Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
The latest rulings of importance to you and your practice.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |A complete listing of key cases appearing in this issue.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Recent rulings of importance to your practice.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Television has changed the American city from top to bottom. In the days of Lucy and Ricky, antennas covered apartment rooftops. Then came the cable lines buried under the streets or snaking along utility poles. Now, a device once identified with the countryside is showing up in urban landscapes: the satellite dish."
May 01, 2003Darryl VernonThe latest rulings of importance to you and your practice.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |The most recent rulings of importance to your practice.
May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |Highlights of the latest intellectual property cases and news from around the country.
May 01, 2003Compiled by Kathlyn Card-BecklesThe ability of patents to encourage innovation by granting exclusive rights is well-recognized. However, patents can serve an antithetical role as well by, in certain circumstances, deterring, rather than encouraging, innovation.
May 01, 2003Justin S. RerkoThe practice of "reverse engineering," whereby one company obtains the product of a competitor and works backwards "to divine the process which aided in its development or manufacture," has long been accepted as a legitimate (and sometimes wholly necessary) practice in the computer software marketplace. Kewanee Oil Co. v Bicron Corp., 416 U.S. 470, 476 (1974).
May 01, 2003William S. Coats, Monte M.F. Cooper, and Mark J. Shean