Articles

Articles and presentations by Sunstein attorneys

Our attorneys are often published in national business and legal journals, where they discuss topics of interest to technology, pharmaceutical, and engineering companies, educational institutions, and legal practitioners.

To see a list of publications authored by members of our firm, scroll down or click on one of the names shown below. Copies of many of our publications are available and can be requested by email at info@sunsteinlaw.com or by phone at (617) 443-9292. Many can be viewed online by clicking on the publication title.

Steven A. Abreu

• "Crazy In Love With Trademarks: What Can Jay-Z and Beyoncé Teach Us About Trademark Filing?" Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Starbucks Absorbs Another Loss in Its Long Trademark Battle with Charbucks," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "How To Keep Your Brand Name Out of the Adult Industry’s Neighborhood," Intellectual Property Update, May 2011.
• "New Copyright Law Touches on Publication and Recordkeeping Issues," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Generic.com: Should "Generic" Domain Names Be Registerable as Trademarks?" The IPC Legal Browser, Summer 2010.
• "Going Once, Going Twice: Tiffany makes Another Bid to Restrict Auctions of Counterfeit Jewelry on eBay," Intellectual Property Update, May 2010.
• "Has STARBUCKS been diluted? The Ongoing Effort to Protect Famous Marks," Intellectual Property Update, January 2010.
• "The UPC Code: A New Frontier for Trademark Infringement?" Intellectual Property Update, July 2009.
• "Don't Just Give it Away: Unless a Product is Sold, European Law Recognizes No Genuine Trademark Use," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.

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Meredith L. Ainbinder

• “What every in-house lawyer needs to know about IP litigation,” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, April 16, 2012.
• "What Did They Know and When Did They Know It? Court Explains How to Distinguish an Inventor from a Pretender," Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
  
• "Decision ends speculation over permanent injunctions," New England In-House, February 2012.
• "New Encouragement for Patent Owners Seeking Injunctions After Winning an Infringement Suit," Intellectual Property Update, November 2011.
• "Court to consider disposition of rights in federally funded research," New England In-House, November 2010.
• "When is a Sale Not a Sale? When a Software License Says So," Intellectual Property Update, September 2010.
• "Promises, Promises: Cutting Off Unwanted Patent Litigation With a Covenant Not to Sue," Intellectual Property Update, June 2010.
• "Anything You Say Can be Held Against You: Staying Out of Court Just Got Harder for Patent Owners," Intellectual Property Update, December 2009.
• "Court Offers Common Sense Standards for Challenging Plantiffs' Choice of Venue," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "Stealth Infringement: A Government Contractor Using an Infringing Process Abroad Loses Immunity from Liability," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.
  
• "When a License is Not a License, Software Manufacturer May be Forced to Tolerate eBay Resales," Intellectual Property Update, June 2008.
• "Unintended Consequences: The Integration Clause That Fails," The Dispatch, Winter 2008.
  
• "Supreme Court Broadens Research Exemption,"Boston Patent Law Association Newsletter (September 2005, Volume 36, Issue 3).

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Robert M. Asher

• "Claim Construction on the Verge of Transformation: The Disruptive Promise of Inter Partes Review," Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Inter Partes Review: The New Markman Hearing?" American Bar Association, February 20, 2012.
• "Federal Circuit Delivers Billion-Dollar Lesson on Written Description," Intellectual Property Update, March 2011.
• "Inter Partes Reexamination Digs a Patent Graveyard," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• "In Ex Parte Reexamination, Challenger to a Patent's Validity Can Recycle Arguments That Failed at Trial," Intellectual Property Update, October 2008.
• "Inter Partes Reexamination Statistics Trend Heavily Against Patent Owners," Intellectual Property Update, July 2008.
  
• "Quick Success With Accelerated Patent Examination," The Dispatch, Summer 2008.
• "Focusing on Inter Partes Reexamination," The Dispatch, Winter 2007.
• "Injunctive Relief after eBay v. MercExchange," presented at the AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute, (January 2007).
• "Post Issuance Strategies for Patentee and Third Parties," presented at the AIPLA Advanced Patent Prosecution Seminar, (June 16, 2005).
• "Sophisticated Use of Reexamination and Reissue," presented at the AIPLA Advanced Patent Prosecution Seminar, (June 16, 2005).
• "Reexamination: The Tail that Wags the Dog," The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 10, No. 8, May 2004.
• "Winning at Patents Without Full-Blown Litigation," revision of an article that appeared in Intellectual Property Law Conference 2003 (MCLE, Inc., 2003).
• "Reexamining Patent Litigation," Intellectual Property Litigation (Summer 2003)
• "Add Inter Partes Re-Examination to Your Patent Infringement Defense," Patent Strategy and Management (December 2003, Volume 4, Number 8).

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David E. Blau

• "Congress Brings First-to-File Patent System to the U.S." Intellectual Property Update, September 2011.
• "Extra, Extra! Court Reverses 'Hot News' Trend," Intellectual Property Update, August 2011.
• "Federal Circuit Develops Business Method Patent Law Pending Review of Bilski," ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments, 2009 (2010).
• "This Just In: "Hot News" Law Is Yesterday's News," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• "Appeals Court Vindicates the Enforceability of Open Source Licenses," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.

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Isabelle Blundell, Ph.D.

• "Court Win for Generic-Drug Manufacturer Provides Cautionary Lesson for Brand-Name Pharma Companies," Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "What Does It Take To Be an Inventor? Probably Less Than You Think," Intellectual Property Update, February 2012.

