New Matter
New Matter — the official publication of the Intellectual Property Section — is a journal of current comment and analysis of cases and issues vital to the use of intellectual property. The journal is sent free to members of the Intellectual Property Section. To subscribe you need only join the Section.
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Bob Payne
Monterey
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Amanda Nye
Tiburon
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Thomas A. Ward
San Francisco
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Table of Contents
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Summer 2013
Vol. 38, No. 2
Spring 2013
Vol. 38, No. 1
Winter 2012
Vol. 37, No. 4
Fall 2012
Vol. 37, No. 3
Summer 2012
Vol. 37, No. 2
Spring 2012
Vol. 37: No. 1
Winter 2011
Vol. 36: No. 4
Fall 2011
Vol. 36: No. 3
Summer 2011
Vol. 36, No. 2
Spring 2011
Vol. 36, No. 1
2010 Issue 4
Vol. 35, No. 4
2010 Issue 3
Vol. 35, No. 3
2010 Issue 2
Vol. 35, No. 2
2010 Issue 1
Vol. 35, No. 1
2009 Issue 4
Vol. 34, No. 4
2009 Issue 3
Vol. 34, No. 3
2009 Issue 2
Vol. 34, No. 2
2009 Issue 1
Vol. 34: No. 1
2008 Issue 4
Vol. 33, No. 4
2008 Issue 3
Vol. 33, No. 3
2008 Issue 2
Vol. 33, No. 2
2008 Issue 1
Vol. 33, No. 1
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2007 Issue 4
Vol. 32, No. 4
2007 Issue 3
Vol. 32, No. 3
2007 Issue 2
Vol. 32, No. 2
2007 Issue 1
Vol. 32, No. 1
2006 Issue 4
Vol. 31, No. 4
2006 Issue 3
Vol. 31, No. 3
2006 Issue 2
Vol. 31, No. 2
2006 Issue 1
Vol. 31, No. 1
2005 Issue 1 / 2
Vol. 30, No. 1 / 2
2004 Issue 1
Vol. 29. No. 1
December 2003
Vol. 28, No. 3/4
September 2003
Vol. 28, No. 1/2
Summer/Fall 2002
Vol. 27, No. 2/3
Spring 2002
Vol. 27, No. 1
Fall 2001 / Winter 2002
Vol. 26, No. 3
Spring/Summer 2001
Vol. 26, No. 1
Winter 2000
Vol. 25, No. 3/4
Summer/Fall 2000
Vol. 25, No. 2
Spring 2000
Vol. 25, No. 1
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Summer 1999
Vol. 24, No. 2
Spring 1999
Vol. 24, No. 1
Fall 1998
Vol. 23, No. 2
Spring 1998
Vol. 23, No. 1
Fall/Winter 1997
Vol. 22, No. 3
Spring/Summer 1997
Vol. 22, No. 1/2
Winter/Spring 1997
Vol. 21, No. 4
Fall 1996
Vol. 21, No. 3
Summer 1996
Vol. 21, No. 2
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Summer 2013 - Volume 38, Number 2
Letter from the Chair
Mark R. Leonard
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Robert W. Payne
MCLE: Case Highlight: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the Breadth of the First Sale Doctrine in Copyright Law
David Salmons and Raechel Anglin
Petitioning During Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
Matthew J. Spark
Patent Outsourcers: Are You Compliant With Export Regulations?
Raji Nagarkar and Dan Minutillo
Nike, Inc. v. Already, LLC: Did Nike Cut Off its Nose to Spite its Face?
Gary R. Gleason and Anne-Marie D. Dao
The Patent Office Comes to California 2013
Glenn E. Von Tersch
WIPO Roundtable Report
Aurelia Schultz
Washington DC Delegation Report
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Spring 2013 - Volume 38, Number 1
Letter from the Chair
Mark R. Leonard
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Robert W. Payne
Gunn v. Minton: The Supreme Court’s Correction of the Federal Circuit’s
Overly Broad Assertion of Jurisdiction Over State-Law Claims
Joseph R. Re and Stephen W. Larson
Teller v. Dogge: When Two Magicians Duel Over the Secret to an Iconic Illusion, They Conjure a Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Jennifer Hagan and William Samuels
MCLE Self-Study Article: Willfully Blind: The Causation
Anomaly in Patent Lost Profits Awards
Robert W. Payne
Inequitable Conduct: One Thing Less to Worry About, One More Thing to Consider
Gino Cheng and Thomas J. Gray
Significant 2012 Events
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Joe Simone
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Winter 2012 - Volume 37, Number 4
Letter from the Chair
Mark R. Leonard
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Robert W. Payne
Mobile Patent Wars: Apple: ~$1.05 Billion – Samsung: $0; Who is Next?
F. Jason Far-hadian
Myriad after Mayo: Examining the Tea Leaves for Clues about DNA Patents
Dr. Karen Canady
MCLE Self-Study Article: Copyrights: "Originality" in Songs and Software after Vince P. v. Kanye West and Oracle v. Google
Jennifer Hagan
When Copyright Law and the Freedom of the Press Collide: Does the First Amendment Deserve an Independent Analysis?
Peter J. Marcus
AIA Notice
Dabney Eastham
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Fall 2012 - Volume 37, Number 3
Letter from the Chair
Matthew A. Powelson
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Big Data Business Models
John Pavolotsky and Jay Seirmarco
MCLE Self-Study Article: "'Actual Confusion' is Actually Confusing: Does the Ninth Circuit Require 'Actual Confusion' to Award Damages for a Violation of the Lanham Act?"
