/06 | Rasmusson Redux: §102 References Need Not Demonstrate Utility to be Enabling for Purposes of Anticipation |
| Issue 06/62 | 11/20/06 | "Design Patents: Federal Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction for Functionality of the Design" |
| Issue 06/61 | 11/16/06 | Judgment of Infringement Under DOE Affirmed, Even Under Erroneous Claim Construction |
| Issue 06/60 | 11/14/06 | Newly-Discovered Properties of Known Compositions Are Unpatentable Over the Known Composition |
| Issue 06/59 | 11/10/06 | Recent Developments Australian Patent Law 2006 - Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 06/58 | 11/02/06 | Patent Invalidity Holding In Different Lawsuit Did Not Terminate Royalty Obligation |
| Issue 06/57 | 10/24/06 | The New UK Patent Legislation — Priority Claims |
| Issue 06/56 | 10/19/06 | U.S. Ringtones Go Under Compulsory Copyright License |
| Issue 06/55 | 10/17/06 | PCT Rule Changes Planned for April 2007 |
| Issue 06/54 | 10/13/06 | New Unfair Import Complaints |
| Issue 06/53 | 10/11/06 | No Double Counting of Patent and Trademark Infringement Damages |
| Issue 06/52 | 10/10/06 | Federal Circuit Not Bound by PTO's Reexamined Claim Construction |
| Issue 06/51 | 10/06/06 | Aesthetic Functionality Requires Non-Reputation-Related Competitive Disadvantage |
| Issue 06/50 | 10/02/06 | Dilution by Blurring and Tarnishment in Trademark Revision Act |
| Issue 06/49 | 09/25/06 | Recapture Invalidity Avoided by Amendments Not Distinguishing Prior Art |
| Issue 06/48 | 09-14-06 | "Colorant Selection Mechanism" Construed as Means-Plus-Function Limitation |
| Issue 06/47 | 09-15-06 | Trademark Functionality Did Not Require Literal Patent Infringement |
| Issue 06/46 | 09-07-06 | UK Design Registration Changes on October 1, 2006 |
| Issue 06/45 | 09-08-06 | Grace Periods in Australian Patent Law |
| Issue 06/44 | 08-25-06 | USPTO Patent Rule Change Proposals Website |
| Issue 06/43 | 08-10-06 | Section 112, Paragraph 4 Established as a Patent-Invalidating Provision |
| Issue 06/42 | 08-14-06 | Germany: Don't lose your employee inventions – shift in established practice by Supreme Court |
| Issue 06/41 | 08-09-06 | UK Relative Grounds for Refusal Expected to End in October 2007 |
| Issue 06/40 | 08-04-06 | FTC Finds Violation In Rambus' Standards-Setting Activities |
| Issue 06/39 | 08-04-06 | Therapeutically Effective Amount Did Not Require Healing |
| Issue 06/38 | 07-31-06 | OHIM Publishes Draft Opposition and Examination Guidelines |
| Issue 06/37 | 07-25-06 | USPTO-TEAS Now Accepts PDF Files for Some Documents |
| Issue 06/36 | 07-20-06 | Patent Licensing is Commercial Activity Exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act |
| Issue 06/35 | 07-18-06 | USPTO Proposes New Information Disclosure Requirements |
| Issue 06/34 | 07-10-06 | New Chemical Patent Disclosure Requirements in China |
| Issue 06/33 | 07-07-06 | Disparagement of Unpreferred Embodiments May Result in A Disavowal of Claim Scope |
| Issue 06/32 | 07-06-06 | No Jury Trial Right For Inequitable Conduct: Validity and Enforceability are not "Common" Issues under Beacon Theaters |
| Issue 06/31 | 06-28-06 | Revised Procedure for Accelerated Examination of Certain U.S. Patent Applications |
| Issue 06/30 | 07-05-06 | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. |
| Issue 06/29 | 06-23-06 | Proposed Changes to Pharmaceutical Regulations in Canada |
| Issue 06/28 | 06-22-06 | Accused Dome Equivalent to "Plate" After Amendment which Was Tangential to Contested Element |
| Issue 06/27 | 06-21-06 | Is An Inventor Always An Inventor? |
| Issue 06/26 | 05-26-06 | US-JP Patent Examination Reciprocity Program Begins July 30 |
| Issue 06/24 | 05-15-06 | Supreme Court Overturns Predilection for Patent Infringement Injunctions |
| Issue 06/23 | 04-26-06 | If You Missed: Reexamination in the US - An Effective Business Strategy- Roundtable |
| Issue 06/22 | 04-20-06 | The Emperor Sports Decision: Ramifications for the Law of Inventive Step in Australia |
