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<i>In Re BilskiM</i>: Patent Eligibility of Business Methods Under 35 U.S.C. ' 101 Image

<i>In Re BilskiM</i>: Patent Eligibility of Business Methods Under 35 U.S.C. ' 101

Julia S. Kim

On Nov. 9, 2009, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in <i>In re Bilski</i> ' a case that will likely impact whether business methods are eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. ' 101. To date, the Supreme Court has held that abstract ideas, natural phenomena, and laws of nature are not patent eligible, but has yet to apply that holding to a business method.

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Hosted VoIP Solutions

Jeff Ehrmann

With the help of Alteva, an enterprise-hosted VoIP provider, our firm has added new capabilities and reduced the operating costs of telephone services by over 50% while still providing the same level of service our clients have come to expect.

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Project Management Software Empowers the Litigation Support Department

Laura Bandrowsky

The Practice Support Department has long recognized the importance of project management to promote cost-containment strategies and to ensure compliance with discovery requirements during the discovery phase of a litigation case. While the firm developed its own sophisticated project management database, the newly implemented iFramework software takes project management to a higher level.

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Corporate Disclosure: The Twitter Effect

Stephen E. Older

In May, the New York Stock Exchange implemented new rules allowing for the use of corporate Web sites as a primary vehicle for disseminating material company information.

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Current and Impending Virtual World IP Issues

Jess M. Collen, Matthew C. Wagner & Oren Gelber

With popularity and subscribership rising, games like World of Warcraft, EverQuest, There and Second Life are big business. Growth has brought litigation. Indeed, some law firms have practice groups addressing this medium's issues.

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Dirty Laundry Hanging Out On The Web

Shari Claire Lewis

Online objections to a corporation's products or services ' posted on "complaint" or "gripe" sites by former employees or consumers, or put elsewhere on the Web ' have a greater potential to be significantly more damaging to the target's operations than more traditional expressions of unhappiness.

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Social Networking in the Workplace

William C. Martucci, Kristen A. Page, & Jennifer K. Oldvader

Nineteen million Twitter users can complain about their jobs instantly by "Tweeting." A reported 33% of Americans online are on Facebook, where they can upload embarrassing or questionable digital photos. This exponential growth has significant consequences for the workplace.

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FTC Reassures Bloggers: Big Brother Isn't Watching

Jenna Greene

Bloggers of the world, relax ' the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is not out to get you. That was the message from Mary Engle, associate director for advertising practices at the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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Revised FTC Guidelines: Blogger Beware

Kelly D. Talcott

Regular readers of blogs and other Internet-based sources of news and information know it's not unusual to see product reviews in these virtual venues. While the reviews sometimes appear to be careful, impartial journalism, other times the writer seems just a bit too enthusiastic about the post's subject matter. Of course, readers have good reasons to question just how impartial the authors of these reviews might be.

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e-Commerce Best Practices

Brett Tarr

This article addresses how e-commerce companies can get a handle on managing organizational information, and outlines processes for retaining and managing key business information that could be salient in legal proceedings, regulatory matters or compliance issues.

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