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IPO International Patent Law & Practice Committee, International Patent Law & Practice Committee Newsletter - December 2011, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 10 (posted: 12/29/2011), © Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Intellectual Property Owners Association, Understanding Patent Fee Diversion and How It Is Affected by Current Senate and House Patent Reform Bills, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 9 (posted: 09/06/2011), © Intellectual Property Owners Association.

IPO International Patent Law & Practice Committee, International Patent Law & Practice Committee Newsletter - August 2011, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 8 (posted: 08/03/2011), © Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

IPO Software and Business Methods Committee, Global Treatment of Software, Business Methods and Related Subject Matter Under Patent Eligibility Laws, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 7 (posted: 06/22/2011), © Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Aaron Brodsky, Download Your Patent Docket to a Spreadsheet Using Private PAIR, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 6 (posted: 05/23/2011), © Aaron Brodsky. P

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, IPO Patent Law and Practice Newsletter - April 2011, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 5 (posted: 04/13/2011), © Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Nina L. Medlock and Darrell G. Mottley, False Patent Marking Tsunami: What In-House Counsel Should Do Now, 2011 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 4 (posted: 04/7/2011), © 2011 Nina L. Medlock and Darrell G. Mottley.

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law Practice Newsletter - December, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 24 (posted: 12/30/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

James De Vellis , Leveraging the Patent Reexamination, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 23 (posted: 12/10/2010), © 2010 James De Vellis.

Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff, Your Money or Your Patent Term: PTO Proposes Options for Prioritized or Delayed Examination, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 22 (posted: 11/04/2010), © 2010 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Reproduced with permission from BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 80 PTCJ 213 (6/11/2010). (800-372-1033) <http://www.bna.com>)

Charles E. Miller and Daniel P. Archibald, The S. 515 "Manager's Amendment": Negative Consequences for Patent Owners in Ex Parte Reexaminations and Calamitous Repercussions For the Inventive Community, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 20 (posted: 09/29/2010), © 2010 Charles E. Miller and Daniel P. Archibald.

Marla Grossman and Adam Lerner, Out of Balance: The False Patent Marking Landscape Post-Bon Tool and Solo Cup, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 18 (posted: 08/18/2010), © 2010 Marla Grossman and Adam Lerner.

Andrew T. Pham, Matthew B. Weinstein, Jamie L. Ryerson, Easy as ABC: Categorizing Open Source Licenses, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 17 (posted: 08/11/2010), © 2010 Andrew T. Pham, Matthew B. Weinstein, Jamie L. Ryerson.

George C. Best and Shaun R. Snader, The Impact of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions on Patent Term Extension, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 16 (posted: 08/11/2010), © 2010 The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law Practice Newsletter - July, 2010 Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 15 (posted: 07/27/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

David A. Randall, Michael T. Sharkey, Selena J. Linde, The New Patent Troll Litigation - Attacking Your Patent Marking: Defending Your Company and Obtaining Insurance Coverage, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 14 (posted: 07/20/2010), © 2010 David A. Randall, Michael T. Sharkey, Selena J. Linde.

IPO Pharmaceutical Issues Committee, Key Provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 13 (posted: 06/16/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law and Practice Newsletter - May, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 10 (posted: 04/28/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Trevor K. Copeland and Laura A. Lydigsen, Qui-Tam-Osaurus, The Statutory Dinosaur: Evolution or Extinction for the Qui Tam Patent False Marketing Statute?, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 9 (posted: 04/09/2010), © 2010 Trevor K. Copeland and Laura A. Lydigsen.

Leslie M Spencer, IPO Software and Business Methods Committee, Applying the Entire Market Value Rule After Lucent, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 7 (posted: 3/18/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Wei-Ning Yang and Andrew Y. Yen, The Dragon Gets New IP Claws: The Latest Amendments to The Chinese Patent Law, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 6 (posted: 3/18/2010), © 2009 Wei-Ning Yang and Andrew Y. Yen.

IPO Pharmaceutical Issues and Patent Law (U.S.) Committees, A Current Application of the Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct by the Federal Circuit and Tips for the Practitioner, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 3 (posted: 1/19/2010), © 2010 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Brent E. Matthias, Kappos Takes the Reins at the USPTO: Former Patent Prosecutor Expected to Foster a More Collaborative Environment, 2010 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 2 (posted: 1/08/2010), © 2009 Brent E. Matthias.

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law and Practice Newsletter - December, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 20 (posted: 12/10/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Mariano Municoy, Judicial Decision in Argentina Tackles the Interplay Between Enforcing Patent Right and Antitrust Law within the Dispute between Monsanto and the Argentine Government on the "GM soy-seed RR", 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 19 (posted: 11/19/2009), This article was originally published in GCP Magazine. © 2009 Competitive Policy International, Inc. P

IPO Standards Setting Committee, Standards Primer: An Overview of Standards Setting Bodies and Patent-Related Issues that Arise in the Context of Standards Setting Activities, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 17 (posted: 10/09/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association P

Robert A. Matthews, Jr., The Restricted Scope of Patent Infringement Remedies Available to "Non-Practicing" Patent Owners, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 16 (posted: 09/23/2009), © 2009 Robert A. Matthews, Jr. P

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law and Practice Newsletter - July, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 15 (posted: 08/03/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

PO Software and Business Methods & Design Rights Committee, A Practical Approach to Protection of Graphical User Interfaces in the US, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 14 (posted: 08/03/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Matthew D. Thayne, What Every Business Executive and In-House Attorney Should Know About Obtaining and Using Patent Opinions, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 13 (posted: 07/24/2009), © 2009 Matthew D. Thayne.