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Thomas C. Carey

• "Overseas Infringement by a Government Contractor: Who, if Anyone, is Liable?" Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "Pharmaceutical Companies Take Heed — Compulsory Patent License Is Awarded in India," (with Nancy C. Wilker, Ph.D.), Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "To Russia With Love: Supreme Court Upholds Restoration of Copyright in Works of Russian Authors and Composers (And Many Others)," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "When Trade Secrets Are Stolen Overseas, Can the Thief Compete in the U.S.?" Intellectual Property Update, November 2011.
• "Clear and Convincing Evidence” is Still Required To Invalidate a Patent," Intellectual Property Update, June 2011.
• "False-Marking Cases Might Soon be Extinct," Intellectual Property Update, March 2011.
• "DMCA and unauthorized access to software, data," New England In-House, January 2011, Rhode Island and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, February 14, 2011.
• "The DMCA Re-Fanged: Courts Now At Odds Over Copyright Protection for Software Security Devices," Intellectual Property Update, December 2010.
• "The DMCA De-Fanged: Why Software Developers Need to Register Their Software With the Copyright Office," Intellectual Property Update, November 2010.
• "The Federal Circuit Hems in the Patent Misuse Doctrine, Making Patent Pooling Safer, " Intellectual Property Update, September 2010.
• "When Does an "Offer for Sale" Made in Another Country Result in Infringement of a U.S. Patent?" Intellectual Property Update, August 2010.
• "Recent State Law Developments in Intellectual Property." (MCLE, Inc. 2010).
• "Bratz Beats Barbie: Appeals Court Reverses Jury Verdict and Rejects Constructive Trust," Intellectual Property Update, July 2010.
• "Congress May Restore Copyright Protection to Public Domain Foreign Works Despite First Amendment Concerns," Intellectual Property Update, July 2010.
• "Who's Holding the Bag? When a Website Sells Infringing Articles, Credit Card Companies May Face Liability," Intellectual Property Update, July 2010.
• "Bilski v. Kappos: The Supreme Court Strikes a Blow for Inventors," Intellectual Property Update, June 2010.
• "Pay for Delay" Settlements: The FTC's 2010 Annual Report," Intellectual Property Update, January 2010.
• "Google Book Project Tries to Placate the Critics: Will It Be Enough?" Intellectual Property Update, November 2009.
• "Tax Treatment of Infringement Damages: Plan Ahead to Improve Your Results," Intellectual Property Update, October 2009.
• "The FDA Approves an ANDA Despite An Appeals Court Stay, And Another Appeals Court Approves," Intellectual Property Update, September 2009.
• Department of Justice Takes Aggressive View of "Pay for Delay" Settlements with Generic Drug Manufacturers," Intellectual Property Update, July 2009.
• Federal "Good Samaritan" Statute Protects Seller of Software That Blocks Adware and Spyware," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "Patent Pools May be Cool, But Drowning Competitive Technologies is Not," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "European Developments: Copyright Term Extended, Trademark Rights Strengthened," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "Middle Earth, Not Middle Ground: Minnesota Weighs in on Insurance Coverage of Trademark Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• "After Quanta, Lower Courts Expand the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• "Compensation for Employee Inventions: A Novel Twist in the UK," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• " 'Reverse Payments' Pass Another Test: Federal Circuit Adopts Rule of Reason," Intellectual Property Update, December 2008.
• "The Pro IP Act: Getting Tough With Traffickers of Counterfeit Goods," Intellectual Property Update, October 2008.
• "Immunity from Infringement For Use in Clinical Testing," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.
• "A Voyage to Mars: A Patent Is Licensed to A Subsidiary, And All Is Lost," Intellectual Property Update, July 2008.
  
• "Again, the FTC Talks Tough on Protecting Introduction of Generic Drugs," Intellectual Property Update, June 2008.
• "A Clever Idea that Failed: An Unsolicited Covenant Not to Sue Does Not Deprive an ANDA Filer of Standing to Sue," Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.
• "Are the Judges on the Board of Patent Appeals Properly Appointed?," Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.
• "Amgen v. International Trade Commission: FDA-Related Safe Harbor for Importation Applies to Process Patents, Not Just Product Patents," Intellectual Property Update, April 2008.
• "Plavix Case Illustrates Perils of Generic Drug Wars - Regulatory Problems, Poor Judgment led to BMS' Costly Situation," The National Law Journal, December 4, 2006.
• "Patent Reform Proposal Would Bring Major Changes," Thomson's Venture Capital Journal (March 2006) and TMCNet.com, March 6, 2006.
• SCO v. IBM: Does the Copyright Act Pre-empt The GPL? (Word Document:36kB) E-Commerce Law & Strategy, November 14, 2003.
• Thomas C. Carey and Nicole Killen, "Synthetic Incentive Options for LLC Employees," Business Entities (March/April 2002).
• "The Death of Intellectual Property Holding Companies?: Massachusetts Joins a Growing Number of States Eliminating the State Tax Advantages of IPHCS," (PDF:1.2Mb) Hot Topics In Trademark Law (MCLE, Inc. 2003).
• "SCO vs. The Linux World ... What's a Linux User to Do?" (ZDNet, August 2003).
• "Fair Use: The Electronic Frontier Foundation Jumps into the Movie Studios' Fight with SONICBlue," (PDF:116kB) Intellectual Property Today, (2002).
• "Jurisdiction and Contract Formation," (PDF:163kB) paper presented to the Massachusetts Software Council, (March 1, 2001).
• "Contracting with (or For) Application Service Providers," (PDF:140kB) Contracts for Website Development and Hosting, (MCLE, Inc. 2000).
• "Web Incubators: Formation, Funding and Operations," (PDF:112kB) Website Development and Hosting Contracts Primer, (MCLE, Inc. 2000).

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John L. Conway

• "Bilski on the Hot Seat: Supreme Court Holds Lively Hearing on Patentability of Business Methods," Intellectual Property Update, November 2009.

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Edward J. Dailey

• "The Federal Circuit Boots Another Patent Case Out of Texas, and Sends a Message," Intellectual Property Update, July 2010.
• "Apple Strikes Back Against the Clones: Injunction Stops Sale of Third-Party Computers Running Mac OS X," Intellectual Property Update, December 2009.
• Arrogance of Recklessness? Microsoft Faces a Hefty Judgment and a Permanent Injunction for Willful Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, August 2009.
• "Polar Opposites: A High Tech Non-Compete Exposes Legal Conflict Between Massachusetts and California," Intellectual Property Update, July 2009.
• "Federal Circuit Finally Dispels Uncertainty Over the Scope of Product-By-Process Claims," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "Keyword Advertising: Small Victory for Trademark Owner Will Not Slow Search Engine Juggernaut," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• "Clickwrap License Thwarts Hackintosh Bid to Force its Way into Apple," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.
  
• "Amendment Bolsters the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act - But Not Enough," Intellectual Property Update, October 2008.
• Edward J. Dailey and Courtney M. Quish, "False Advertising Damages - 'No Harm No Foul' … Think Again," The Dispatch, Winter 2008.
  