Scott J. Allen
AIA Notice
Dabney Eastham
Report of the Delegation of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California to Washington, D.C., April 16-17, 2012
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Summer 2012 - Volume 37, Number 2
Letter from the Chair
Matthew A. Powelson
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Nine Ways to Avoid Copyright Termination, Part 2
David Gurnick and Tal Grinblat
Protecting Iconic Photographs
Andrew Stroud
Mark It With An ®
James Juo
MCLE Self-Study Article: "Discrimination and Bias: Strategies for Preventing and Responding in the Intellectual Property Bar"
Chris Chambers Goodman and F. Jason Far-hadian
Patent Reviews: Alternatives to Litigating Patent Validity
Andy Piatnicia
Licensing Forum
Adrian R. Cyhan
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Spring 2012 - Volume 37, Number 1
Letter from the Chair
Matthew A. Powelson
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
"Actual Transfer" vs. "Making Available": A Critical Analysis of the Exclusive Right to Distribute Copyrighted Works (Part II)
Kollin J. Zimmermann
First Inventor to File: Section 3 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
D. Benjamin Borson and Robert Dabney Eastham
AIA Updates
D. Benjamin Borson and Robert Dabney Eastham
Open Source Licenses: Are Copyrights and Patents Covered?
Thomas Ward
Nine Ways to Avoid Copyright Termination, Part 1
David Gurnick and Tal Grinblat
The Emerging Reality for Data Privacy in the US and Europe
James C. Roberts III
MCLE Self-Study Article:"Cloud Services and Information
Security: The Public vs. Private Service Provider Debate"
John Pavolotsky
36th Annual IP Institute Report
Anthony Craig
Licensing Forum
James C. Roberts III
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Supreme Court Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Winter 2011 - Volume 36, Number 4
Letter from the Chair
Matthew A. Powelson
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011: An Introduction
D. Benjamin Borson and Robert Dabney Eastham
Practice Tips: America Invents Act
Jim K. Dawson and Michael Blaine Brooks
Does a Stock Photography Agency’s Copyright Registration Extend to Each Photograph Contained in Its Database?
James C. Potepan and Courtney E. Curtis
The Madrid Protocol / Section 44: More Bad Trade Policy?
Katherine L. McDaniel
MCLE Self-Study Article: Substance Abuse
Carol M. Langford and Robert M. Wells
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Interest Group Reports
Fall 2011 - Volume 36, Number 3
Letter from the Chair
Warren L. Dranit
Letter from the Editor
Nicole A. Smith
"Actual Transfer" vs. Making Available": A Critical Analysis of the Exclusive Right to Distribute Copyrighted Works
Kollin J. Zimmermann
Employee Liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act for Exceeding "Authorized Access" to a Computer
Jill Kopeikin
What Should a Prosecution Bar Protect Against?
James Juo
Therasense -- What’s the Role for Rule 56 Now?
Tom Ward and Anthony Craig
Open to Inspection: Using Reverse Engineering to Uncover Software Prior Art, Part 2
Andrew Schulman
Report of the Delegation of the Intellectual Property Law Section of The State Bar of California to Washington, D.C.
2011 Executive Committee Delegation
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Court
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
Summer 2011 - Volume 36, Number 2
Letter from the Chair
Warren L. Dranit
Letter from the Editor
Nicole A. Smith
Letter to the Editor
Tara Chand
9th Circuit Decision in Levi Strauss Expands Dilution Protection for Brand Owners
Carole Barrett and Sarah Givan
Some Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Policies of Standards Organizations
Lawrence J. Bassuk
Intellectual Property Insurance
Eric J. Weibel
Are Internet Domain Names the New Playground for Unauthorized Trademark Use After Toyota v. Tabari1?
Annie L. Albertson
Open to Inspection: Using Reverse Engineering to Uncover Software Prior Art, Part 1
Andrew Schulman
MCLE Self-Study Article: Data Breach! What Next? Privacy Tips for IP Professionals
Robert B. Milligan and Nicole Smith
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Court
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
Spring 2011 - Volume 36, Number 1
Letter from the Chair
Warren L. Dranit
Letter from the Editor
Nicole A. Smith
Update on Changes at the USPTO
Robert L. Stoll
Viacom v. YouTube: Filtering the Internet to Prevent Copyright Infringement
William C. Harrelson
The Hurt Locker and the Right of Publicity
Tom Ward and Karin Peterka
Suspensionland
Katherine L. McDaniel
Click to Win
James D. Nguyen and Sean M. Sullivan
Glee to Gold: A Music Licensing Goldmine for Songwriters and Music Publishing
Jeff Brabec and Todd Brabec
The Uncertain State of Employee Nonsolicitation Clauses in California
Elena Kouvabina and Maria Ostroumova
Preliminary Injunction Proceedings in Germany
Mathias Kleespies and Paul Kretschmar
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Court
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2010 Issue 4 - Volume 35, Number 4
Letter from the Chair
Warren L. Dranit
Letter from the Editor
Nicole A. Smith
The Seven Rules for Hiring a Wireless Technology Expert
Jonathan Wells
A Six-Month Safe Harbor for Novelty-Destroying Events
Stephen T. Bang and Hyung-geun Ji
Princo v. ITC: The Federal Circuit Gives Standard Setting More Latitude while Narrowing the Patent Misuse Doctrine
Howard Wettan
The Secret PTO
Katherine L. McDaniel
Licensing Forum
James C. Roberts III
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Nninth Circuit Court
Neil A. Anderson
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2010 Issue 3 - Volume 35, Number 3
Letter from the Chair
James D. Nguyen
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
It's not Easy Being "Green"
Cyrus Wadia
Four Cases and a Business Review Letter
Howard Wettan
Is the Source Code Yours?
Cydney A. Tune and Jeanna F. Leavitt
Dilution in China and Taiwan
Laura Wen-Yu Young
The Work-for-Hire Doctrine...
Raji Nagarkar
HP v. Acceleron
Jason M. Gonder, Michael A. Kwon and Clark S. Stone
Slammed! How Trademark Laws Hurt...