| Issue 06/21 | 04-18-06 | If You Will Be In Toronto For INTA: You Are Cordially Invited To Join APLF Member Firms At... |
| Issue 06/20 | 04-12-06 | Mark Owner Must Show Substantially No Gray Market Sales of its Own |
| Issue 06/19 | 04-11-06 | USPTO Proposes Reexamination Procedure Changes |
| Issue 06/17 | 03-30-06 | Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Can Not Be Sustained Based on Adverse Financial Interest Alone |
| Issue 06/16 | 03-14-06 | Process Steps in Product-by-Process Claims are Held Not to be Claim Limitations |
| Issue 06/15 | 03-13-06 | Intent to Deceive Cannot be Established Solely by the Absence of a Good Faith Explanation for Nondisclosure |
| Issue 06/14 | 03-07-06 | Another Piece to the Puzzle of Business Method Patents in Australia |
| Issue 06/13 | 03-06-06 | Canadian Supreme Court Nomination Practice Now Public |
| Issue 06/12 | 02-22-06 | Failure to Disclose Declarant's Relationship to Assignee Sustained as a Basis for Inequitable Conduct |
| Issue 06/11 | 02-24-06 | Examining the Case for Modified Examination |
| Issue 06/10 | 02-23-06 | Limited Materiality Provides Less Basis for Inferring Inequitable Conduct Intent |
| Issue 06/09 | 02-27-06 | A Lesson in Laboratory Notebook Keeping |
| Issue 06/08 | 02-20-06 | Section 337 Complaint: Roadmaster Requests Investigation of Portable Power Stations from China |
| Issue 06/07 | 02-09-06 | Supplementary Protection Certificates For Novel Formulations In Europe May Soon Be Reality |
| Issue 06/06 | 02-08-06 | Management Pressure, Late Opinion, and Lack of Reliance Support Willful Patent Infringement Verdict |
| Issue 06/05 | 01-30-06 | Australian Patent Practice - A Comparison |
| Issue 06/04 | 01-25-06 | Section 337 Complaint - F&G Research Requests Investigation of Computer Mice from Taiwan |
| Issue 06/03 | 01-18-06 | Three New Unfair Import Complaints |
| Issue 06/02 | 01-04-06 | Topical Application Did Not Anticipate Sunburn Treatment |
| Issue 06/01 | 01-03-06 | Requirements for claim construction in a preliminary injunction proceeding |
| Issue 05/68 | 12-30-05 | Local & International Patent Notes |
| Issue 05/67 | 12-19-05 | "Exhaustion of Priority" in Europe? |
| Issue 05/66 | 11-29-05 | Claim Indefinite For Combining Apparatus and Method of Use Limitations |
| Issue 05/65 | 11-22-05 | Patent Claim Construction/Plain Meaning |
| Issue 05/64 | 11-21-05 | Exclusionary Effects of Reverse Payments Did Not Exceed Scope of Patents |
| Issue 05/63 | 11-17-05 | Section337: Lumileds Seeks Exclusion of LEDs from Taiwan |
| Issue 05/62 | 11-16-05 | "Authorized Generic" Drugs Under Scrutiny |
| Issue 05/61 | 11-08-05 | De Minimus Commercial Use Did Not Forfeit Gripe Site Registration |
| Issue 05/60 | 12-01-05 | Change To Canadian Patent Act ñ Top Up Payments |
| Issue 05/59 | 11-01-05 | NTN Files Unfair Import Complaint Against ILJIN |
| Issue 05/58 | 10-31-05 | U.S. Copyright Preregistration Begins November 15 |
| Issue 05/57 | 10-24-05 | USPTO Board Eliminates Technological Arts Test |
| Issue 05/56 | 10-19-05 | Web Cast China Symposium ñ October 20, 2005 |
| Issue 05/55 | 10-18-05 | Past Tense Prophetic Example Kills Patent |
| Issue 05/54 | 10-17-05 | Inequitable Conduct Upheld for Past-Tense Description of Prophetic Example |
| Issue 05/53 | 10-14-05 | SPCs for novel indications? |
| Issue 05/52 | 10-12-05 | Pfaff's "On-Sale" Test Applies to Public Use Under §102(b) |
| Issue 05/51 | 10-11-05 | Foreign Sales of Components Used in Patented Processes are Encompassed by ß271(f) |
| Issue 05/50 | 10-05-05 | USPCs for Formulation Patents in Europe! |
| Issue 05/49 | 10-04-05 | Unfair Import Investigations Requested for Scanners, Organ Locators, and Flash Memories |
| Issue 05/48 | 10-03-05 | USPTO Updates |
| Issue 05/47 | 9-30-05 | Package License Upheld Where Licensees Not Forced to Use Unwanted Patents |
| Issue 05/46 | 9-28-05 | Still absolute compound protection for DNA sequences in Germany? |