• "Supreme Court Buys eBay's Injunction Argument, But There Is More to Come," The Dispatch, Fall 2006.
• "FIOS: The Next Wave in the Broadband Triple Play Or Is It?," TMCnet.com, July 19, 2006.
• Edward J. Dailey and Keith E. Toms, "Technology and Copyright Tend to Find Equilibrium," National Law Journal, December 5, 2005.
• "Grokster and StreamCast- Copyright Trumps P2P Filesharing- For Now," The Dispatch, Fall 2005.
• "What's This Case Worth?," The Dispatch, Spring 2005.
• "One Stop Trademark Registration under the Madrid Protocol," The Dispatch, Winter 2003.
• "Shelby and Ford Take Aim at Counterfeiters," The Dispatch, Spring 2002.
• "Reluctant Trademark Protection for Product Designs," The Dispatch, Spring 2002.
• "Use of Electronic Mail and the Internet in the Workplace," Computer Law Update '97 (MCLE, Inc. 1997).
• "Fundamentals of Managed Care," Health Law Basics 1996 (MCLE, Inc. 1996) (reprinted in 1996 Best of MCLE Journal).

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George J. Jakobsche

• "Unused Capabilities of a Product Can Infringe Well Written Patent Claims," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "All Inventors Aboard on Your International Patent Application? Benefits of Early Filing Depend on Complete Ownership of Rights," Intellectual Property Update, August 2009.
• "Experimental Use - A Fragile Shield Against the One-Year Deadline for Filing Your Patent Application," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• "What Makes a Patent Claim Indefinite?" Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.

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Robert L. Kann

• "Can Ignorance Be a Defense? The Evolving Law of Inducement of Patent Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, March 2010.
• Robert L. Kann & Judith R.S. Stern, "Copyright Litigation: Strategic Opportunities for Settlement," Intellectual Property Law Conference 2005 (MCLE, Inc. 2005).
• Robert L. Kann & Judith R.S. Stern, "Reducing Corporate Managers' Risk of Personal Liability for Patent Infringement by Relying on Opinion of Counsel," MCLE Second Annual Business Litigation Conference (MCLE, Inc., 2003).
• "Critical Decisions Upon Receiving Accusations of Patent Infringement," Protecting Intellectual Property Assets (MCLE, Inc. 1998).

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Peter J. Karol

• "Navigating the Shoals of Copyright Termination," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "Trademark Terminations: A Lesson From the Music Industry?" Intellectual Property Update, September 2011.
• "Trademark Terminations: A Lesson from the Music Industry?" Reproduced with permission from BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 666 (09/16/2011). Copyright (c) 2011 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) www.bna.com.
• "Peace Eludes Google Books as Court Sides With Vocal Opponents of Class Action Settlement," Intellectual Property Update, March 2011.
• "Resisting The Trademark Disclaimer Temptation," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Nine Months Later: Colting Slips Away from The Catcher," Intellectual Property Update, May 2010.
• "Salinger "Sequel" Catches One in the Eye," Intellectual Property Update, July 2009.
• "Are the Glory Days Gone for Good? Trademark Board Checks Expansion of the Increasingly Popular Fraud Defense," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• "Who's at the Helm? The Federal Circuit's Rule of Deference and the Systemic Absence of Controlling Precedent in Matters of Patent Litigation Procedure," AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Winter 2009.
• "If Renoir Died in 1919, Why Does U.S. Copyright Still Protect His Work?" Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.
• "Google Settles a Lawsuit, and an Industry," Intellectual Property
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• "We've Been Sued Where? Early Strategies for Coping with Sudden Federal I.P. Lawsuits in Surprising Places," Published in Connection with AIPPI 41st World Intellectual Property Congress, Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (September 2008).
• "The Presumption of Validity: A New Crack in the Armor?" Reproduced with permission from BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1869, May 23, 2008. Copyright (c) 2008 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  
• "Neither Here Nor There: Liability for Extraterritorial Offers to Sell," Boston Patent Law Association Newsletter (May 2005, Volume 36, Issue 2).
• "AFP Accuses Google of Copyright Infringement," eWeek Online, (April 4, 2005).

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Jeffrey T. Klayman

• "Substance Over Form - An Eligibility Test For Evaluating the "Abstractness" Of Process Claims," Intellectual Property Update, September 2011.
• "Enhanced Interview Program Provides Greater Flexibility for Patent Applicants," Intellectual Property Update, November 2009.
• "Contributory Patent Infringement: New Light on a Murky Doctrine," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.

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Joel R. Leeman

• "Not the Cadillac of Trade Secrets, But Still Deserving of Protection," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "Sure as Shootin', If It's Claimed in Your Patent, You Can't Assert It as a Trade Secret," Intellectual Property Update, November 2011.
• "Isn't Asserting a Trade Secret Inconsistent with Seeking a Patent? Not If the Secret is a Unique Combination of Known Elements," Intellectual Property Update, May 2011.
• "25% Rule is Drawn and Quartered: Court Rejects Popular Method for Computing Patent Infringement Damages," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Bimbo Knows the Muffin Man...and Teaches Him a Lesson in Trade Secrets," Intellectual Property Update, August 2010.
• "Silence is Deadly: The Peril of Inaction After Calling Someone an Infringer," Intellectual Property Update, June 2010.
• "Overzealous Trade-Secret Plaintiff Gets His Just Desserts," Intellectual Property Update, May 2010.
• "Adventure on the Appellation Trail: Joseph Abboud Gives Away His Name, Yet May Get to Use it Anyway," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "Trade Show Exhibit Subjects Foreign Businessman to Federal Jurisdiction," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "Federal Preemption Has its Limits: State Law Governs Theft of Trade Secrets Even When a Patent is Involved," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.
  
• "What Can I Say? Leeway and Legal Limits in Commercial Speech: A Primer on Defamation, Commercial Disparagement and False Advertising," American Bar Association (Spring 2009).
  
• "New Procedures May Lure More Patent Lawsuits to Massachusetts," Intellectual Property Update, December 2008.
• "It Doesn't Take Much: Familiarity With a Competitor's Trade Secrets Can Doom Your Reverse Engineering Project to Legal Limbo," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.
• "Hall Street Associates: Arbitration Results Are Final Despite Erroneous Legal Analysis," Intellectual Property Update, April 2008.

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Jonathan Lovely

• "File No Patent Before Its Time: Test Results That Issue After Filing of Application Cannot Be Used to Meet Enablement Requirement," Intellectual Property Update, October 2009.
• "Anticipation of a Patent Claim: When a Single Reference Disclosing All Elements is Not Enough," Intellectual Property Update, December 2008.