Katherine L. McDaniel
Bilski v. Kappos
Joseph P. O'Malley
Book Review: Collective Licensing at the ISP Level
Review by David Touve
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. Debré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2010 Issue 2 - Volume 35, Number 2
Letter from the Chair
James D. Nguyen
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Filtering the Internet -- Part 2
William C. Harrelson
Patent Examiners -- Part 2
Dabney Eastham
Why Fair Use Matters
Douglas Robbins
The EPO Raises the Bar
Mark Wegener and Dr. Gabriele Laufer
Ashcroft v. Iqbal: A New Standard
Scott J. Allen
Top Ten IP Ethics Violations
Thomas Ward and Karin Peterka
Implementation of the Patent Law Treaty
Edward J. Radlo
ITC Section 337 Investigations
Brian E. Mitchell and Jigang Jin
The Six Million Dollar Map
Jeffrey A. Travis
Licensing Forum
Melody Torbati
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Copyright Offices Comes to California
Committee Reports
2010 Issue 1 - Volume 35, Number 1
Letter from the Chair
James D. Nguyen
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Letters to the Editor
Reexamination: Can Patent Reform Help?
Thomas A. Ward and Anthony Craig
Filtering the Internet - Part 1
William C. Harrelson
Patent Examiners - Part 1
Dabney Eastham
IP Crimes -- The Real Deal
Kris Buckner
Beyond the Scope of the Claims
Robert W. Payne
The Crime of the Century
C. Dennis Loomis
Patent Litigation Update
Perry J. Viscounty and Mark A. Finkelstein
The Pendulum Swings ...
Randall E. Kay
2009 IP Institute
Controlling Costs Using PCT
John Richards
Changes at the USPTP
Robert L. Stoll
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. Debre
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole A. Smith and Deborah Greaves
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2009 Issue 4 - Volume 34, Number 4
Patently Obvious: Trends in the Supreme Court’s Review of Federal Circuit Decisions
J. Donald McCarthy
Letter from the Chair
James D. Nguyen
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
When Worlds Collide: Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy Court
Suzzanne Uhland and Sidney Levinson and Kevin DeBre
Advising Against Active Inducement of Infringement
James Juo
Trade Secret Preemption: Too Much Too Soon?
Andrew Stroud
Patent Exhaustion and Permissible Repair
Roland Tong
New Trade Secret Treatise Addresses Idea Protection
Randall E. Kay
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBre
The Moving Picture: Evolving Media
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents: What’s New in the World of Open Source Software Licensing
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2009 Issue 3 - Volume 34, Number 3
Remote DVRs Coming to the Homes of Cable Customers
Cydney A. Tune and Jenna Leavitt
Letter from the Chair
Barbara Friedman
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
First Window Patent Opposition: What to Expect if this Patent Reform Provision Becomes Law
Thomas A. Ward
Section 337 Litigation: A Unique and Powerful Mechanism for Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
Pamela L. Van Dort
Hungry for Trademark Protection
Bobby Ghajar and Nancy Olson
Patent False Marking Claims -- Another Opportunity for Trolls?
Rex Hwang
Licensing Music for Digital Uses: A User’s Perspective
Laurie Hughes
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBre
The Moving Picture: Evolving Media
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents: What’s New in the World of Open Source Software Licensing
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Committee Reports
2009 Issue 2 - Volume 34, Number 2
Does the Trademark Dilution Cause of Action Make a Difference? (Part 2)
Michael A. Grow
Letter from the Chair
Barbara Friedman
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Impact Looms Large in Federal Circuit Decision: USPTO and Patent Applicants Still Locked in Showdown Following Tafas v. Doll
Kate H. Murashige, Ph.D. and Jenny Jih-Pin Yeah, Ph.D.
Termination of Copyright Grants
Ivan Rothman
The Shifting Battleground: Focusing on Enablement
Bernard Chao
In-House Counsel’s Role in Avoiding Willful Patent Infringement
Frank Ubell and Tim Hsieh
Licensing Forum
Robert Cain
The Moving Picture: Evolving Media
James D. Nguyen
Copyleft Currents: What’s New in the World of Open Source Software Licensing
Heather J. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Report of the Delegation of the Intellectual Property Law Section of The State Bar of California to Washington, DC: April 6-7, 2009
Committee Reports
2009 Issue 1 - Volume 34, Number 1, 2009
Don’t Mess With Texas: Transferring Venue to California
Brandon Baum and Amdrew Holmes
Letter from the Chair
Barbara Friedman
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Copyright Legislation and American Textile Competitiveness
Megan E. Gray
Design Patent Enforcement After Egyptian Goddess
Robert W. Payne
Does the Trademark Dilution Cause of Action Make a Difference? (Part 1)
Michael A. Grow
If it Ain’t Broke…
Arturo E. Sandoval
The Perils of Publishing and Promoting a Memoir with False Claims in California
Thomas A.Ward
Virtual World
Jess M. Collen and Mattew C. Wagner and Oren Gelber
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. Debré
The Moving Picture: Evolving Media
James D. Nguyen
Current Events
Heather A. Meeker
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
2008 Issue 4 - Volume 33, Number 4
Blogging: Benefits, Barriers, and Bombshells
Jonathan Pink
Letter from the Chair
Barbara Friedman
Letter from the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Patent Infringement Issues Raised by Self-Replicating Inventions
Laurel Kilgour, Deepa Nama and James Fox
IP Asset Management Programs and In-House Counsel - A Practical Primer
Russell Boltwood
The Unintended Franchise and How to Avoid It
Tal Grinblat
Analysis of the Five Issues Raised for Review in In re Bilski
Karen Canaan
Licensing Forum
New BIS Encryption Regulation Contains Good and Bad News for U.S. Exporters
Kevin D. DeBré and Denise Laird
The Moving Picture: Evolving Media
James D. Nguyen
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
2008 Issue 3 - Volume 33, Number 3
The Newest IP Threat in China: IP Hijacking (Part 2 of 2)
Enoch Liang and Andy An
Letter From the Chairs
Joanna R. Mendoza and Barbara Friedman
Intellectual Property Issues in Clean Technology I: Obtaining Patent Protection for Solar Cell
Manufacturing Processes in View of Recent Developments in Patent Law
Eric L. Lane
Unauthorized Acts in Declaratory Judgment
James Juo
The London Agreement as an Add-On to The EPC: Can Applicants Actually Save Money?
