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Controlling Costs in Patent Litigation
January 2013
2013 IP Value (IAM Magazine)
By: John L. DuPré and John D. Hamann
The following is an excerpt from this article in IAM Magazine's 2013 IP Value - Building and enforcing intellectual property value. Whether you are a patent...More »
Inventor-themed events tout state's tech tradition
September 20, 2012
Mass High Tech
The following is the article in Mass High Tech as written by Jim Schakenback. Today features a double-header for the state’s technology industry, as Gov. Deval Patrick...More »
Lesson Learned: Contrasting the Canadian and European Patent Experiences with Key AIA Provisions
Spring 2012
Boston Patent Law Association Newsletter
By: Deirdre E. Sanders, Alexander Adam, Ph.D, and Jeffrey S. Clark, M.D.
The recently-amended Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) will bring about significant reform to the U.S. patent system, including changes to the conditions for patentability...More »
A Great Invisible Crashing: The Rise and Fall of Patent Eligibility through Mayo v. Prometheus
2012
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal (Volume XXIII)
By: N. Scott Pierce
ABSTRACT Title 35 of the United States Code at Section 101 states that “[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter...More »
The Effect of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Collaborative Research
August 27, 2012
Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
By: N. Scott Pierce
ABSTRACT Requirement under subsection 102(f) of Title 35 of the United States Code that a person “himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented” has been removed...More »
Investors' Forums Gaining in Popularity
August 3, 2012
Mass High Tech
The following is the article in Mass High Tech as written by Jim Schakenback. Despite whatever’s happening to the economy, there are always entrepreneurs looking for...More »
Federal patent decision raises bar for plaintiffs
June 28, 2012
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
The following is an excerpt from this article in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Brian T. Moriarty of Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds in Concord said a willful infringement...More »
Supreme Court Ruling Will Cause Patent Strategy Shift
May 10, 2012
Jurist - Sidebar
By: Doreen M. Hogle and Laurence A. Shumway, Ph.D.
In March 2012, the US Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. The Court unanimously held that the claims of the...More »