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Timothy M. Murphy

• "Court Widens Use of Reissue Applications for Strengthening Patents Against Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, May 2011.
• "Double Your Patents, Double Your Trouble? A Departure in Double-Patenting Law," Intelluctual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Best Mode of the Whole Invention Must be Described," Intellectual Property Update, March 2010.
• "Federal Circuit's Validation of PTO Rules May Prove Unsettling to Inventors," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• "Is Your Patent Definite Enough? Or Is It Fragile?," The Dispatch, Summer 2008.
• "Patent tactics against generic drugs draw scrutiny," Mass High Tech, February 3, 2003.
• Timothy M. Murphy, "Generically Speaking," Pharmaceutical Formulation & Quality, December 2002.
• "Managing Patent and Trade Secret Assets," (PDF:128kB) Intellectual Property Management and Due Diligence, (MCLE, Inc. 2001).
• "Basic Patent Law Issues," (PDF:154kB) Intellectual Property Practice Basics, (MCLE, Inc. 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995).

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Kathryn E. Noll

• "Speedo's Innovative Swimsuit Makes Big Splash in Advance of 2008 Summer Olympics," Intellectual Property Update, July 2008.
• J.A. Salen, D. Barnes, G.J. Athas, N. Bassora, J.D. Casey, Jr., K.E. Noll, D. Yansen, "Focused Ion Beam in-situ Cross-sectioning and Metrology in Lithography," 1999 SPIE Symposium on Microelectronic Manufacturing, September 1999.
• G.J. Athas, K.E. Noll, R. Mello, R. Hill, D. Yansen, "Focused Ion Beam System for Automated MEMS Prototyping and Processing," 1997 SPIE Symposium on Micromachining and Microfabrication, September 1997.
• K.E. Noll and Ch. Steinbruchel, "Hardness and Tribological Properties of Ion Implanted Electroplated Chromium," presented at the Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, MA, December 1994, and published in the Symposium Proceedings.
• K.E. Noll, "Materials Characterization of Hard Chromium and Low Contraction Chromium," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, November 1994.
• K.E. Noll and J.R. Senick, Jr., "Failure Analysis of 120mm M256 Gun Tube, Serial Number 2416," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, September 1994.
• K.E. Noll, "Failure Analysis of 120mm Mortar Bushings and Firing Pins," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, August 1994.
• K.E. Noll and J.R. Senick, Jr., "Metallurgical Evaluation of 25mm M242 (Bushmaster) Gun Tubes, Serial Numbers 12373 and 12374," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, May 1994.
• K.E. Noll, "Experimental Heat Treatment of Beryllium Copper Alloy," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, May 1994.
• K.E. Noll, "Materials Analysis of 155mm Improved Conventional Armament System (ICAS) Cannon, Tube Serial Number XP-1," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, April 1994.
• S. Roy and K.E. Noll, "Materials Analysis of Austempered Ductile Iron," Benet Laboratories Technical Reports, January 1993.

Thesis

• K.E. Noll, "Unilateral Refusals to Deal in Intellectual Property and Antitrust Liability," Suffolk University Law School, High Technology Concentration Thesis, January 2000.
• K.E. Noll, "Effects of Ion Implantation on Electroplated Chromium," Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Master’s Thesis, August 1994.

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Samuel J. Petuchowski, Ph.D.

