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What's Your Practice Worth?

Edward D. Heben

Law firms, because of caseload analysis and the project-oriented nature of their work, are notoriously hard to value, even more so than accounting firms and other professional service industries where there is an established schedule of work for at least a 12-month period.

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Are You Thinking About China?

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

If you have been thinking about entering the China market to diversify your revenue stream, here are some legal issues to consider.

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New 'Dualing' Amendments to Dealer-Protection Laws Pass Legislatures

Rick J. Gibson, Jeffrey J. Jones, J. Todd Kennard & Douglas M. Mansfield

Many auto dealer contracts prohibit "dualing," that is, operating competing linemakes out of the same facility. Under new legislation passed in some states, automobile manufacturers could be forced to allow dualing, notwithstanding any terms to the contrary in written agreements and trademark laws.

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News Briefs

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.

Court Watch

Darryl A. Hart & Charles G. Miller

Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.

Employee Free Choice Act Slowed, But Not Dead

Kevin Adler

Although passage of the federal Employee Free Choice Act ("EFCA") has taken a distant back seat to health care reform, the proposed changes to workplace unionization and collective bargaining rules have significant potential impacts for business owners.

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Movers & Shakers

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

Mapping the Technical Terrain

H. Jackson Knight

In the filing of a patent application, the patent agent or attorney is like the commanding officer conducting the battle. This "General" has specialized techniques for drafting and prosecuting patent applications and attempts to get the best patents issued for the client.

Federal Circuit Decision Provides Guidance for Joint Licensing of Pooled Patents

Donald W. Hawthorne

Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in a long-running patent misuse litigation of potential significance for any patent owner participating in a patent pool or considering participation in a patent pool.

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The Peer Review Pilot Program at the USPTO

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The USPTO established the Peer Review Pilot Program (the "Pilot") to test whether "the organized collection and submission of documents together with comments by the public will produce better examination results by presenting prior art known by the public to the Examiner early in the prosecution." The USPTO is expected to publish a comprehensive report outlining the results and next steps.

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