Mark Wegener
Deconstructing the Controversial “Orphan Works” Copyright Legislation of 2008
Andres Quintana
Much Ado About the Constitutionality of Administrative Patent Judges
Matthew J. Spark
Recent California Appellate Decision Highlights Additional Arrow in the Trade Secret Litigator’s Quiver: Attacking the Independent Economic Value Element of a Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim
Kurt Karpes, Robert Milligan, Jessica Panika
En Banc Eleventh Circuit Rules that Publishers’ Rights Extend to CD-ROMs of Back Issues
Free Software Licensing is Vindicated—By a Patent Court
Heather Meeker
Licensing Forum
Kevin DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Counterfeit Corner
Nicole Smith
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
New Trade Secret Misappropriate Jury Instructions
2008 Issue 2 - Volume 33, Number 2
Copyright Quake Hits California
Jonathan Pink and Justin M. Righettini
Letter From the Chair
Joanna R. Mendoza
Elizabeth E. Powers
Letter from the Editor
Use of Patent Law Experts in California Superior Court
Michael H. Jester
Does the “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil” Defense Apply Under the UTSA?
Jill F. Kopeikin
An Overview of the New California Model Trademark Law
Mary A. Harris and Mark R. Leonard
The Need for a Thorough Pre-Filing Investigation Prior to Filing Any Patent Litigation
Alan P. Block
The Newest IP Threat in China: IP Hijacking (Part 1 of 2)
Enoch Liang and Andy An
Licensing Forum
Kevin DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
A Town Focused on Change IP Law Section’s 2008 Delegation to DC
IP Section Set to Host Blockbuster IP Educational Programs
2008 Issue 1 - Volume 33, Number 1
Multidistrict Litigation Part II: Selection of a Transfer District and Proceedings After Transfer
Randall A. Spencer
Letter From the Chair
Joanna R. Mendoza
Letter From the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
The New EPC 2000: A Real Blessing or Just a Mess?
Mark Wegener
Simple Creativity—Is It “Original” Enough for a Copyright?
Katherine L. McDaniel and James Juo
The Admissibility of Indemnity Evidence in IP Litigation
Benjamin D. Scheibe
Preemption Under California’s Uniform Trade Secrets Act
Andres Quintana
When Is Extrinsic Evidence Really “Extrinsic?”
Breton A. Bocchieri
Licensing Forum
David Gurnick
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Practice Notes
Thomas A. Ward
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
IP Institute Report
Barbara Friedman
IP Section Presents Programs at State Bar SEI
Randall E. Kay
2007 Issue 4 - Volume 32, Number 4
Obtaining Advice of Counsel after Seagate
Bernard Chao
Letter From the Chair
Joanna R. Mendoza
Letter From the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Beware Foreign Defendants: You May Be Liable For Patent Infringement Even Without Conducting Any Business in the United States
James V. Fazio, III and S. Christian Platt
The Current Role for the Patent Expert and IT’s Boundaries
Laurence H. Pretty
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Licensing Forum
Thomas J. Speiss, III
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Note from the Legislation Committee
D. Benjamin Borson
Multidistrict Litigation Part I: Requirements and Procedures for Transfer and Related Jurisdictional Issues
Randall A. Spencer
2007 Issue 3 - Volume 32, Number 3
Patent Reform Act of 2007: A Country Traveling Forward
J. Tori Evans
Letter From the Chair
Joanna R. Mendoza
Letter From the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Supreme Court Decisions in eBay, Medimmune, and KSR Deliver Triple Dose of Bad News to Non-Practicing Patent Holders (aka “Patent Trolls”)
Keith Slenkovich
Mentors—The More, The Merrier
Nan E. Joesten
The Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the Revitalized Defense of Inequitable Conduct to Patent Infringement: Thoughts for Patent Litigators and Prosecutors
Jose L. Patino and James J. Mullen III
Recent California State Court Decision Strikes Down Broad “No-Hire” Provision
Robert Mulligan and Jesica Pandika
Turning Lead into Gold: The Transmutation of Extrinsic Evidence into Intrinsic Evidence Through Use of Prior Art Statements in Light of KSR and Phillips
Matthew J. Spark
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Licensing Forum
Kevin DeBré
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Note from the Legislation Committee
D. Benjamin Borson
2007 Issue 2 - Volume 32, Number 2
The Software Patent Landscape after Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.
Scott Loras Murray and TJ Singh
Letter From the Chair
Sivon Kalminov
Letter From the Editor
JoAnna M.Esty
At Seagate Without a Compass: “Advice-Of-Counsel” Defense Might Sink Attorney-Client Privilege
J. Donald McCarthy
Addressing the Post-Grokster Chill Cast Over Technology Innovation: New Policies and Practices to Minimize Exposure to Direct and Secondary Liability for Copyright
Thomas J. Speiss, III and Cary Tope-McKay
Back for a Second Cup: Court of Appeal Sends Taster’s Choice Case Back for Retrial After Addressing Important Issues Regarding Right of Publicity Law
Lincoln D. Bandlow
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Annual D.C. Trip Plays a Key Role in Maintaining Strong Federal Relationships
Joanna R. Mendoza
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Patent Reform and the Prevailing Party Award: How Cal. Civ. Code § 998 Can Help
Thomas A. Ward
2007 Issue 1 - Volume 32, Number 1
The Case in Favor of De Novo Review of Claims Construction by the Federal Circuit
Robert Warren Payne
Letter From the Chair
Sivon Kalvinov
Letter From the Editor
Joanna M. Esty
Open Court Records vs. Trade Secrets: Reconciling NBC Subsidiary and Rule of Court 243.1 with Civil Procedure Section § 3426.5
Jennifer Brockett
Analysis and Opinion KSR v. Telefl ex, Inc.: the Supreme Court Reviews Obviousness
D. Benjamin Borson
The Supreme Court Opens the Door to More Patent Challenges: MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., 127 S. Ct. 764, 166 L. Ed. 2d 604 (2007)
Darren M. Franklin and Neil A. Smith
Licensing Forum - MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.: What’s All the Fuss?