• "The Inventor’s Burden: Teach Your Best Mode Lest Your Patent be Invalidated," Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Navigating the Shoals of Copyright Termination," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "Court Raises the Heat on Patentee Who Persisted with Baseless Infringement Suit," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "The Importance of Distinguishing a Product From an Invention," Intellectual Property Update, September 2011.
• "Supreme Court Affirms Precedence of Inventor’s Personal Patent Rights Over Those of a University Employer," Intellectual Property Update, June 2011.
• "Supreme Court Will Tackle Interplay of University and Inventor Patent Rights," Intellectual Property Update, November 2010.
• "Patents on the Fringe," Intellectual Property Update, December 2009.
• "When Uncle Sam Wants Your Invention," Intellectual Property Update, October 2009.
• "Where have I seen THAT Before? Court Says Plagiarism Detector Makes Fair Use of Students' Copyrighted Term Papers," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• S. J. Petuchowski, C. L. Bennett, M. R. Haas, S. W. J. Colgan & E. F. Erickson, "The Height of Ionized Gas in the Inner Galaxy," Astrophysical J., 459, 181 (1996).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Neutral Gas Contributions to [S II] Emission," Astrophysical J., 438, 735 (1995).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Neutral Gas Contributions to [S II] Galactic Background Emission," in Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way, Ed. by L. Blitz, Dordrecht: Kluwer (1995).
• Toward a Conceptual Basis for the Protection of Literary Product in a Post-Printing Era: Precedents in Jewish Law, 3 J. Intell. Prop. L., (1995).
• S. J. Petuchowski, C. L. Bennett, S. W. J. Colgan, M. R. Haas & E. F. Erickson, "Assignment of Emission at 203 ? to Collisionally Excited CH," (Abstract) Bull. Amer. Astrophysical Soc., 26, 1458 (1994).
• S. J. Petuchowski, et al., "The [N II] 205 Micron Line in M82: The Warm Ionized Medium," Astrophysical J.Lett., 427, L17 (1994).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Galactic Fine Structure Lines: Morphologies of the Warm Ionized Interstellar Medium," Astrophysical J., 405, 591 (1993).
• S. J. Petuchowski, C. L. Bennett, M. R. Haas, S. W. J. Colgan & E. F. Erickson, "Galactic Scale Heights of [N II] and [C II] Emission," (Abstract) Bull.Amer.Astrophysical Soc., 25, 1387 (1993).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Probes of the Warm Ionized Medium in the Disk of the Galaxy," in Back to the Galaxy, Ed. by S. S. Holt and F. Verter, NY: AIP (1993).
• S. J. Petuchowski, C. L. Bennett, M. R. Haas, E. F. Erickson, S. D. Lord, D. J. Hollenbach, R. H. Rubin & S. W. J. Colgan, "Detection of Both N II Fine Structure Lines in M82," (Abstract) Bull.Amer.Astrophysical Soc, 24, 764 (1992).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Morphologies of the Galactic Ionized Medium," Bull. Amer. Astrophysical Soc., 24, 762 (1992).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Neutral Gas Contributions to Galactic-Scale [S II] Forbidden Line Emission," (Abstract) Bull.Amer.Astrophysical Soc., 24, 1272 (1992).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "SO in Starburst Galaxies," Astrophysical J., 391, 137 (1992).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "A Search for Vibrationally Excited H2O at 68 GHz," (Abstract) Astrophysical J., 367, 168 (1991).
• A. Kogut, S. J. Petuchowski, C. L. Bennett & G. F. Smoot, "In Situ Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature at a Distance of 7.5 Kiloparsecs," Astrophysical J.Lett., 348, L45 (1990).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. L. Bennett, "Vibrationally Excited H2O in Orion A," in Submillimetre Astronomy, Ed. by G. D. Watt and A. S. Webster, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 275 (1990).
• S. J. Petuchowski, E. Dwek, J. E. Allen, Jr. & J. A. Nuth, III, "CO Formation in the Metal-Rich Ejecta of SN1987A," Astrophysical J., 342, 406 (1989).
• A. Kogut, G. S. Smoot, C. L. Bennett & S. J. Petuchowski, "Formaldehyde Absorption Toward W51," Astrophysical J., 346, 743 (1989).
• A. Kogut, G. S. Smoot, C. L. Bennett & S. J. Petuchowski, "Formaldehyde Measurements at 2 mm," in Particle Astrophysics: Forefront Experimental Issues, Ed. by E. B. Norman, Singapore: World Scientific (1989).
• "Detection of the 220—>221 Transition in Orion KL: Evidence for Dense Clumped Gas in the Hot Core," Astrophysical J., 326, 376 (1988).
• A. Kogut, G. S. Smoot, C. L. Bennett & S. J. Petuchowski, "H2CO Absorption Toward W51," (Abstract) in Molecular Clouds in the Milky Way and External Galaxies, Ed. by R. L. Dickman, R. L. Snell, and J. S. Young, Berlin: Springer-Verlag (1988).
• "Calculated H2O Broadening of CO Lines," J. Quant. Spectr. and Radiative Transfer, 36, 319 (1986).
• F. Julien, J. M. Lortioz, T. A. DeTemple & S. J. Petuchowski, "Evidence of Four-Wave Parametric Interaction in Optically Pumped NH3," Opt. Comm., 54, 246 (1985).
• "Submillimeter Local Oscillators for Spaceborne Heterodyne Applications," NASA Reference Publication 1147 (1985).
• D. D. Peck, H. R. Fetterman, D. Buhl, G. Chin & S. J. Petuchowski, "Molecular Astronomy Using Heterodyne Detection at 691 GHz," Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 5, 329 (1984).
• C. C. Davis & S. J. Petuchowski, "A New Thermal Radiation Detector Using Optical Heterodyne Detection of Absorbed Energy," Infrared Phys., 23, 177 (1983).
• S. J. Petuchowski, R. O. Miles, A. Dandridge & T. G. Giallorenzi, "A Fox-Smith Diode Laser Source: Line Narrowing and Sensor Applications," Proceedings of the Topical Meeting on Optical Fiber Communication, Phoenix, AZ (1982).
• A. J. Campillo, S. J. Petuchowski, C. C. Davis & H-B. Lin, "Fabry-Perot Photothermal Trace Detection," Appl. Phys. Lett., 41, 327(1982).
• S. J. Petuchowski, R. O. Miles, A. Dandridge & T. G. Giallorenzi, "Phase Sensitivity and Linewidth Narrowing in a Fox-Smith Configured Semi-conductor Laser," Appl. Phys. Lett., 40, 302 (1982).
• S. J. Petuchowski, G. H. Sigel & T. G. Giallorenzi, "Single-Mode Fibre Point and Extended Temperature Sensors," Electron. Lett., 18, 814 (1982).
• S. J. Petuchowski, T. G. Giallorenzi & S. K. Sheem, "A Sensitive Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot Interferometer," IEEE J. Quant. Electronics, QE-17, 2168 (1981).
• S. J. Petuchowski & T. A. DeTemple, "Optimum Emission Polarization and Power Enhancement in Circularly Optically Pumped Lasers," Opt. Lett., 6, 227 (1981).
• C. C. Davis & S. J. Petuchowski, "Phase Fluctuation Optical Heterodyne Spectroscopy of Gases," Appl. Opt., 20, 2539 (1981).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. C. Davis, "Selective Detection of Asymmetrical Rotor Molecules by Stark-Modulated Phase Fluctuation Optical Heterodyne Spectroscopy," Opt. Comm., 38, 26 (1981).
• S. J. Petuchowski & T. A. DeTemple, "A Quantum Mechanically Based Propagation Model for Serial Three-Wave Interactions in Optically Pumped Lasers," Inter. J. Infr. and Millimeter Waves, 1, 387 (1980).
• S. J. Petuchowski & C. C. Davis, "High Sensitivity Trace Gas Detection by Phase Fluctuation Optical Heterodyne Spectroscopy," Proceedings of the Conference on Laser and Electro-Optical Systems, San Diego, CA (1980).
• M. S. Durschlag, S. J. Petuchowski & T. A. DeTemple, "Infrared— Far Infrared Dichroic Dielectric Mirror," Infrared Phys., 20, 309 (1980).
• T. A. DeTemple, S. J. Petuchowski & H. K. Chung, "Semiclassical Treatment of Multiphoton Interactions: AC Stark Shifts," Phys. Rev. A, 22, 2636 (1980).
• T. A. DeTemple, H. K. Chung & S. J. Petuchowski, "Three-Photon Contributions in Optically Pumped Lasers," Inter. J. Infr. and Millimeter Waves, 1, 27 (1980).
• S. J. Petuchowski, J. D. Oberstar & T. A. DeTemple, "Optical Triple Resonance," Phys. Rev. A, 20, 529 (1979).
• C. C. Davis, M. Swicord & S. J. Petuchowski, "Studies of Energy Absorption in Gases and Liquids by Phase Fluctuation Optical Heterodyne Spectroscopy," Proceedings of the Topical Meeting on Photo-acoustic Spectroscopy, Ames, IO (1979).
• S. H. Lee, S. J. Petuchowski, A. T. Rosenberger & T. A. DeTemple, "Synchronous Mode-Locked Pumping of Gas Lasers," Opt. Lett., 4, 6 (1979).
• A. T. Rosenberger, S. J. Petuchowski & T. A. DeTemple, "Experiments in Far Infrared Superradiance," in Cooperative Effects in Matter and Radiation, Ed. C. M. Bowden, D. W. Howgate and H. Robl, New York: Plenum (1977).
• A. T. Rosenberger, S. J. Petuchowski & T. A. DeTemple, "Far Infrared Superradiance in Methyl Fluoride," in Coherence and Quantum Optics IV, Ed. L. Mandel and E. Wolf, New York: Plenum (1977).
• S. J. Petuchowski, A. T. Rosenberger & T. A. DeTemple, "Stimulated Raman Emission in Infrared Excited Gases," IEEE J.Quant. Electronics, QE-13, 476. (1977).

