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Intellectual Property LEGAL NEWS - January 24, 2013 • Volume 1, Number 1

In This Issue: - FIGHTING COUNTERFEITS IN CHINA – LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? - FEDERAL CIRCUIT EXPANDS SCOPE OF INDUCED INFRINGEMENT FOR METHOD PATENTS - JURISDICTIONS SPLIT ON WHEN COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION...more

Another Shoe Drops in Washington: Ninth Circuit Expands Personal Jurisdiction over Willful Copyright Infringers

In Washington Shoe Co. v. A-Z Sporting Goods, Inc. (U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit, No. 11-35166, Dec. 17, 2012), the Ninth Circuit expanded the exercise by Federal District Courts of personal jurisdiction over...more

The State of Information Technology Law - 2012

I. INTRODUCTION - On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy Smith America Invents Act (AIA) (H.R. 1249). The AIA is the most sweeping modification of the Patent Act since 1952. Among the various objects...more