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report: Reno Air Racing Association, Inc. v. Jerry McCord 452 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2006))
Neil A. Smith
2006 Issue 4 - Volume 31, Number 4
Copyrights in Attorney Work Product—Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Greg Victoroff, Esq.
Letter From the Chair
Sivon Kalminov
Letter From the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Parody T-Shirts and Trademark Law: The First Amendment vs. The Right To Profit
Allen B. Grodsky
Analysis and Opinion Concurring Prejudice — Justice Kennedy, His Ebay Opinion and Certain Aspects of Patent Law
Joseph Golant
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report: Quiksilver, Inc. vs. Kymsta Corporation
Neil A. Smith
2006 Issue 3 - Volume 31, Number 3
Getting the Black Market to Knock It Off: Strategies to Enforce Trademark Rights in Asia
Matthew A. Powelson
Letter From the Chair
JoAnna M. Esty
Letter From The Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
Protecting Heroes and Superheroes in the Digital Age—The Battle Between Copyright “Superpowers” and New Media
Carole E. Handler and James D. Nguyen
Practical Implications for Business Method Patenting Following Ex parte Lundgren
David Xue and Michael E. Dergosits
Analysis and Opinion - LabCorp. v. Metabolite: Legal and Scientific Terminology
D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
The Moving Picture
James D. Nguyen
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report: Semiconductor Chip Protection Act Case Reveals Scope of Act and Enforcement of Internet Software License Agreement
Neil A. Smith
Ninth Circuit Report: Ninth Circuit, Again, Finally Clarifies Trademark Doctrine of Aesthetic Functionality
Neil A. Smith
2006 Issue 2 - Volume 31, Number 2
Altera Corp. v. Clear Logic, Inc.: Revitalization of the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act?
Enoch Wang
Letter From the Chair
JoAnna M. Esty
Letter From the Editor
Elizabeth E. Powers
The History and Recurring Issues of Ringtones: Lessons for the Future of Mobile Content
Steven Masur
Licensing Forum
Kevin D. DeBré
Proposed Rules for Patent Practice:Continuations and Claims
D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report: Fox v. Dastar Redux
Neil A. Smith
Supreme Court Report
Neil A. Smith
2006 Issue 1 - Volume 31, Number 1
Circuit Court Decisions Weaken, Strengthen Hand of Software Owners Using Technological Protection Measures
Mitchell Zimmerman
Letter From the Chair
JoAnna Esty
Letter From the Editors
Alan P. Block and Barbara J. Quinn
Highly Anticipated Phillips Decision Unlikely to Bring Predictability to Patent Claim Construction
Steven R. Hansen
Getting Royalties on a Car By Reinventing the Wheel
Rick Chang, Kfir Levy, and Nisha Mody
Supreme Court Report: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al. 125 S.Ct. 2764 (2005)
Neil A. Smith
The Evolution and Inevitable Demise of the Extrinsic-Intrinsic Test for Determining “Substantial Similarity” in Copyright Cases
Robert W. Denton
A Patent Owner’s Duty to Police Infringement
Paul Stewart
Awareness of Foreign Filing Requirements for Inventions Originating Abroad Prevents Adverse Consequences for Foreign Inventors
Aaron Wininger
Adequate or Inadequate Description — That’s the Question
Ying-kit Lau J.D, Ph.D
A Review of Case Law Covering Step-Plus-Function Claims:Tips for the Patent Practitioner
In H. Kim and Sean O’Neill
Licensing Committee Launches to Build a New IP Community
Interview with Licensing Committee Co Chair Kevin DeBré
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
2005 Issue 1 / 2 - Volume 30, Number 1 / 2
Departing Employees and “Abandoned” Research
Robert W. Payne
Letter From the Chair
Rebecca Edelson
Letter From The Editor
Christine Kopitzke
The Obligation of “Reasonable Inquiry” Prior to Filing a Patent Infringement Claim: Requirements and Potential Liability
Hope E. Melville
As a Cultural Icon, Barbie Can’t Control How She Appears In Creative Works
Neil A. Smith
The Impact of Impaxx: Will Customer Non-solicitation Agreements Survive If The Identity Of Customers Does Not Constitute A Trade Secret?
Veronica M. Gray
Gaining Insight Into Invalidity and Facilitating Non-Infringement Through EPO Oppositions
Carl Kukkonen III and Steffen Schmidt
Ninth Circuit and California Case Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
2004 Issue 1 - Volume 29, Number 1
Ethical Conflicts For The Patent Practitioner
Daniel Ovanezian and Suk Lee
Letter From the Chair
Mavis S. Gallenson
Letter From the Editor
Christine L. Kopitzke
Grin & Bear It: Litigating An Infringement Claim Involving Plush Toys
Allan B. Grodsky
Internet Search Engines’ Display Of Banner Ads Keyed To Searches For Trademarks May Be Infringement: Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corporation and Excite, Inc. 354 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2004)
Neil Smith
Patent Law Experts: Their Selection And Role in Patent Litigation
Michael H. Jester
Fair Use And TRIPs: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Anne Hiaring
Call For Comments!
Ninth Circuit Report -- Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Trademark Fair Use Case: KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I Inc., 328 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2003), Cert. Granted, 124 S.CT. 981 (2004)
Neil Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
December 2003
Volume 28, Number 3/4
Trademark Dilution Demystified? Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.