| Issue 05/45 | 9-15-05 | 60% Reversal Rate for USPTO Ex Parte Appeals, plus other IP news |
| Issue 05/44 | 9-13-05 | The Utility Requirement of ß101 |
| Issue 05/43 | 9-07-05 | Copyright Protection |
| Issue 05/42 | 8-31-05 | Join The Association Of Patent Law Firms |
| Issue 05/41 | 9-19-05 | China: Invitation |
| Issue 05/40 | 8-25-05 | 35 U.S.C. ß 120 |
| Issue 05/39 | 8-23-05 | Intrinsic Record |
| Issue 05/38 | 8-18-05 | Proof of "Experimental Use" |
| Issue 05/37 | 8-19-05 | Notice of Change Effective September 1, 2005 |
| Issue 05/36 | 8-08-05 | Misleading Video |
| Issue 05/33 | 8-04-05 | USPTO Announces New Reexamination Unit |
| Issue 05/32 | 7-27-05 | How To Challenge Patent Validity |
| Issue 05/31 | 7-20-05 | Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program |
| Issue 05/30 | 9-08-05 | Final Opportunity: Talk With Experts |
| Issue 05/29 | 7-12-05 | Phillips v. AWH Corp. |
| Issue 05/28 | 7-07-05 | Markman Issues (2004) |
| Issue 05/27 | 7-11-05 | USPTO Fees Update |
| Issue 05/26 | 7-06-05 | USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/24 | 6-29-05 | USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/23 | 6-24-05 | USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/22 | 6-22-05 | USPTO Relaxes Claim Status Identification Requirements |
| Issue 05/21 | 6-21-05 | Boss Control, Inc. v. Bombardier Inc.: A Broad Definition of a Claim Term Supported by Extrinsic Evidence Will Not Overcome a Narrower Definition Provided in the Specification |
| Issue 05/20 | 6-14-05 | The Supreme Court Broadens the "Safe Harbor" Exemption under §271(e)(1) |
| Issue 05/19 | 6-13-05 | Imonex v. Munzprufer: Jury Determination of Willfulness Upheld Notwithstanding Later Procurement of Counsel's Opinions |
| Issue 05/18 | 6-09-05 | Controversy Requirement Of §2201 Not Met Without Material Breach Of License Agreement |
| Issue 05/17 | 5-24-05 | Gillette v. Energizer: Razor Blade Case Continues Debate over the Role of the Specification in Claim Interpretation |
| Issue 05/16 | 3-30-05 | Prosecution Disclaimer Limits Claim Scope |
| Issue 05/15 | 3-24-05 | Roundtable Audio Presentations Available On www.aplf.org/events |
| Issue 05/14 | 3-22-05 | Expert Testimony May Not Contradict Claim Term Meaning Found in the Intrinsic Evidence |
| Issue 05/13 | 3-17-05 | Phillips v. AWH: Expected To Greatly Impact Issues Surrounding Methodology of Claim Construction. |
| Issue 05/12 | 3-4-05 | Export of "Golden Master" Containing Unpatented Source Code Creates Infringement Liability Under §271(f): $521 Million Royalty Award Upheld |
| Issue 05/11 | 2-25-05 | Prudential Standing of Licensee to Sue is Upheld Where Patentee-Licensor is Joined as a Counterclaim Defendant |
| Issue 05/10 | 2-24-05 | Patentee's "Orange Book" Listing Does Not Confer Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Against Patentee |
| Issue 05/9 | 2-22-05 | Personal Jurisdiction, Once Properly Raised, Is Not Waived Even After Objecting Party Files Permissive Counterclaims |
| Issue 05/8 | 2-18-05 | CAFC Construes Consent Judgment Narrowly: Successor-In-Interest Cannot Sue |
| Issue 05/7 | 2-17-05 | Jury Verdict Of $814,000 Affirmed Where Rule 50 JMOL Was Insufficient |
| Issue 05/6 | 2-11-05 | CAFC Says Market Power Is Presumed in Patent Tying Antitrust Cases |
| Issue 05/5 | 2-9-05 | Merck's Fosamax® Patent Held Invalid by a Panel Divided Over the Definition of "About" |
| Issue 05/3 | 1-10-05 | Proof of Infringement under §271(a) Does not Require all Claimed Elements to be Practiced in the United States |
| Issue 05/2 | 1-10-05 | Expert Testimony May Be Required To Prove Infringement Of A Patent Claiming Complex Technology |
| Issue 05/1 | 1-5-05 | Changes to Patent Laws Encourage Sharing of Confidential Information Between Research Collaborators |
| Issue 253 | 11-30-04 | C.R. Bard Clairifies Role of Dictionaries from Texas Digital Systems |
| Issue 252 | 11-24-04 | Eleventh Amendment Immunity Waiver Extends Only to Compulsory Counterclaims |
| Issue 251 | 11-16-04 | Totality of the Circumstances Determines "Public" Use |