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Jay Sandvos

• "The Standard for Invalidating a Patent for Obviousness? Still a Work in Progress," Intellectual Property Update, February 2012.
• "The Standard for Invalidating a Patent for Obviousness? Still a Work in Progress," IP Today, February 2012.
• A webinar for CXO Media/Network World, Inc. that was released in June 2009.
• "Method Claims Can Be Reformed to Avoid Patentability Problems," Intellectual Property Update, December 2008.
• "Tafas v. Dudas: New Patent Rules Struck Down - Uncertainty Remains," Intellectual Property Update, April 2008.
  
• "Checklist: When does a patent expire?" EDN.com, August 15, 2007. *
• "More Than Smart," ipFrontline.com, July 16, 2007.
  
• "Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents," ipFrontline.com, June 19, 2007
  
• "Expert Advice: How to Write a Legible Patent," EDN.com, April 18, 2007. *
• "Expert Advice: Patent defendants have the upper hand - for now," EDN.com, June 12, 2007. *
• "Expert Analysis: How KSR v. Teleflex should change your patent strategies," EDN.com, May 16, 2007. *
• "Expert Analysis: What KSR v. Teleflex means to electronics and innovation," EDN.com, May 7, 2007. *
• "Patent Fever," The Dispatch, Winter 2007.

* For more advice from Jay Sandvos and other experts on IP issues, go to the Business Strategy Channel on EDN.com.

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Jack C. Schecter

• "The DMCA Safe Harbor Remains Intact After Viacom v. YouTube," Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Online Piracy Legislation – A Cure Worse than the Disease?," Intellectual Property Update, January 2012.
• "Are 'Patent Trolls' Facing A New Era of Litigation Penalties?," Intellectual Property Update, August 2011.
• "Video Gamemaker's Unauthorized Use of Jim Brown's Likeness Protected by the First Amendment," Intellectual Property Update, November 2009.
• "Trademark Law and the First Amendment Meet at a Virtual Strip Club," Intellectual Property Update, December 2008.
• "Remote DVR Forces the Question: When is a Copy Not a Copy?" Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.

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Nicole Rizzo Smith

• "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Trademark Office: Crackberry is Denied a Registration," Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "Please Refrain From Using My Refrain! Musicians Again Confront Politicians For Unauthorized Use of Songs," Intellectual Property Update, February 2012.
• "Please Refrain From Using My Refrain! Musicians Again Confront Politicians For Unauthorized Use of Songs," Intellectual Property Today, February 2012.
• "Bringing Copyright Protection for Fashion Design Into the Fold," The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 58 No. 8, September 2011.
• "Jingle All the Way…To the Tune of $1.3 Billion: Oracle Wins Largest-Ever Copyright Infringement Award," Intellectual Property Update, December 2010.
• "Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: A Narrowly Tailored Proposal," Intellectual Property Update, August 2010.
• "Federal Circuit Stamps Out Feud Between Postal Service and Sculptor," Intellectual Property Update, March 2010.
• "Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: Examining the Contours of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act," The IPC Legal Browser, Vol. 5 No. 2, Winter 2010.
  
• "A Dubious Decision: First Sale Doctrine Does Not Extend to Copyrighted Works Made Overseas," Intellectual Property Update, October 2009.
• "Postal Service Prevails in Copyright Battle over Korean War Commemorative Stamp," Intellectual Property Update, February 2009.
  
• Lisa M. Tittemore and Nicole Rizzo Smith, "Protecting and Enforcing Copyright," (3rd Edition, MCLE, Inc. 2008).

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Alex Smolenski

• "The twilight of false-marking suits against patent owners," Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, September 5, 2011.
• "Business Method Claims after Bilski: The Federal Circuit Weighs in on Abstractness," Intellectual Property Update, December 2010.
• "Federal Judge: The Bell Tolls for Business Method Patents," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.

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John J. Stickevers

• "Vague Allegations No Longer Acceptable When Asserting Inequitable Conduct Defense," Intellectual Property Update, August 2009.
• "Back to School with Microsoft: The First Sale Doctrine And Goods Made Abroad," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.

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Bruce D. Sunstein

• "Why due diligence is not a rear guard action for the patent-savvy company in a patent deal," Intellectual Property Magazine, April 2012.
• "Supreme Court Invalidates Diagnostic Claims; Its Reasoning Promises Broad Implications," (with Nancy C. Wilker, Ph.D.), Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "Congress Brings First-to-File Patent System to the U.S.," Intellectual Property Update, September 2011.
• "Disembodied Embodiments: Medical Device Strategy for PCT and Foreign Applications," AIPLA Spring Meeting, San Francisco, May 2011. PowerPoint, PDF.
• "Change Is in the Air: Be Ready for a First-To-File Patent System," Intellectual Property Update, March 2011.
• Five-lecture series at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, October, 2010: "Making Patents Work for Strategic Business Advantage", "Strategies for Non-Obviousness after KSR v. Teleflex", "Reexamination and Reissue as Tools in
  Business and Litigation", "Strategic Patent Licensing and Litigation", and "What is a Patent Troll and How Can I Become One? —Financial, Ethical and Policy Considerations in Asserting Patents in Patent Holding Companies".
• "Updated Guidelines on What Is "Obvious" Reflect an Updated PTO," Intellectual Property Update, September 2010.
• "Strategic Implications for Pharmaceuticals in Recent U.S. Patent Law Developments," Smi Pharmaceutical Portfolio and Product Life Cycle Management Conference, London, June 2010.
• "Federal Judge Would Invalidate All DNA Patents, But His Rationale is Controversial," Intellectual Property Update, April 2010.
• "What Kind of Patent Portfolios Will Matter to Life Science Companies in the Next Five Years," has just been published by Financier Worldwide. See the lead article in 2010 Biotech and Life Sciences Sector. 
• "PTO Aims in a New Direction: Pulls Dreaded Prosecution Rules; Seeks Improved Quality of Its Services," Intellectual Property Update, October 2009.
• "Related Applications, Separately Owned, Create Double-Patenting Hazard," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "Patent Portfolio Strategies in the Post-KSR Environment", Foreign Exchange Seminar, February 2009.
• "U. S. Antitrust Limitations on Patent Licensing", Boston Patent Law Association, November 2008.
• "Strategic Approaches for Protecting Pharmaceutical Innovations in the Changing U.S. Patent Environment", SMI 3rd Pharmaceutical Portfolio and Product Life Cycle Management Conference, July 2008.
• "Federal Circuit Narrows Eligibility Requirements for Business Method Patents," Intellectual Property Update, November 2008.
  