Jill A. Jacobs and Carolyn E. Sieve
Letter From the Chair
Robert W. Payne
Letter From the Editor
JoAnne S. Redmann, Co-Editor
Saving the Right of Publicity
Robert M. Shore
The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Intellectual Property Cases in View of Daubert and Kumho
Michael A. Jacobs and Richard C. Kim
What is the U.S. Bar / EPO Liaison Council Doing for You?
Larry Maxham
Short-Circuiting Means-Plus-Function Restrictiveness
Steven C. Sereboff
Student Contest WInner --
The Rarely Troublesome Problem: International Conflicts of Law and the Presumption Against Extraterritorial Application of the Copyright Act
Taylor Stephen Ball
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Calendar of Upcoming Events
September 2003
Volume 28, Number 1/2
Elephants, Donkeys, and Ducks: When Trademarks Are Borrowed for Political Speech
Mary Ann Novak
Letter From the Chair
Robert W. Payne
Letter From the Editor
Christine L. Kopitzke
Mobile Phone Ring Tones: Digital Technology Once Again Pushes the Envelope of Copyright Law
Clark Siegel and Tom Werner
Identifying Trade Secrets in Litigation: Managing the Process
Randy Kay
REPORTS
United States Supreme Court: Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Term Extension Act
Tyler T. Ochoa
Ninth Circuit / Supreme Court: Lanham Act Remedies Not Available for Failure to Give Attribution
Neil A. Smith
California Supreme Court: The Continuing Development of Jurisdiction in California Over On-Line Infringers
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
State Bar Intellectual Property Institute Report: 27th Annual Institute
The Patent Track
Scott R. Hansen
The Trademark Track
J. Alison Grabell
Mixed I.P. Track / Day One
Magistrate Judge Kimberly J. Mueller
Mixed I.P. Track / Day Two
Jean K. Murrell-Adams
Developments Concerning Non-Competes and the Inevitable Disclosure Rule
Laurence H.Pretty
Letter From the Chair
Katherine L. McDaniel
Letter From the Editor
Scott R. Hansen
Personal Information Privacy: Obsolete in Today's World
Judy L. Ford
Asserting Claims for Statutory and Common Law Unfair Competition: The Limitations Imposed on Civil Litigants
David Dolkas
Doctrine of Equivalents in Light of the Supreme Court's Decision in Festo v. SMC, J&J v. RES and Symbol Technologies v. Lemelson
D.Benjamin Borson
New PTO Electronic Filing Requirements
Mary Dougherty
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson & In H. Kim
9th Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Open Source, Free Software the General Public License: An Overview of the History and Current Status of One of the Fastest Growing and Most Misunderstood Methods of Technology Licensing
Jason B.Wacha
Opinion -- Don't Lose Our Minds: The Need to Protect Academic Property
Harvey E.Harrison
Squeezing the Web Site Host: Whether You Can Pressure a Web Site Host Into Taking Down an Objectionable Web Site Depends Upon the Right You Are Assuming
Joel Voelzke
Commercial Offers for Sale - Contracts 101 Revisited
George R.Meyer
Thou Shalt Not Steal: A Canon of Construction of Title17?
David Nimmer
Los Angeles
Extra! Can't Read All About It: Articles Disappear After High Court Rules Freelance Writers Taken Out of Context in New York Times Co. v. Tasini
Douglas P. Bickham
Student Writing Competition Winner 2002
Letter Fom the Chair
Katherine L. McDaniel
Letter From the Editor
Scott R. Hansen
Are E-Mails Woirth the Paper They Are Written On? The Interplay of Electronic Signature Legislation and the Copyright Act's Statute of Frauds
Gregory A. Nylen
Claim It or Lose It: The Doctrine of Equivalents Takes Another Blow?
John P. O’Banion
The Research Tax Credit of 26 U.S.C. § 41: A Relevant Model for IP Practitioners
Bruce McLaughlin
9th Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson & In H. Kim
Computer Security for Lawyers and Legal Professionals: Fundamentals of Encryption
Barry K. Shelton
Ninth Circuit Rules That Displaying Full-size Images on Web Site Constitutes Violation of U.S. Copyright Laws
Steven L. Krongold
"Lost in the Foundry": Transactions Between a Patent Owner and a Manufacturer of the Product Incorporating the Patented Invention Made for the Patent Owner for Resale by the Patent Owner Constitutes "On-Sale" Events Under 35 U.S.C. §102(B)
William C. Cray
Record-Setting Patent Infringement Damages Award in Japan
John A. Tessensohn
The Impact of Festo, Its Progeny and Its Future
Breton August Bocchieri
Letter Fom the Chair
Katherine L. McDaniel
Letter From the Editor
Scott R. Hansen
Preparing Patentability Opinions
Brian M. Berliner
Trademarks and Internet Hyperlinks, a Policy Analysis: User Utility, Commercial Revenues Defended by "Qualified Right to Link"
Christopher R. Hilberg
“Equivalence" by Any Other Name: Does the AIPA Provide a Means to Establish "Equivalence" of Amended Claims, Despite Festo?
Robert W. Payne, May Lin DeHaan & Miriam Schakat
9th Circuit Report: Surf's Up for California Right of Publicity and Unfair Competition Law
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson & In H. Kim
Is It Burnout, Or Am I Just Whining?
Ruth Luban, M.A.