| Issue 250 | 11-5-04 | Insituform Technologies v. CAT Contracting |
| Issue 249 | 11-3-04 | Poly-America v. GSE Lighting Technology || Irdeto v. Echostar |
| Issue 248 | 10-20-04 | ITC General Exclusion Order Enforcement Authority Upheld, But Must Allow New Invalidity Defenses |
| Issue 247 | 10-14-04 | Toro v. White || Lighting World v. Birchwood |
| Issue 246 | 10-13-04 | China: Patent Process & Patent Enforcement - Realities Every US Corporation Should Know |
| Issue 245 | 10-12-04 | Knowledge and Predictability Determine Scope of Enablement in the Mechanical Arts |
| Issue 244 | 10-8-04 | IR v. IXYS || Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang |
| Issue 243 | 9-30-04 | Xechem v. UT || Monsanto v. Ralph |
| Issue 242 | 9-28-04 | Koito v. Turn-Key || Cardiac Pacemakers v. St. Jude Medical |
| Issue 241 |  9-17-04 |
Knorr-Bremse en banc |
| Issue 240 | 9-16-04 |
Power Mosfet v. Siemens || In re Bigio |
| Issue 239 | 8-31-04 |
Mars Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Co., Fed. Cir., No. 03-1317 |
| Issue 238 | 8-27-04 |
Strategic Intellectual Property and Emerging Standards for Entering the Chinese Market |
| Issue 237 | 8-24-04 |
New Rules for Registration of (and E-mail to) U.S. Patent Practitioners |
| Issue 236 | 8-20-04 |
Competitive v. Fujitsu || Jacobs v. Nintendo |
| Issue 235 | 8-5-04 |
Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. |
| Issue 234 | 8-4-04 |
Knoll v. Teva || Nystrom v. Trex |
| Issue 233 | 7-22-04 |
CAFC to Hear Claim Construction Case En Banc |
| Issue 232 | 7-14-04 |
A Low-Cost, Trademark Management Policy |
| Issue 231 | 7-13-04 |
Pellegrini v. Analog Devices |
| Issue 230 | 7-12-04 |
Intirtool, Ltd. v. Texar Corp. |
| Issue 229 | 7-9-04 |
Three I/P Bills Pass Senate on June 25 |
| Issue 228 | 7-8-04 |
In re John Ngai and David Lin |
| Issue 227 | 7-7-04 |
In re American Academy of Science Tech Center |
| Issue 226 | 7-6-04 |
Abandonment Petitions Due Within Two Months of Notice or Twelve Months of Last Submission |
| Issue 225 | 7-2-04 |
TGIF & FYI: Patents May Provide Research Tax Credit |
| Issue 224 | 7-1-04 |
Vanderlande Industries Nederland BV et al. v. International Trade Commission et al. |
| Issue 223 | 6-30-04 |
Edward H. Phillips v. AWH Corporation et al. |
| Issue 222 | 6-29-04 |
USPTO Launches Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) |
| Issue 221 | 6-28-04 |
Certain US Patent Petitions Need Status Checks |
| Issue 220 | 6-22-04 |
Free To In-House Counsel: The Patent Lawyer Magazine |
| Issue 219 | 6-23-04 |
CAFC En Banc Decision |
| Issue 218 | 6-22-04 |
USPTO Launches "PAIR" Enhancements |
| Issue 217 | 6-21-04 |
Sierra Applied Sciences, Inc., v. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. |
| Issue 216 | 6-17-04 |
Blogging for Expertise |
| Issue 215 | 6-15-04 |
Dr. Harry Gaus v. Conair Corp. |
| Issue 214 | 6-14-04 |
Dynacore Holdings v. U.S. Philips Corp. |
| Issue 213 | 6-9-04 |
Golden Blount, Inc., v. Robert H. Peterson Co. |
| Issue 212 | 6-8-04 |
Monsanto Company, v. Bayer Bioscience N.V. |
| Issue 211 | 6-7-04 |
USPTO Practice Update |
| Issue 210 | 6-4-04 |
GAO Report Concerning U.S. Patent Application Publication |
| Issue 209 | 6-3-04 |
Elan Corporation v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 208 | 6-2-04 |
USPTO Revising Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice |
| Issue 207 | 5-28-04 |
I/P Task-Based Billing Codes |
| Issue 206 | 5-27-04 |
Int'l Rectifier Corp. v. IXYS Corp. |
| Issue 205 | 5-26-04 |
Int'l Rectifier Corp. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., and IXYS Corp. |
| Issue 204 | 5-25-04 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Research Corp. Tech. v. Pharmachemie B.V. |
| Issue 203 | 5-24-04 |
Dudas Requests Focus on International IP Enforcement; China Targeted |
| Issue 202 | 5-21-04 |
Housey Pharmaceuticals, Inc., v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd. |
| Issue 201 | 5-20-04 |