Michael Hurley, Paul Devinsky, and Justin Hill, The Supreme Court Decides Quanta v. LGE/ U.S. and European Perspectives, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 11 (posted: 07/1/2009), © 2008 McDermott Will, and Emery LLP.

International Collaborative Examination Demo, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 10 (posted: 06/04/2009), © 2009 IBM Corp. P
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George N. Chaclas, Patrick A. Lujin, Binal J. Patel, Leslie M. Spencer, and Michael D Stein, Through the Looking Glass: Litigating Software and Business Method Patents Under Section 112, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 9 (posted: 06/01/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Eliot Williams, Proving Direct Infringement of Software and Business Method Patent Claims Involving Multiple Actors, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 8 (posted: 06/01/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Perry J. Saidman, Egyptian Goddess Exposed! But not in the Buff(er)..., J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y Vol. 90, Number 12 at 859, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 7 (posted: 05/08/2009), © 2009 Perry J. Saidman. P

IPO Patent Law and Practice (International) Committee, International Patent Law and Practice Newsletter - May, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 5 (posted: 05/01/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

IPO Software and Business Methods Committee, by Erika Arner, David Adour, Hans Dreyer, Bernie Zidar, Jeff Blake, and Marc Richards, Patent Practice in the Wake of In Re: Bilski, 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 3 (posted: 03/02/2009), © 2009 Intellectual Property Owners Association. P

Jonathan M. Spenner, Obvious-to-Try Obviousness of Chemical Enantiomers in View of Pre- and Post-KSR Analysis, J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y Vol. 90 at 475 (2008), 2009 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 1 (posted: 01/06/2009), © 2008 Jonathan M. Spenner. P

Ramsey M. Al-Salam, Thomas E. Kelly, and Richard Evans, The Patent Exhaustion Landscape: Quanta, McFarling and More, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 12 (posted: 11/03/2008), © 2008 Ramsey M. Al-Salam, Thomas E. Kelley, and Richard Evans. P

Paul F. Prestia, Generic Versions of Biologics: The Problem and a Possible Solution, The Legal Intelligencer (9/3/2008), 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 11 (posted: 11/03/2008), © 2008 ALM Properties Inc. P

Perry Saidman, What is the Point of the Point of Novelty Test for Design Patent Infringement?, J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y at 401 (June 2008), 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 10 (posted: 09/16/2008), © 2008 Perry Saidman. P

Perry Saidman, The Dysfunctional Read Test: Missing the Mark(man) Regarding the Test for Design Patent Infringement, J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y at 533 (July 2008), 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 9 (posted: 09/16/2008), © 2008 Perry Saidman. P

Andy Gibbs, Comparison of Statistical Quality Indicators of Patents in CAFC Decisions Before and After KSR v. Teleflex, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 8 (posted: 09/03/2008), © 2008 Andy Gibbs. P

Brent Yamashita, Secondary Considerations of Obviousness in a Patent Case: The Seldom-Used Simultaneous Invention Factor, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 7 (posted: 7/11/2008), © 2008 Brent Yamashita. P

Jon R. Trembath, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. - Obviousness Revisited, The Colorado Lawyer Vol. 37 Num. 4 April 2008, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 6 (posted: 6/25/2008), © 2008 Jon Trembath. P

Stephen J. Ferance, Deemed Abandonment Provisions Pose Traps for the Unwary, http://www.smart-biggar.ca/Assets/IPPerspectives_Feb2008.pdf, Feb. 2008, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 5 (posted: 5/07/2008), © 2008 Stephen J. Ference.

Kenneth R. Adamo, Ryan B. McCrum and Susan M. Gerber, The Curse of 'Copying', 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 4 (posted: 3/07/2008), © 2008 Kenneth R. Adamo, Ryan B. McCrum and Susan M. Gerber.

Kenneth W. Brothers and Michael A. Weinstein, Analyzing Allegations of Willful Patent Infringement Claims after Seagate, 2008 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 3 (posted: 3/07/2008), © 2008 Intellectual Property Owners Assocation.

IPO Hatch-Waxman Committee, IPO Hatch-Waxman Committee Newsletter December 2006 - June 2007, 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 13 (posted: 10/25/2007), © 2007 Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Karl F. Jorda, Utility Models: The Panacea for our Broken Patent System, Franklin Pierce Law Center: Germeshausen Center Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2007, 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 12 (posted: 09/17/2007), © 2007 Karl F. Jorda.

Authored under the leadership of Mr. Edward Blocker, Chair of the IPO Asian Practice Committee, Asian Practice Committee White Paper - Patent Procurement in India, 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 10 (posted: 07/10/2007), © 2007 Intellectual Property Owners Association.

Robert L. Baechtold, Bruce M. Wexler and Dennis Gregory, Extraordinary Remedies in US Patent Litigation, From Innovation to Commercialisation 2007 - Key IP Issues for Life Sciences Companies and University TLOs, Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Magazine, www.iammagizine.com, 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 9 (posted: 06/13/2007), © 2007 IAM Magazine.

Douglas Sharrott and Hassen A. Sayeed, Intellectual Property Developments in Biochip Nanotechnology, 3 NANOTECH. L. & BUS. 20 (2006), 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 8 (posted: 06/13/2007), © 2006 Nanotechnology Law & Business. Reprinted with permission. www.nanolabweb.com. All rights reserved.

IPO Hatch-Waxman Committee, IPO Hatch-Waxman Committee Newsletter Aug-Dec 2006, 2007 IPO Articles & Reps., Pats. Sec. No. 7 (posted 06/06/2007), © 2007 Intellectual Property Owners Association.

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