• "PTO Lobs National Security Salvo at Outsourcing the Preparation of US Patent Applications," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.
• "Supreme Court Hands Another Loss to Patent Owners in Quanta Computer Case," Intellectual Property Update, June 2008.
• "PTO Appeals the Ban on its Rules Package; Uncertainty Reigns," Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.
  
• "Rambus v. FTC: Memory Chip Pioneer Rambus Rescued a Second Time From the Quicksand of Standards Setting," Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.
  
• "Although on Hold for Now, Rule Changes May Yet Transform Patent Protection," The Dispatch, Winter 2008.
• "Patent Preparation and Prosecution under Uncertain Patent Eligibility Standards," AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 2007. View Powerpoint Presentation.
• "Patentable Subject Matter and the Supreme Court: What’s the Matter?," AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 2007.
• "New PTO Claims and Continuation Practice: Working with the Rules," Boston Patent Law Association, September 2007.
• "Sweeping Changes to the Patent Rules Require New Strategies," IP Alert, September 2007.
• Bruce D. Sunstein and Barbara J. Carter, "Building and Maintaining BioPharma Patent Portfolios After KSR v. Teleflex: Strategies Addressing Higher Standards for Patentability," Thompson Audio Conference, September 19, 2007.
• "Strong Advocacy Needed: Supreme Court Raises the Patentability Bar To Indefinite Heights," The Dispatch, Spring 2007 Special issue.
• "Harnessing Collaborative Web-Based Technology To Bring Prior Art to the Patent Process— An Inventor’s Perspective," AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 2006. View Powerpoint Presentation.
• "Claiming Subject Matter in Business Method Patents," AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 2005. View Powerpoint Presentation.
• "Funding Patent Assertion Litigation" (ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 5, 2005).
• "Patents: Billions Riding on a Word," Business Week Online, February 23, 2005.
• "Making Words Mean Just What We Choose Them to Mean: Patent Claim Interpretation in Light of Phillips v. AWH" (PDF:1.2Mb) (with Rebecca Hanovice), Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Vol. 16, No. 12 (Dec. 2004).
• "When Lost Profits Are Lost: Damages in Patent Assertion on Litigation with an IP Holding Company," (PDF:162kB) (AIPLA, May 2004, article and presentation).
• "Investor Relations Meets Intellectual Property," (PDF:892kB) Investor Relations Newsletter, Vol.39, Issue 10, 2003.
• "IP Due Diligence and the Value Proposition: Developing and Evaluating BioPharma IP Portfolios for Strategic Investment Benefits," (PDF:1.5Mb) Journal of Biolaw and Business, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2003.
• "Building a Patent Portfolio for Strategic Advantage" (SMI conference, London, Jan. 2003, article and presentation).
• "Competitive Intelligence in Patent Portfolio Building" (PDF:3.5Mb) (AIPLA, October 2002, article and presentation).
• "Patent Portfolio Management and Technical Standard Setting: How to Avoid Loss of Patent Rights," (PDF:114kB) AIPLA, 2002.
• "Copy Rites," Telephony, July 29, 2002.
• "Drafting Patent Applications After Festo and Johnson & Johnston," (PDF:114kB) Intellectual Property Law Conference 2000, (MCLE, Inc. 2002).
• "Global Trademark Protection for Biotech and Life Science Companies: What It Takes to Get through the Trademark Thicket," Journal of Biolaw and Business, 2001, Volume 4, No. 4.
• "When Is It Safe to Tout Technology? Avoiding Unintended Patent Consequences Resulting from Premature Announcements," The Journal of Biolaw & Business, 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.47-50.
• "Recent Federal Case Undermines Multi-Filing Patent Strategies: A Routine Foreign Filing Trips Up a Patent Holder," The Journal of Biolaw & Business, 2000, No. 1.
• "Inventorship Disputes Vex Biotechnology Industry," The Journal of Biolaw & Business, 1998, No. 4.
• "Database Protection: When is it Merely Sweat of the Brow and When is Protection Available?," Intellectual Property Conference '98 (MCLE, Inc. 1998).
• "Developing and Realizing Value from a Patent Portfolio," Intellectual Property Practice Basics (MCLE, Inc. 1997, 1996, 1995).
• "Intellectual Property Assets Management," Intellectual Property Practice Basics (MCLE, Inc. 1997, 1996) and Protecting Intellectual Property Assets (MCLE, Inc. 1997, 1995).
• "Copyright and Patent Basics," Corporate Operations (MCLE, Inc. 1996).
• "Intellectual Property Issues," Computer and Telecommunications Law Institute (Boston Bar Association 1996, 1995).
• "Developing a Patent Portfolio," Basic Issues in Patent Law (MCLE, Inc. 1994).
• "Enforcing Patent Rights Against Others," Intellectual Property Rights (MCLE, Inc. 1994).
• Patenting Computer Software (Licensing Executives Society 1994).

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Kerry L. Timbers

• "Federal Circuit Thumps Means-Plus-Function Computer Claims Again -- But Not Without Dissent," Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Federal Circuit Strikes Hard Against the "Plague" of the Inequitable Conduct Defense," Intellectual Property Update, June 2011.
• "One Hand Taketh Away, the Other Giveth: For Method Claims, It’s Tough to Prove Joint Infringement, But for System Claims, It’s Easier," Intellectual Property Update, February 2011.
• "Joint Patent Infringement Is Now Even Harder to Prove," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Software Makers, Take Note: Court Defines 'Circumvention' Downward," Intellectual Property Update, September 2010.
• "The 'Artistic Relevance Test' Just Became Relevant: The Increasing Strength of the First Amendment as a Defense to Trademark Infringement and Dilution," 93 Trademark Reporter 1278 (November/December 2003).