New, Revised, and Discontinued USPTO Mail Stops |
| Issue 200 | 5-19-04 |
SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp., Effect on future pharmaceutical patenting strategy |
| Issue 199 | 5-18-04 |
The Arnold Partnership v. Jon Dudas et al. |
| Issue 198 | 5-17-04 |
European Community Patent and Software Patentability Update |
| Issue 197 | 5-13-04 |
Norian Corp., v. Stryker Corp. |
| Issue 196 | 5-12-04 |
Revised Procedures for Express Abandonment and Patent Publication Avoidance |
| Issue 195 | 5-10-04 |
New Weapons in the War Against Cybersquatting |
| Issue 194 | 5-7-04 |
Kinik v. U.S. Intíl Trade Comm. et al. |
| Issue 193 | 5-5-04 |
David Israelite to Head New Intellectual Property Task Force |
| Issue 192 | 5-3-04 |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Eon Labs Mfg, Inc. |
| Issue 191 | 4-30-04 |
IP Theft Funding Organized Crime and Terrorism |
| Issue 190 | 4-28-04 |
Objectively Baseless Standard Preempts Tort Liability for Pre-Litigation Communications |
| Issue 189 | 4-26-04 |
Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc. |
| Issue 188 | 4-23-04 |
Subsequent Processing not a Defense to Unfair Importation |
| Issue 187 | 4-21-04 |
Q-Pharma v. Jergens Co. |
| Issue 186 | 4-19-04 |
PCT Newsletter Highlights for April 2004 |
| Issue 185 | 4-16-04 |
Superguide v. DirectTV Enterprises, Inc. et al. |
| Issue 184 | 4-14-04 |
USPTO Updates Electronic Procedures |
| Issue 183 | 4-12-04 |
Sulzer Textil A.G. and Sulzer Textile Inc. v. Picanol N.V. |
| Issue 182 | 4-9-04 |
Microsoft Corporation v. Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. et al. |
| Issue 181 | 4-7-04 |
USPTO Business Method News |
| Issue 180 | 4-5-04 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Dr. Reddy's Labs, Ltd. |
| Issue 179 | 4-2-04 |
Nomos Corporation v. BrainLab USA, Inc. and BrainLab, Inc. |
| Issue 178 | 3-31-04 |
PCT Newsletter Highlights for March 2004 |
| Issue 177 | 3-29-04 |
Richard Ruiz and Foundation Anchoring Systems, Inc. v. A.B. Chance Company |
| Issue 176 | 3-26-04 |
Smithkline Beecham v. Excel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. |
| Issue 175 | 3-24-04 |
New I/P Resources on the Internet |
| Issue 174 | 3-22-04 |
Decision Reflects International I/P Differences |
| Issue 173 | 3-19-04 |
Medichem, S.A., v. Rolabo, S.L. |
| Issue 172 | 3-17-04 |
Enforcement of Orders by the U.S.I.T.C. |
| Issue 171 | 3-15-04 |
Newest Adherents to the WIPO Treaties |
| Issue 170 | 3-12-04 |
In re Curtis et al. |
| Issue 169 | 3-10-04 |
European Community Patent Update |
| Issue 168 | 3-8-04 |
Latest Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office |
| Issue 167 | 3-5-04 |
Golight, Inc., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Issue 166 | 3-3-04 |
Congress Proposes New Law to Prevent Misappropriation of Databases |
| Issue 165 | 3-1-04 |
Infectious Estoppel: Federal Circuit Applies Prosecution History Estoppel to Unamended Claim |
| Issue 164 | 2-27-04 |
Patent and Trademark Assignment Records on the Internet |
| Issue 163 | 2-25-04 |
Chef America, Inc., v. Lamb-Weston, Inc. |
| Issue 162 | 2-23-04 |
New PCT Chapter I & II Procedures |
| Issue 161 | 2-20-04 |
PSC Computer Products, Inc., v. Foxconn Int'l, Inc. et al |
| Issue 160 | 2-18-04 |
USPTO Announces "Revised Procedures for (Patent) Papers Requiring Immediate Attention" |
| Issue 159 | 2-13-04 |
U.S. Method Claims Being Rejected for Failure to Tie Technological Art or Environment |
| Issue 158 | 2-11-04 |
Sulzer Textil A.G., et al., v. Picanol N.V. |
| Issue 157 | 2-9-04 |
European Community Patent Delayed Yet Again |
| Issue 156 | 2-6-04 |
More to Come on Restriction Practice Reform |
| Issue 155 | 2-4-04 |
Ericsson Corp. et al. v. Harris Corp. et al. |
| Issue 154 | 1-30-04 |
Japanese Inventor Remuneration Sets New Record |
| Issue 153 | 1-28-04 |
Novo Industries , L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp. et al. |
| Issue 152 | 1-26-04 |
Copyright Office and USPTO Report on the VDHPA |
| Issue 151 | 1-23-04 |
