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• The Basics - Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
• Anti-Counterfeiting Steps For U.S. Brand Owners - April 2008
• The Growing Role Of IP Diligence In Corporate Formation, Funding, IPOs - March 2008
• The Importance of Trademark Audits - March 2008
• Are You Asking Your Outside Counsel The Right Questions? - February 2008
• Everything New Is Old Again: Patentability Novelty of Nanoscale Chemical Materials Does Not Imply Newness Under the TSCA and the FDCA - December 2007
• Road Under Construction: Administrative Claim Interpretations and the Path of Greater Deference From the Federal Circuit to the Patent Office - Winter 2007
• Don't Risk It! Opinion Letters Still An Asset To Your Company's Bottom Line - October 2007
• My Year in Chinese Courts - October 2007
• A Supreme End To Patent Trolls - August 2007
• The Supreme Court Takes On Patent Law - August 2007
• Preparing Your Company's IP for Due Diligence - July/August 2007
• Leaders in Intellectual Property Litigation - July 2007  
• Who Wants To Sue A Multi-Billionaire: Google's Risky Venture Into YouTube - June 2007 
• Patent Override - May 2007
• KSR's Impact on the Validity of Issued Patents and Patent Thickets - May 2007
• Supreme Court Raises the Bar For Patents: KSR v. Teleflex - May 2007
• Sue First, Negotiate Later - May 2007
• Brand Management: Five Ways to Watch Your Competitors - April 2007
• Essential IP Rights in the U.S. - April 2007
• Trademark Management: The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth - April 2007
• Litigation Case in Point, Los Angeles Daily Journal - February 2007
• Deep Pockets: The Risks of Buying Websites With Consumer Generated Content and How They Hope to Avoid the Major Lawsuit - November 2006
• International Intellectual Property Conventions - September 2006
• Trademark Protection for Non-Profit Organizations – September 2006
• Southern District Rolls Out New Patent Local Rules - September 2006
• Video-Hosting Services and the Death of Copyrights on the Internet or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love YouTube - August 2006
• The Automotive Angle - August 2006
• Press Releases About Pending Litigation: Good P.R. or Unfair Competition? - July 2006
• Ask the Experts - Using Trademarks to Protect Your Product and Business Names - July 2006
• Licensing Lessons: The Blackberry and eBay Cases - July 2006
• Ask the Experts - Preparing Your Intellectual Property Portfolio to Withstand Due Diligence - June 2006
• IP Perspectives - An Interview with Kent Hansen, General Counsel, Loma Linda AHSC, Technology Advances: Stewardship Through Licensing - May 2006
• Ask the Experts - What are the Hidden Patent Infringement Risks Associated with a Company's Launch of Products? What You Should Know to Protect Your Business - May 2006
• Trademark Audits - What You Need To Know - May/June 2006
• Forum Selection from the Plaintiff's Perspective - May 2006
• Controlling Counterfeit Trade in Tangible Products Over the Internet - April 2006
• Fame and Fortune - April 2006
• Ask the Experts - Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Laws Uncertain: What You Should Know to Protect Your Business - April 2006
• Ask the Experts - Intellectual Property as an Intangible Asset: What You Should Know to Protect Your Business - March 2006
• A Patent Owner's Duty to Police Infringement - March 2006
• Counterfeits & Copies - February 2006
• Emphasizing the Copy in Copyright: Why Noncopying Alterations Do Not Prepare Infringing Derivative Works - Originally published in Brigham Young University Law Review - January 2006
• IP Perspectives - An Interview with Russell Jura, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Yamaha Corporation, Knockoffs from China - January 2006
• Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Patent Laws Uncertain - January 2006
• Brief of EBAY and HALF.COM, Inc. v. MERCEXCHANGE, L.L.C. - January 2006
• The Answer and Other Responsive Filings - January 2006
• No Second Bite of the Apple for SNAP Mark Owner - December 2005
• Since the Patent Office issued my patent, doesn't this mean that it would now be impossible for me to infringe on someone with a similar patent? - December 2005
• Polo Association Scores Against Ralph Lauren in Polo Logo Challenge - November 2005
• What steps should my company take to protect its trade secrets? - November 2005
• Application of the Government License Defense to Federally Funded Nanotechnology Research - Originally published in 53 UCLA L. Rev. 279 (2005) - October 2005
• Current Intellectual Property Issues in Nanotechnology - October 2005
• The (Mis)Application of the Chinese Works Make for Hire Doctrine to Copyright Infringement in the United States - October 2005
• Owning Your Intellectual Property - October 2005
• Corporate Legal Times IP Special Report, October 2005
• I have filed for patents on my key products. Is that sufficient? - October 2005
• Infamous Mustang Ranch Name Still Up in the Air - September 2005
• Should our company implement a reward program for inventors? - September 2005
• Sounds, Smells, Shapes and Colors: Protection and Enforcement of Nontraditional Trademarks in the U.S. - August 2005
• I know that we should be obtaining patents on our products, but how do I determine which should be patented? - August 2005
• Federal Circuit Clarifies the Methodology for Performing Claim Construction, July 2005 - summary
