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Bowman v. Monsanto: Self-Replicating Biotech and Software Left at the Alter?

by Robert Isackson | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/15/2013

Today, in a case having the potential to upset the agricultural biotech industry, Justice Elena Kagan delivered the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision rejecting farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman’s patent exhaustion defense....more

Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims

by Scott Chambers, Matthew Laskoski | Patton Boggs LLP on 2/22/2013

The Federal Circuit, in Function Media v. Google, has determined that use of “means” language in a claim can lead to indefiniteness. Functional Media sued Google for infringement of three patents regarding advertising on...more

USPTO Considers Best Practices to Improve Patent Application Quality

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/15/2013

In a Federal Register Notice published January, 13, 2013, the USPTO asks the public to consider potential best practices aimed at improving patent application quality ”in order to facilitate examination and bring more...more

Click & Copy: Breach of Online License Agreements & Copyright Infringement

by Field Law on 1/22/2013

My article Click and Copy: Breach of Online License Agreements and Copyright Infringement was published in Canadian Intellectual Property Review in December. The enforceability of click-through licenses for online...more

Business Law Newsletter - January 2013

by Rachelle E. Hill, James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 1/10/2013

In This Issue: - Written Contracts and the Statute of Limitations...Page 1 - Website Owners: Who is Liable for Third Party Postings on Your Website?...Page 2 - Business Tort Brings Sanctions...Page 3 -...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2012

by Andrew J. Hall, Mitchell Zimmerman | Fenwick & West LLP on 12/20/2012

In This Issue: - Court Declines to Dish Out Preliminary Injunction in Commercial-Skipping Case Despite Likelihood of Infringement - Free and Open-Source Software Diligence in Mergers, Acquisitions, and...more

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