PCT Newsletter and Demand Form |
| Issue 150 | 1-21-04 |
Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls, et al v. Mega Systems LLC et al. |
| Issue 149 | 1-12-04 |
§112 ¶6 Equivalency Need Not Focus on Physical Construction? |
| Issue 148 | 1-9-04 |
Utah Medical Products, Inc. v. Graphic Controls Corp. |
| Issue 147 | 1-6-04 |
E-Patent Reference Pilot Project |
| Issue 146 | 1-2-04 |
Proposed Term Extension for Certain BPAI Remands |
| Issue 145 | 12-19-03 |
New USPTO Glossary and Answers to "FAQs" |
| Issue 144 | 12-17-03 |
Patent Law Not Within FTC's Jurisdiction |
| Issue 143 | 12-15-03 |
3M v. Avery Dennison Corp. |
| Issue 142 | 12-12-03 |
USPTO Publishes PCT Rule Changes Effective January 1, 2004 |
| Issue 141 | 12-10-03 |
ACTV v. Disney - Industry Standard Documents Not Instructive in Claim Construction Analysis |
| Issue 140 | 12-8-03 |
Important Changes to Japanese Patent Law Effective April 1, 2004 |
| Issue 139 | 12-3-03 |
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et. al. v. Apotex, Inc. |
| Issue 138 | 12-1-03 |
USPTO Rejecting Filings by Suspended Patent Practitioners |
| Issue 137 | 11-24-03 |
USPTO Centralizing Receipt of Patent Application Correspondence |
| Issue 136 | 11-21-03 |
TTAB Expands Electronic Filing Options |
| Issue 135 | 11-18-03 |
Top-10 Most Common IP Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence |
| Issue 134 | 11-14-03 |
USPTO Ex Parte Appeal Statistics |
| Issue 133 | 11-10-03 |
Update to the Duty of Disclosure under Australian Patent Law |
| Issue 132 | 11-7-03 |
New Rules on Anticircumvention Exemptions |
| Issue 131 | 11-5-03 |
FTC Reports on Balancing Competition and Patent Law |
| Issue 130 | 11-3-03 |
USPTO Issues New Trademark Exam Guides |
| Issue 129 | 10-31-03 |
Success in Patent Office Appeals May Depend on Technology Area |
| Issue 128 | 10-29-03 |
Presumption of Prosecution History Estoppel Applies to Unamended Claims - Federal Circuit |
| Issue 127 | 10-27-03 |
European Commission Proposes New Safe Harbor for Technology Licensing |
| Issue 126 | 10-24-03 |
Deadline Approaches For New Opportunities For Trademark Owners In Europe |
| Issue 125 | 10-22-03 |
IP Staff Development: PCT Resources on the Internet |
| Issue 124 | 10-20-03 |
WTO to Settle Geographical Indications Dispute |
| Issue 123 | 10-17-03 |
Benefits for Filing CTMs Before November 1, 2003 |
| Issue 122 | 10-15-03 |
Markman Hearings: If You Missed Our Roundtable |
| Issue 121 | 10-14-03 |
The Hidden Information in Your Files |
| Issue 120 | 10-13-03 |
EU Likely to Join Madrid Protocol in 2004 |
| Issue 119 | 10-9-03 |
New I/P Publications for Business Leaders |
| Issue 118 | 10-6-03 |
More I/P Scams Reported |
| Issue 117 | 10-3-03 |
CAFC Clarifies Limiting Effect of Claim Preambles |
| Issue 116 | 10-2-03 |
Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GMBY v., Dana Corp., No. 01-1357 |
| Issue 115 | 10-1-03 |
New Guidelines For Prosecution History Estoppel In The New En Banc Festo Decision (Festo IX) |
| Issue 114 | 9-26-03 |
EU Tightens CTM Rules on Geographical Indications |
| Issue 113 | 9-25-03 |
European Parliament Passes Software Patent Directive |
| Issue 112 | 9-24-03 |
Gray Market Non-Physical Differences Under Review |
| Issue 111 | 9-22-03 |
Europe Moving Toward "Section-337-Style" Import Exclusion Regime |
| Issue 110 | 9-19-03 |
US GAO Reports on Expert Advice for Foreign Patenting |
| Issue 109 | 9-17-03 |
USPTO Proposes Rule Changes for Strategic Plan Implementation |
| Issue 108 | 9-16-03 |
USPTO Fee Change Update |
| Issue 107 | 9-15-03 |
USPTO Public Advisory Committees Have New Members |
| Issue 106 | 9-12-03 |
The Downside of Patent Holding Companies |
| Issue 105 | 9-10-03 |
Revised TBMP Manual Now Available |
| Issue 104 | 9-8-03 |
ICANN Announces Deployment of Internationalized Domain Names |
| Issue 103 | 9-5-03 |
US Patent Documents No Longer Required for Certain IDSs in the U.S. |
| Issue 102 | 9-3-03 |
WTO Allows Export of Compulsory Licensed Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 101 | 8-29-03 |
