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IP News
August 30, 2012
Highlights of the latest intellectual property cases from around the country.
Potential New Barrier to Verdicts of Willful Infringement?
August 30, 2012
The question of whether a defendant had willfully infringed a patent has typically been decided by a jury. However, under <i>Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W.L. Gore &amp; Assoc.,</i> a judge may now have the exclusive role of determining whether a jury is entitled to decide this question.
The Battle Rages On: A Report from the Front Line of the Patentable Subject Matter War
August 30, 2012
In July 2012, the Federal Circuit issued two decisions regarding patentable subject matter for computer-implemented business methods, <i>CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp.</i> and <i>Bancorp Services v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada</i>, that vividly demonstrate the conflicting approaches various members of the court apply to this question.
Long Road in China to Protect Cartoon Trademark
August 30, 2012
Despite its high rate of piracy, the strengthening of intellectual property laws in China has given some hope to owners of trademarks from other countries. The instructive article that follows documents the many twists and turns involved in in seeking to protect the trademark for a Japanese cartoon in China.
<b><i>BREAKING NEWS:</b></i> Apple Wins Big in Trial Against Samsung
August 27, 2012
If the verdict Apple obtained on Aug. 24 against Samsung in their smartphone and tablet trial isn't chopped down in post-trial motions or on appeal, it will stand as the largest patent verdict in history.
IP News
July 30, 2012
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
Refining the Pleading Requirements for Patent Infringement
July 30, 2012
In <i>In Re Bill of Lading Transmission and Processing System Patent Litigation</i>, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that Form 18 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs the required specificity when pleading direct patent infringement.
Much Ado About Standards of Review (But Not All That Much About AdWords)
July 30, 2012
While on the surface the <i>Rosetta Stone</i> opinion might seem to be a public rebuke of the merits of Google's AdWords program, on closer scrutiny it is clear that the Fourth Circuit's opinion is more properly read as a reprimand of the district court, which, according to the Fourth Circuit, improperly mixed its standards of review and made a hash of the functionality doctrine in the process.
In re EMC Corp.
July 30, 2012
The Federal Circuit recently addressed whether it is proper to join multiple defendants within a single action for no other reason than each defendant is accused of infringing the same patent.
Tax Affecting S Corporations and Other Pass-Through Entities
July 30, 2012
Matrimonial attorneys are often confronted with equity in an S-corporation business that must be valued as a marital asset. Since S corporations and other pass-through corporate structures carry no tax obligations, should the appraiser tax affect or not?

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    Chances are that if your company is involved in research and development of new technology there is a standards setting organization exploring the potential standardization of such technology. While there are clear benefits to participation in standards organizations &mdash; keeping abreast of industry developments, targeting product development toward standard compliant products, steering research and intellectual property protection into potential areas of future standardization &mdash; such participation does not come without certain risks. Whether you are in-house counsel or outside counsel, you may be called upon to advise participants in standard-setting bodies about intellectual property issues or to participate yourself. You may also be asked to review patent policy of the standard-setting body that sets forth the disclosure and notification requirements with respect to patents for that organization. Here are some potential patent pitfalls that can catch the unwary off-guard.
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