The Emerging Jurisprudence of Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Trenton H. Norris, Barbara L. Friedman, and Rebecca Hooley
Letter from the Chair
John P. O'Banion
Letter from the Editor
Scott R. Hansen
State Immunity From Federal Patent and Trademark Laws, Part II
D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
Starting Points for the First Innovator Defense
George R. Meyer
The Experimental Stage Doctrine: The Quiet Death of an Experimental Use Heresy
Zi Wong
Inter Parties Reexamination: The United States Joins Europe and Japan in Providing an Adversarial Administrative Procedure for Testing Patent Validity
M. Patricia Thayer, James A. Fox, Ph.D. & Marvin A. Motsenbocker, Ph.D.
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson & In H. Kim
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Author Submission Guidelines
Note to Advertisers
Authors Electronic Rights Under Tasini: A Snapshot Before the Last Round
Katherine L. McDaniel
Letter from the Chair
John P. O'Banion
Letter from the Editor
Michael M. Krieger
Sunrise Over ICANN: TLD on the Horizon
Ellen Rony
Intellectual Property Cases Under "Advertising Injury"/Personal Injury Coverage and Its Implications for E-Commerce
David A. Gauntlett
Security Starting Point: Review of Cybershock by Winn Schwartau
Robert M. Slade
Using Summary Judgment Motions to Reduce the Cost and Duration of Patent Infringement Actions
Robert A. Shcroeder
The New California Anti-Cyberpiracy Law
First Take: Festo Decision Eviscerates Doctrine of Equivalent
Lowell Anderson
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson and In H. Kim
The Evitable Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
Dennis G. Martin and Willmore F. Holbrow, III
Letter from the Chair
John P. O'Banion
Letter from the Editor
Michael M. Krieger
State Immunity From Federal Patent and Trademark Laws
D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act (Proposed)
Senator Patrick Lealty
United States Senator, Vermont
The Revolution Will Be Televised: Analysis of the REPLAYTV and TIVO Personal Video Recorders
Ryan S. Hilbert
Will the Real Inventor Please Stand Up? A Brief Overview of U.S. Patent Interference
Richard C. Kim
Out With the Herd Instince, in With Antitrust: California's New Definition of Unfair Competition
J. Daniel Holsenback
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ISSUE
Introduction by Michael M. Krieger, Editor
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
The Future of WIPO
Dr. Kamil Idris
Letter from the Chair
Carol Smith
Time and Space
David Nimmer
Foreign Domain Name Disputes
Diane Cabell
The Role of Foreign Judgments in Patent Litigation: A Perspective and Strategic Overview
Phillip L. McGarrigle
International Patent Pitfalls for U.S. Applicants, Especially Before the European Patent Office
Alexander R. Schlee
Avery Dennison Revisited — The Courts vs. the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
M. Scott Donahey
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Summer 1999
Volume 24, Number 2
In Search of Uniformity — State Marital Property Laws and the Balkanization of Federal Copyright Ownership: Why Congress Must Act Now to Ensure a Nationwide Standard
Edward Randall Bernett
Letter from the Chair
Gerry Sekimura
Business Methods Without Computers: The New Patent Landscape
Victor Flores
Avoiding Trade Secret Problems When Hiring
Jennifer L. Blackman and M. Patricia Thayer
Putting Persuasion to Work in Highly Technical Cases: A Jury-Centered Approach
Howard Varinsky
The Federal Circuit Clarifies that Useful Software-Related Inventions Can Constitute Patentable Processes
Michael Joel Shallop
Integrating Electronic Aids INTO Intellectual Property Trials
Carl A. Kukkonen, III
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit's Clearly Erroneous Standard for Reviewing Factfinding by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
On-Sale Bar Determinations: The Aftermath of Pfaff v. Wells Electronics
John P. O'Banion
Letter from the Chair
Gerry Sekimura
The Federal Trademark Dilution Act, Product Configurations and the Patent Clause: An Unresolvable Conflict?
Ivan Rothman
Using the United States Customs Service to Stop Infringement of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights
John Eichorst, and William C. Rooklidge
A Primer – Emerging Trends in Liability for Trademark Infringement on the Internet
Edward G. Poplawski and Janene P. Bassett
Trade Secrets: Employer/Employee Restrictive Covenants May Find New Life Outside Stock Sales
David R. Shaub
Preparing Patent Applications to Resist Erosion by Claim Construction or Denial of Equivalents Under Current Case Law
Laurence H. Pretty
Limiting Claims by the Specifications in Non-Means + Function Cases: Is a Former CAFC Trend in Retreat?
John L. Rogitz
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil Smith
Fall 1998
Volume 23, Number 2
Scope of Protective Orders—What Do You Do When You Represent a Client in Both Patent Litigation and Prosecution Matters?
Kyla Harriel
Letter From the Chair
Gerry Sekimura
The Internet and Personal Jurisdiction
Cherie G. Porter and Bob Pimm
In Re Zurko: The Federal Circuit Clears the Way for the Clearly Erroneous Standard in Reviewing Patent and Trademark Office's Decisions
Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
Stare Un-decisis: The Sometimes Rough Treatment of Precedent in Federal Circuit Decisionmaking
Matthew F. Weil and William C. Rooklidge
Issues Relating to the Patentability of Expressed Sequence Tags
James Fox, Ph.D.
Inevitable Disclosure: Too Much Fuss Over an Old Doctrine
James Pooley
Patenting Financial Products and Services
Joseph G. Swan
Personal Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgment Cases in Light of Red Wing and Meade
Bas de Blank, Kristin SNyder and Peter Kang
Maximizing the Value of Your Company's U.S. Patent Portfolio
Steven E. Shapiro
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil Smith
After Quality King v. L'Anza: Can a Copyright Owner Still Restrict Unauthorized Importation of Copyrighted Articles Manufactured Abroad?
George M. Borkowski and Robert C. Welsh
Letter from the Chair
F. David LaRiviere
Divisional Patent Applications After June 7, 1995: What Is the Term?