USPTO Schedules first "Nanotechnology Customer Partnership Meeting" |
| Issue 100 | 8-28-03 |
Cable System Retransmission Royalty Distribution Deadlines |
| Issue 99 | 8-26-03 |
35 U.SC. 271(g): Narrow Limits Set By Court of Appeals |
| Issue 98 | 8-21-03 |
USPTO Rules to Separate Patents from Trademarks |
| Issue 97 | 8-19-03 |
EU and US Battle over Geographical Indicators |
| Issue 96 | 8-13-03 |
Bar Codes and Shading No Longer Allowed in Patent Correspondence |
| Issue 95 | 7-16-03 |
'Batch Update' Process Discontinued for USPTO Powers of Attorney |
| Issue 94 | 7-11-03 |
Joint Collaboration Agreements for Avoiding Prior Art |
| Issue 93 | 7-9-03 |
Now Online: US Patent Application Status, EU Design Registrations, & EPO File Inspection |
| Issue 92 | 7-1-03 |
Clarifications to Publication Rescission and Foreign Filing Notice Practice |
| Issue 91 | 6-30-03 |
PCT Practice Update for June 2003 |
| Issue 90 | 6-24-03 |
USPTO to Study PCT Unity of Invention Standard |
| Issue 89 | 6-23-03 |
New Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property |
| Issue 88 | 6-20-03 |
New Calls for Patent Reform Outside the U.S. |
| Issue 87 | 6-19-03 |
UPDATE: USPTO Still Needs Survey Responses |
| Issue 86 | 6-18-03 |
PTO: New Guidelines For Previously-Considered Prior Art In Reexamination Proceedings |
| Issue 85 | 6-17-03 |
Federal Circuit Applies Festo Decision |
| Issue 84 | 6-16-03 |
Biotechnology Tool Patent Owners Breathe Sigh of Relief |
| Issue 83 | 6-13-03 |
Elimination of CPA Practice for Utility and Plant Patent Applications |
| Issue 82 | 6-12-03 |
USPTO Proposes New Rules for PCT Starting January 1, 2004 |
| Issue 81 | 5-27-03 |
Patent Customers Advised to FAX Communications to USPTO |
| Issue 80 | 5-23-03 |
Draft Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements Under Review |
| Issue 79 | 5-21-03 |
USTR Reports on Global IPR Protection |
| Issue 78 | 5-19-03 |
More Objections to Software Patenting In Europe |
| Issue 77 | 5-16-03 |
Do You Do Business With California Residents? Then California Senate Bill 1386 Effects You! |
| Issue 76 | 5-14-03 |
Shedding Light on the Darkest Recesses of File Wrappers: New PTO Interview Rules |
| Issue 75 | 5-9-03 |
Esp@cenet Version 3 Preview |
| Issue 74 | 5-7-03 |
USPTO Notice: Non-Applicant Participation Not Allowed After Patent Publication |
| Issue 73 | 5-5-03 |
New Rules Proposed: Third Party Appeals in Inter Parte Reexaminations |
| Issue 72 | 5-1-03 |
Look Out. You May Lose Your Domain Name. |
| Issue 71 | 4-29-03 |
Mandatory Survey Responses, Trademark ID Manual, and Trademark Address Correction |
| Issue 70 | 4-25-03 |
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day on Saturday |
| Issue 69 | 4-24-03 |
Inequitable Conduct: New Federal Circuit Case Raises the Flag |
| Issue 68 | 4-22-03 |
PTO Updates: Nominations, MPIA Rulemaking, Strategic Plan Documents, & INPADOC Database |
| Issue 67 | 4-18-03 |
IP Staff Development: WIPO Offers "General Course on Intellectual Property" Via the Internet |
| Issue 66 | 4-11-03 |
Revisions to the Federal Rules of Procedure and Evidence |
| Issue 65 | 4-8-03 |
Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology: Recent case of interest |
| Issue 64 | 4-4-03 |
Second Update: European Community Patent Proposal |
| Issue 63 | 4-1-03 |
New Correspondence Addresses for USPTO Starting May 1 |
| Issue 62 | 3-27-03 |
MPEP Revisions Published by USPTO |
| Issue 61 | 3-20-03 |
Copyright Office to Hold Public Hearings on Anti-Circumvention Exemptions |
| Issue 60 | 3-18-03 |
USDOJ at the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property |
| Issue 59 | 3-14-03 |
WIPO Releases Statistics for 2002 |
| Issue 58 | 3-10-03 |
Cybersquatting : 3rd Circuit's ruling opens the door to pursue claims prior to Nov. 1999 |
| Issue 57 | 3-7-03 |
COX-2 Inhibitor Reach-Through Claim Patent Held Invalid |
| Issue 56 | 3-6-03 |
Vessel Hull Design Protection Act Under Review |
| Issue 55 | 3-5-03 |
