property law

Table of contents

- Cover Page (Page 1)
- Copyrights (Page 5)
- Supreme Court Debates Laches Defense - Change is Coming (Page 6)
- The Google Books Case - Here's the Skinny (Page 9)
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ABC v. Aereo
(Page 13)
- Supreme Court Allows Copyright Action, Hold No Laches Defense (Page 17)
- U.S. Supreme Court Rules in ABC v. Aereo
(Page 20)
- Design Patents (Page 25)
- Pacific Coast Marine Decision Confirms Application of Prosecution History Estoppel to Designs (Page 26)
- Trademarks by Design: Combining Design Patents and Trademarks to Protect Your Intellectual Property (Page 30)
- The Written Description Requirement in U.S. Patent Prosecution: Background and Recent Developments (Page 38)
- Virtual Design Theft Update: 3D Printing (Page 51)
- Litigation
(Page 56)
- Medtronic v. MFV - Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Federal Circuit: Holding Patentees Always Bear the Burden of Proving Infringement (Page 57)
- Patent Case Attorneys' Fee Awards: The Supreme Court Characterizes Cases Argued Wednesday as "A Search for Adjectives;" Standards Likely to Change, Fees to be Awarded More Readily (Page 61)
- Octane Fitness v. Icon and Highmark v. Allcare - Pivotal Changes to Court Awarded Attorneys' Fees in Patent Litigations (Page 65)
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments Regarding Induced Infringement in Limelight
(Page 69)
- U.S. Supreme Court Says Induced Infringement Requires Direct Infringement, But Leaves Direct Infringement Standard to Federal Circuit
(Page 72)
- District Court Reviews Will Permit New Evidence (Page 75)
- Patent Developments for IT Practitioners
(Page 77)
- Recent Developments in Patent Law (Case Law) (Page 107)
- Patents (Page 133)
- Counseling, Opinions & Licensing (Page 134)
- The USPTO Announces New Guidelines for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in View of Myriad, Prometheus and Chakrabarty
(Page 135)
- The First-To-File Toolbox: Intake, Checklists, Templates
(Page 140)
- The AIA Toolbox: Intake, Checklists, and Faster Drafting Techniques
(Page 146)
- "Do the Due": Performing Proper Diligence When Assessing IP Assets for Acquisition (Part I) (Page 153)
- Performing Proper Diligence When Assessing IP Assets for Acquisition (Page 157)
- "Do the Due": Due Diligence Practices Geared Toward Potential Offensive Use (Part 2) (Page 160)
- Year-End Brings New Developments in Patent Eligibility
(Page 164)
- IP Due Diligence Practices Geared Toward Potential Offensive Use (Page 169)
- "Do the Due": Due Diligence Practices Geared Toward Defensive Protection (Part 3) (Page 172)
- Post-Issuance Proceedings (Page 175)
- Motions to Amend in Inter Partes Review Proceedings - A Quick Reference (Page 176)
- Standard for Amending Claims in IPR May Need to Change (Page 182)
- Five Considerations When Choosing How to Challenge Patent Validity
(Page 187)
- PTAB Continues Hard Line on Motions for Additional Discovery, Door Left Open for Some Limited Discovery (Page 191)
- Voluminous Declaration Leads to PTAB Denial of IPR Petition (Page 196)
- PTAB Dismisses Argument That Priority Date is a § 112 Issue Not Reviewable in an IPR (Page 199)
- PTAB Draws Line on Admissibility of Declaration Evidence in IPR (Page 202)
- IPR Petition Barred Under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) (Page 205)
- PTAB Rejects "Unusual" Inventor Testimony That His Own Invention Was Not Reduced to Practice and Finds His Claim Not Unpatentable (Page 208)
- PTAB Continues to Deny IPR Petitions, Based on Arguments Incorporated by Reference (Page 211)
- PTAB Permits Entry of Declaration Testimony in an IPR Without Opposing Party's Opportunity to Cross-Exam
(Page 214)
- PTAB Denies Institution of Inter Partes Review of Design Patent, Noting 35 U.S.C. 171 is Not Proper Basis for IPR