• Federal Circuit Clarifies the Methodology for Performing Claim Construction, July 2005 - full text
• How can my company obtain value from its unused patent assets? - July 2005
• My company has identified a gene which may prove therapeutically valuable. What aspects of this discovery are eligible for patent protection? - June 2005
• Your Trademark Looks Phishy, May 2005
• Brand Searching and Clearance in the Internet Age - May 2005
• Should I file My Patent Outside the United States? - May 2005
• Duck Quacking Sound Mark Shot Down by District Court - April 2005
• My company just heard that our major competitor has a patent application that may relate to one of our products. What should we do? - April 2005
• Our company has developed a process for manufacturing an existing product. Can we protect our new process and, it so, how? - March 2005
• New Opportunities Beckon Big Pharma, March 2005
• Microsoft Suffers Setback in Case Against Alleged Infringer - March 2005
• Even though my company has its own patents, we just received a cease and desist letter from a competitor accusing us of infringing their patents. What should we do? - February 2005
• Our Business has Just Developed a New Product. When should we contact an intellectual property attorney to start the Patent process? - January 2005
• NISSAN Dilution Case Driven Back to District Court - October 2004
• The How's and Why's of Monitoring Your Licensees, October 2004
• Disclaimers in European Patents: Employ with Caution, September 2004
• Extraordinary Injunctions in Copyright Cases - August 2004
• No New Home for Disputed 'TahoeLuxuryProperties' Domain Names - July 2004
• Site's Absurdity Saves Registrant from Bad-Faith Finding - May 2004
• Use of Special Master for Patent Claim Construction - AIPLA 2004, Spring 2004
• MasterCard's 'Priceless' Ads Not Infringed By Political Broadcasts - April 2004
• Patent Primer for Inventors: The 5 W's of Patents, 2004
• Fake Gucci Bags Too Good to Recall - February 2004
• 2003 Federal Circuit Patent Decisions, February 2004
• Pursuing Strong Brands 2004
• MBNA Forfeits MONTANA SERIES and PHILADELPHIA CARD - November 2003
• Willful Infringement, November 2003
• Non-Infringing Alternatives Substitutes, Price Erosion and Convoyed Sales-Law Seminar International Workshop on patent Damages, November 2003
• Default Respondent Prevails in USRP Action - September 2003
• Claim Construction and Infringement in the United States, September 2003
• Generic Biotech Products: Provisions in Patent and Drug Development Law
• US Crisis At The PTO, 2003
• Overcoming Infringement Claims For Off Label Use Patent, 2003
• Companies Can Protect Assets With A Strong Patent Portfolio, 2003
• Academia May Lose Valuable Patent Defense, 2003.
• Save the Slip for the Service Provider: Summer 2002
• Festo and Biotechnology Patent Prosecution: Consequences for the Practical Patent Practitioner, December 2002
• Using Experts in Patent Litigation, December 2002
• Recent Decisions in Patent Law, Oct 24, 2002
• Recent Developments Affecting Patent Claim Strategy, March 24, 2002
• Legal Victory for Electronic Commerce Companies: State Street Bank & Trust V. Signature Financial Group Signals Fall of Last Barrier to Internet Software Patents
• Recent Patent Decisions, November 16, 2001
• Legal Victory for Electronic Commerce Companies, 1999
• The Freedom of Information Act: Another Pond for Prior Art Fishing Expeditions, 1999
• Using U.S. Intellectual Property Rights to Prevent Parallel Imports, 1999
• Accused's Dilemma -- Federal Circuit May Have Limited Strategies for Responding to Infringement Claims
• Method Approach -- For Comprehensive Software Protection, Patent is Preferable to Copyright
• A Veiled Threat -- Officers and Directors May be Liable Along with The Corporation for Patent Infringement
• A Patent Primer
• An Intellectual Property Checklist
  

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• Claim Jumping on the Newest Frontier: Trademarks, Cybersquatting, and the Judicial Interpretation of Bad Faith.
• Lock and Load: Document Security on the Net.
• Maximize Return on Investment by Patenting What Counts.
• The Protection of Appellations of Origin and Other Geographic Indications in the United States of America.
• Protecting Foreign Markets Using Patents and Trademarks.
• The European Community Trademark and The Madrid Agreement.
• Common Sense, Simplicity and Experimental Use Negation of the Public Use and On Sale Bars to Patentability.
• Copyright or Patent Protection for Your Computer Software.
• Trademark Law for the Paralegal.
• Drafting Representations and Warranties in Contracts Involving Intellectual Property.
• Officer and Director Liability for Patent Infringement: Managing the Risks.
• Basic Steps in Leveraging Intellectual Property for Capital.
• Changes in Trademark/Copyright Laws Affect Licensing Strategies.
• The Federal Circuit Resolves Ambiguities in the Doctrine of Equivalents.
• Strategic Alliances: Trade Secret Publication in Joint Ventures and Partnerships.
• A Model Trade Secret License Agreement: An Example from the Biotechnology Industry.
• A Trade Secret Checklist for Hiring Employees from Competitors.
• Avoiding Loss of Valuable Trademark Rights in Foreign Countries.
• Protecting Biotechnology Inventions with Patents: Permissible Subject Matter and Scope of Claims.
• Digital Signatures and the Law, February 1999

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