Karl Stauss
"Drawings Practice" in the Prosecution of Trademark Applications
Jonathan Hudis and Kathleen Cooney-Porter
Internet Resources for Patent Law
Laurie J. Mintz
Defectors Beware: The "Inevitable Disclosure" Doctrine in California
Richard L. Stone and David A. Urban
Patent Infringement as "Sale Within the United States"
Megan E. Gray and Jamie Isbester
Recent Supreme Court Decision a Stinging Loss for the Entertainment Industry
Danielle L. Gilmore
The Effective Presentation of Expert Evidence in Intellectual Property Litigation: Observations from the Trial of Fredric Goldman v. O.J. Simpson
Thomas P. Lambert
Current Trends in Product Configuration Trade Dress Cases—A Roadmap to the Circuit Courts
Alan P. Block and Jan P. Weir
Trademarks v. Domain Names: NSI's Dispute Policy and Other News
Michael M. Krieger
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Letter from the Chair
F. David LaRiviere
Litigating Cross-Border Infringement in International Intellectual Property: Some Practice Tips and Caveats
Paul Edward Geller
Another Factual Compilation Bites the Dust Under the Copyright Laws: Warren Publicing, Inc. v. Microdos Data
Rebecca "Bec" Edelson
The Background Comes to the Fore
David Goldberg and Robert J. Bernstein
The Untold Story of Edison's Patent Files
Hon. James T. Carmichael
Image Technical Services Inc. v. Eastman Kodak C. -- The Antitrust Implications of "Legal Monopolies"
Carole E. Handler and Julian Brew
Localizing Global Copyright Infringement: Do International Internet Sound Recording Infringements Implicate U.S. Copyright Law?
Marc E. Mayer
Rico Claims for Patent Fraud -- Another Sledgehammer in Your Quiver
Cameron C. Powell
So, You're Thinking of Leaving Your Law Firm? The Ethics and Law of Preemptive Strikes
Robert W. Payne
Oddzon Products Inc. v. Just Toys Inc.: Practitioner Beward: Prior Knowledge Requirement of 35 U.S.C. Section 102(F) Clarified
Philip L. McGarrigle
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Letter from the Chair
M. Patricia Thayer
Sui Generis Database Protection: Is It Really Necessary?
Jonathan Band and Jonathan S. Gowdy
Co-Ownership of Copyright and Fiduciary Duty: The Poverty of Preemption
Rafael Chodos
Give Notice and Know Duty-to-Defend Basics Under Buss
Pascal W. Di Fronzo
Patent Law Post Markman/Hilton Davis: A Gaze into a Fractured Crystal Ball
Jacques M. Dulin
Plant Patents--R.I.P.: A Critique of Imazio v. Dania Greenhouses, 36 U.S.P.Q. 2D 1673 (Fed.Cir.1995)
Vincent G. Gioia
Interim Relief in International Intellectual Property Arbitration
Richard Allan Horning
The Internet and the Mortal Death of a Bad Statute
Robert Spanner
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Letter from the Chair
M. Patricia Thayer
The Doctrine of Equivalents: The Supreme Court Finally Rules--Almost... Warner-Jenkinson Co., Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
An Alternative View: The Hilton Davis Decision
Stephen S. Korniczky and Robert C. Laurenson
Litigating Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Cases
Laurence H. Pretty and Jeffrey A. Finn
The Expanding Right of Publicity
Joseph von Sauers
Claim Amendments Under the European Patent Convention
Dr. Hermann Diehl and Dr. Thomas Leiderscher
Attorney's Fees After Fogerty: Ninth Circuit Leaves Muddy Trail for Copyright Practitioners
Robert F. Helfing
Is Contract Preemption Dead? Contracts and Copyright After ProCD v. Zeidenberg
Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida
The Princeton University Press Case: Whose Use?
Janet A. Kobrin
Probability Analysis in Determining Likelihood of Confusion
Richard E. Backus
GATT/TRIPs, Offers for Sale, and Interpretive Problems
Sarah Barone Schwartz
Authenticity of Works on the Internet
Thomas Heide
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Fall 1996
Volume 21, Number 3
Letter from the Chair
M. Patricia Thayer
Developments in Patent Law -- 1996
Donald S. Chisum, Professor of Law
Developments in Trademark Law -- 1996
J. Thomas McCarthy
Developments in Copyright Law -- 1996
James C. Chapman
Life After the Dell v. FTC Decision
Erwin J. Basinski
The Internet and Personal Jurisdiction
Cherie G. Porter
Limits on "Medical Procedures" Patents
Craig P. Opperman
Groundhog 007
David Nimmer
That's Not Funny: The Limitations on Parody as a Defense to Copyright Infringement in International Forums
David Goldberg and Denise L. Bricker
The Economic Espionage Act of 1996
James Pooleyk
Claim Drafting for Literal Infringement
Stephen A. Becker
Fifth Circuit Adopts Copyright Misuse Defense and Suggests that Tying Hardware to Software Constitutes Misuse
Flavio Rose
Inequitable Conduct Insufficient for Crime Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Cases
Todd Burlingame & W. George Wailes
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson
Letter from the Chair
Michael A. Glenn
Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Acquisitions of Technology Companies
Diane Wilkins Savage
California Senate Bill 1533 (Title & Unauthorized Use of a Trademark)
Setting forth the position of the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section
"Texas Instruments v. Cypress Semiconductor Corp.," Particularized Testimony and Linking Argument as to the 'Insubstantiality of the Differences' Is Required to Prove Doctrine of Equivalents Infringement
Edward P. Heller III
Laches and Estoppel: An Effective Defense Weapon for Summary Judgment
Stephen E. Blaine and Graig R. Woodburn
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for Intellectual Property Counsel
R. Michael Kennedy, Jr.
A Bill of Electronic Rights for Creators and Copyright Holders
Lesley Ellen Harris
Strategic Patent Counseling
Peter R. Leal
A User-Friendly Guide to California's Legislature on the Internet
Larry Doyle
Is "Detent Mechanism" the Same as "Detent Means"? The Federal Circuit Rules on Whether a Mechanism Defined in Functional Terms Is Interpreted Under 35 U.S.C. Section 112 Paragraph 6
Lee Van Pelt
Advising Your Multimedia Client...Multimedia Content Licensing and Live-Action Production
Carol T. Contes, Esq.
Cyberspace Law: Free Speech and the Internet
Robert Alan Spanner
When Words Collide: Trademarks vs. Domain Names (Part I)
Michael M. Krieger
Ninth Circuit Report
Neil A. Smith
Case Comments
Lowell Anderson