Supreme Court Decides Victoria's Secret Case |
| Issue 54 | 3-3-03 |
USPTO Posts Priority Claim Procedure Notice |
| Issue 53 | 2-27-03 |
UPDATE: European Community Patent Proposal |
| Issue 52 | 2-24-03 |
Update: USPTO Strategic Plan and Fee Proposal |
| Issue 51 | 2-20-03 |
USPTO Encourages New Amendment Format |
| Issue 50 | 2-17-03 |
Issues Raised by Festo on Remand to Federal Circuit |
| Issue 49 | 2-12-03 |
Patent Searching Improvements On the Horizon |
| Issue 48 | 2-6-03 |
Festo Arguments Held Today |
| Issue 47 | 2-3-03 |
Certain Unpublished Works Now in the Public Domain |
| Issue 46 | 1-27-03 |
A Brief Summary of the WIPO Treaties |
| Issue 45 | 1-15-03 |
European Union Begins Accepting Applications For Community Design Protection |
| Issue 44 | 12-17-02 |
Electronic Filing of First Requests for Extension of Time to Oppose |
| Issue 43 | 12-12-02 |
World's Major Patent Offices Publish Results: Patentability Issues of 3D Protein Structures |
| Issue 42 | 12-09-02 |
USPTO Fees to Increase January 1, 2003 |
| Issue 41 | 11-26-02 |
USPTO to Test Image Processing of Patent Applications |
| Issue 40 | 11-22-02 |
APLF Signs Qualified Letter of Support for Patent Fee Increases |
| Issue 39 | 11-18-02 |
USPTO Requests Small Businesses' Comments†on Foreign Patent Protection |
| Issue 38 | 11-8-02 |
USPTO Releases New Patent Examination Guidelines |
| Issue 37 | 11-7-02 |
New U.S. Intellectual Property Law |
| Issue 36 | 11-4-02 |
Patent Interference Notifications - No Charge Service Sign Up |
| Issue 35 | 11-1-02 |
New European Community Design Protection |
| Issue 34 | 10-21-02 |
"Certain Compact Disc and DVD Holders" Instituted on October 16, 2002 |
| Issue 33 | 10-11-02 |
Sign Up For Our New Section 337 Watch Service - No Charge |
| Issue 32 | 10-7-02 |
USPTO Fees Unchanged for FY 2003 New 4-Digit Fee Codes |
| Issue 31 | 10-3-02 |
New Section 337 Watch Service |
| Issue 30 | 9-27-02 |
11 strikes and you're out? Prosecution Laches at the PTO |
| Issue 29 | 9-21-02 |
Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements |
| Issue 28 | 8-29-02 |
Duty of Disclosure Extends to Japan |
| Issue 27 | 8-19-02 |
The Lemelson Patents - Lessons Learned |
| Issue 26 | 8-5-02 |
Webcast: USPTO Strategic Plan And Fee Proposal |
| Issue 25 | 7-17-02 |
Live Audio Feed: Congressional Hearings PTO Fee Schedule Adjustment |
| Issue 24 | 7-9-02 |
How The Proposed 2003 USPTO Fees Will Hit Your Budget |
| Issue 23 | 6-28-02 |
New Requests for Unfair Import Investigations |
| Issue 22 | 6-13-02 |
UPDATE: New Web-Based Trademark Prosecution Forms |
| Issue 21 | 6-4-02 |
US Supreme Court Reverses Patent Decision |
| Issue 20 | 5-28-02 |
Festo - Supreme Court Opinion |
| Issue 19 | 5-24-02 |
New Web-Based Trademark Prosecution Forms |
| Issue 18 | 5-10-02 |
File Provisional Applications with Declarations |
| Issue 17 | 4-29-02 |
Mosel Vitelic Requests ITC Investigation |
| Issue 16 | 4-19-02 |
USPTO Business Plan Highlights |
| Issue 15 | 4-12-02 |
CAFC Fortifies Written Description Requirement in Biotech Cases |
| Issue 14 | 4-09-02 |
New Unique Statutory Bar |
| Issue 13 | 4-01-02 |
CAFC Further Narrows D.O.E. |
| Issue 12 | 3-29-02 |
SKF Requests ITC Investigation for "Certain Bearings and Packaging Thereof" |
| Issue 11 | 3-14-02 |
PCT Preliminary Examination Lives On! |
| Issue 10 | 2-26-02 |
U.S. Inventions Excluded by European Patent Office--Update |
| Issue 9 | 2-12-02 |
Lemelson Vulnerable on Prosecution Laches |
| Issue 8 | 1-29-02 |
U.S. Inventions Excluded by European Patent Office |
| Issue 7 | 1-10-02 |
New Rules for U.S. Patent Practice |
| Issue 6 | 12-19-01 |
European "Community Patent" Proposal Derailed Again |
| Issue 5 | 11-07-01 |
Use Provisional Patent Applications For Best Mode Compliance |
| Issue 4 | 10-23-01 |
Set A Standard - Still Keep Your Patents |
| Issue 3 | 10-16-01 |
Software: Is It Ready For Patenting? |
| Issue 2 | 10-08-01 |
This Week In The Federal Circuit |
| Issue 1 | 9-27-01 |
Hyperlinks In Patent Applications |