(Page 217)
- PTAB Provides Guidance for Meeting Burden to Show Written Description for Substitute Claim (Page 220)
- PTAB Provides Guidance for Demonstrating Prior Invention to Overcome 102(a) Challenge
(Page 223)
- To Stay or Not to Stay (Page 227)
- Goodbye Patent Arbitration? (Page 230)
- Don't Try to Barnstorm Proof of Printed Publication (Page 234)
- PTAB Post Office Decision Shows CBM Proceedings Not Limited to Finance Companies (Page 238)
- PTAB Cracking Down on Serial IPR Petitions (Page 242)
- PTAB Refuses to Give Petitioner a Second Chance to Articulate Reasons for Invalidity (Page 246)
- PTAB Follows District Court's Claim Construction (Page 249)
- Don't Forget Indefiniteness as a Ground for Invalidation in a CBM Patent Review (Page 252)
- Prosecution
(Page 255)
- Functional Claiming (Page 256)
- The Federal Circuit Upholds Cybor's Rule That Claim Construction is Subject to De Novo Appellate Review (Page 274)
- Supreme Court Justice Characterizes Alice v. CLS Bank as Being on the Idea of "Solvency," or "Computer, Stop" (Page 279)
- Global PPH and IP5 - Latest Iteration in the Patent Prosecution Highway
(Page 283)
- Justices Set to Rule on Test for Patent Indefiniteness
(Page 287)
- There's the Devil Federal Circuit Reiterates: No Room for Error in Priority Claims
(Page 290)
- U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Definiteness Standard (Page 293)
- Computer-Implemented Inventions: Ideas That Are Fundamental Truths and Generically Implemented Are Not Patent Eligible (Page 296)
- Three Rounds to Knock Out Ultramercial's Patent on "Advertising as Currency" (Page 300)
- Supreme Court (Page 306)
- IP Decisions Abound at the Supreme Court in Spring 2014 (Page 307)
- Supreme IP: The U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on IP Rights (Page 315)
- Trademarks (Page 322)
- Trademarks by Design: Combining Design Patents and Trademarks to Protect your Intellectual Property (Page 323)
- Aesthetic Functionality in the TTAB since Louboutin (Page 331)
- NFL Teams 0-2 in the TTAB (Page 334)
- NFL Redskins Federal Trademark Registrations Cancelled (Page 337)
- Supreme Court Considers Whether Judge or Jury Should Tackle Trademark "Tacking" (Page 342)
- Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. (Page 345)
- Additional Published Works (Page 350)
- Look Before You Leap ... Intellectual Property and Crowd-Funding (Page 351)
- Webinars
(Page 384)
- Hey, That's My Game: Intellectual Property Issues in Combating Game Cloning (Page 385)
- Media Mentions (Page 387)
- Bloomberg (Page 388)
- Bloomberg BNA (Page 399)
- Chemical & Engineering News (Page 408)
- CIO (Page 411)
- JD Supra (Page 414)
- Law360 (Page 433)
- Managing Intellectual Property (Page 463)
- Natue Biotechnology (Page 467)
- Natue Reviews Drug Discovery (Page 470)
- World Intellectual Property Review (Page 472)
- About the Authors (Page 475)
- Katie L. Becker (Page 476)
- Jordan N. Bodner (Page 477)
- Aaron Bowling (Page 478)
- Erin E. Bryan (Page 479)
- Steve S. Chang (Page 480)
- Marc S. Cooperman (Page 481)
- Michael S. Cuviello (Page 482)
- Ross A. Dannenberg (Page 483)
- John M. Fleming (Page 484)
- Shawn P. Gorman (Page 485)
- R. Gergory Israelsen (Page 486)
- John P. Iwanicki (Page 487)
- Sean J. Jungels (Page 490)
- Rajit Kapur (Page 491)
- Robert S. Katz (Page 492)
- Anna L. King (Page 494)
- Craig W. Kronenthal (Page 495)
- Ernest V. Linek (Page 496)
- Erik S. Maurer (Page 497)
- Christopher L. McKee (Page 498)
- Helen Hill Minsker (Page 499)
- Aseet Patel (Page 500)
- H. Wayne Porter (Page 501)
- Christopher J. Renk
(Page 502)
- Paul M. Rivard (Page 503)
- Charles W. Shifley (Page 504)
- Joseph M. Skerpon (Page 506)
- Richard S. Stockton (Page 507)
- J. Pieter Van Es (Page 508)
- William E. Wooten (Page 510)
- Bradley J. Van Pelt (Page 509)
- Bradley C. Wright (Page 511)