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Lisa M. Tittemore

• "Sentences of Pirate Bay Founders Are Confirmed, But They May Avoid the Brig," Intellectual Property Update, February 2012.
• "Intellectual Property Overview," The Federal Lawyer, July 2011.
• "With Supreme Court Deadlock, Cloud Lingers Over Gray Market Goods," Intellectual Property Update, December 2010.
• "Copyright Decision Deals Crippling Blow to Infringer: Decorative Furniture Not Merely Functional," Intellectual Property Update, September 2010.
• "Museum Conflict Clarifies Rights of Artists," Intellectual Property Update, March 2010.
• "Ongoing Royalties" for Post-Verdict Patent Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, December 2009.
• "Judge Urges - No, Implores -- Congress to Amend Copyright Act: When Might Sharing Digital Music Be Fair Use?" Intellectual Property Update, December 2009.
• "The Controversy Over "Ongoing Royalty" Awards in the Evolving Landscape of Remedies for Patent Infringement,"The Federal Lawyer (November/December 2009).
• "Federal Circuit Holds Litigants to Strict Evidentiary Standards in Proving Patent Infringement Damages," Intellectual Property Update, September 2009.
• "Baseball Manager Sues Social Networking Site: Don't Twitter, Tweet, or Otherwise Cheat Me," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "Other Pirates in the News: Copyright Infringers in Sweden Head for the Brig," Intellectual Property Update, May 2009.
• "A First Amendment Right to Peter and the Wolf? Restoration of Copyright for Works of Foreign Authors in Doubt," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• Lisa M. Tittemore and Keith E. Toms held a Webinar hosted by Thompson CompuMark on November 5, 2008. The program was entitled "Pharmaceutical Trademark Prosecution and the Changing Landscape of FDA Drug Name Review." Download PowerPoint.
• Lisa M. Tittemore and Nicole Rizzo Smith, "Protecting and Enforcing Copyright," (3rd Edition, MCLE, Inc. 2008).
• "What a Shame”: When Artist and Museum Fight, No One Wins," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.
• "Siegel et al. v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al., United States District Court, Central District of California," Intellectual Property Update, May 2008.
  
• Lisa Tittemore delivered a speech to the BBA entitled "Year in Review: Trademarks in 2007" and a paper "Selected Federal Court Reported [2007 trademark] Decisions."
  
• "Lessons from Grokster: Avoiding Liability for Inducing Copyright Infringement," Electronic Commerce & Law Report, Vol. 10, No. 36 (BNA, September 21, 2005).
• "Guarding the Goods," (PDF:3.1Mb) Digital Imaging (September 2003).
• "Effect of European Union Enlargement on Community Trademark Law," (PDF:224k) Global Ecommerce Law and Business Report (May 2003).
• "An Assessment of the New European Community Design Law," (PDF:76k) Eurowatch (May 31, 2003).
• "Don't Trade Your Rights Away," (PDF:776kB) Craft News (Summer 2001, Vol. 12, Issue 48).

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Thomas J. Tuytschaevers

• “Gold Rush at the Invention Mine,” Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, April 1, 2012.
• "Accelerating Your Patent Application," Intellectual Property Update, May 2011.
• "Court Makes it Easier to Prove Patent Infringement By Standards-Compliant Products," Intellectual Property Update, November 2010.
• "Solo Cup Puts The Lid on False Patent-Marking Case," Intellectual Property Update, June 2010.
• "The Penalty for False Patent-Marking Just Got Much Pricier," Intellectual Property Update, January 2010.
• "Patent Avoids Ensnarement and Nets Millions," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "Patent Marking: The Other Edge of the Sword," Intellectual Property Update, April 2009.
• "GPS Navigation System Steers TomTom into Microsoft's Briar Patch," Intellectual Property Update, March 2009.
• "National Geographic Charts New Territory in Electronic Republication of its Magazines," Intellectual Property Update, July 2008.

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Nancy C. Wilker, Ph.D.

• "Generic Pharmaceuticals Win Big At the Supreme Court: Orange Book Use Codes Can be Contested," Intellectual Property Update, April 2012.
• "Pharmaceutical Companies Take Heed — Compulsory Patent License Is Awarded in India," (with Thomas Carey), Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "Supreme Court Invalidates Diagnostic Claims; Its Reasoning Promises Broad Implications," (with Bruce D. Sunstein), Intellectual Property Update, March 2012.
• "Narrowing a Patent Claim Can Prove Costly During Litigation - and a Broadly Worded Preamble Doesn’t Help," Intellectual Property Update, August 2011.
• "Court Brings Cheer to Biotech World With Strong Backing For Gene Patents," Intellectual Property Update, August 2011.

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Other Articles

• "Department of Justice Seeks to Handcuff Gene Patents," Intellectual Property Update, November 2010.
• "Federal Judge Would Invalidate All DNA Patents, But His Rationale is Controversial," Intellectual Property Update, April 2010.
• "Narrowing Patent Claims in Reissue: Hedging Your Bets Against Invalidity Is Not An Acceptable Objective," Intellectual Property Update, January 2010.
• "Supreme Court: Ignorance of a Patent May Not Get You Off the Hook for Inducing Its Infringement," Intellectual Property Update, June 2011.
• "How Exclusive Must an Exclusive Licensee Be in Order to Sue for Patent Infringement?," Intellectual Property Update, January 2011.
• "Federal Circuit Puts An End to PTO's Patent-Term Adjustment Follies," Intellectual Property Update, January 2010.
• A Loophole Opens for Exporters of Devices Used to Perform Patented Methods," Intellectual Property Update, August 2009.
• "Casting Doubt on Patent's Validity is Sound Strategy for Defeating Preliminary Injunction," Intellectual Property Update, June 2009.
• "PTO Must Make Up for Lost Time: District Court Requires Longer Patent-Term Extensions," Intellectual Property Update, January 2009.
• "New Ruling Portends Stricter Screening of Patent Applications for Claim Ambiguities," Intellectual Property Update, January 2009.
• "Barbie Scores a Knockout: Mattel Romps in Enforcement of Employment Agreement," Intellectual Property Update, January 2009.
• "European Patent Office Refuses to Protect Invention that Involves Destruction of Human Embryos," Intellectual Property Update, January 2009.
• "Searching iPods at the Border? EFF Sues for Access to Secret
  Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty," Intellectual Property Update, October
  2008.
• "Inventor's Reach Exceeds Grasp, Leading to Invalidation of Biotech Patent," Intellectual Property Update, October 2008.
• "Guys and Dolls: Big Boys Fight Over Billion-Dollar Playthings," Intellectual Property Update, September 2008.
• "Failure to Disclose Inspirational Prior Art Does Not Necessarily Amount To Inequitable Conduct…Or So It Seams," Intellectual Property Update, June 2008.

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