Publications

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. For editorial contact information, see the Executive Committee Roster.

Don’t Mess With Texas: Transferring Venue to California
Brandon Baum and Amdrew Holmes

Does the Trademark Dilution Cause of Action Make a Difference? (Part 1)
Michael A. Grow

The Perils of Publishing and Promoting a Memoir with False Claims in California
Thomas A.Ward

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

Licensing Forum
New BIS Encryption Regulation Contains Good and Bad News for U.S. Exporters
Kevin D. DeBré and Denise Laird

The Newest IP Threat in China: IP Hijacking (Part 2 of 2)
Enoch Liang and Andy An

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

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

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

Multidistrict Litigation Part II: Selection of a Transfer District and Proceedings After Transfer
Randall A. Spencer

Simple Creativity—Is It “Original” Enough for a Copyright?
Katherine L. McDaniel and James Juo

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

Multidistrict Litigation Part I: Requirements and Procedures for Transfer and Related Jurisdictional Issues
Randall A. Spencer

Supreme Court Decisions in eBay, Medimmune, and KSR Deliver Triple Dose of Bad News to Non-Practicing Patent Holders (aka “Patent Trolls”)
Keith Slenkovich

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 Software Patent Landscape after Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp.
Scott Loras Murray and TJ Singh

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

Annual D.C. Trip Plays a Key Role in Maintaining Strong Federal Relationships
Joanna R. Mendoza

Patent Reform and the Prevailing Party Award: How Cal. Civ. Code § 998 Can Help
Thomas A. Ward

The Case in Favor of De Novo Review of Claims Construction by the Federal Circuit
Robert Warren Payne

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

Ninth Circuit Report: Reno Air Racing Association, Inc. v. Jerry McCord 452 F.3d 1126 (9th Cir. 2006))
Neil A. Smith

Copyrights in Attorney Work Product—Panacea or Pandora’s Box?
Greg Victoroff, Esq.

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

Getting the Black Market to Knock It Off: Strategies to Enforce Trademark Rights in Asia
Matthew A. Powelson

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.

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 Clarifi es Trademark Doctrine of Aesthetic Functionality
Neil A. Smith

Altera Corp. v. Clear Logic, Inc.: Revitalization of the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act?
Enoch Wang

The History and Recurring Issues of Ringtones: Lessons for the Future of Mobile Content
Steven Masur

Proposed Rules for Patent Practice:Continuations and Claims
D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.

Circuit Court Decisions Weaken, Strengthen Hand of Software Owners Using Technological Protection Measures
Mitchell Zimmerman

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

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
By 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

Issue 1 / 2, 2005
Volume 30: Issue 1 / 2, 2005
[Posted in the Members Only Area]

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

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

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

December 2003
Volume 28, Number 3/4
[Posted in the Members Only Area]

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
[Posted in the Members Only Area]

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

Summer/Fall 2002
Volume 27, Number 2/3
[Posted in the Members Only Area]

Developments Concerning Non-Competes and the Inevitable Disclosure Rule
By Laurence H.Pretty
Pasadena

Letter From the Chair
by Katherine L. McDaniel
Los Angeles

Letter From the Editor
by Scott R. Hansen
Newport Beach

Personal Information Privacy: Obsolete in Today's World
By Judy L. Ford
Sacramento

Asserting Claims for Statutory and Common Law Unfair Competition: The Limitations Imposed on Civil Litigants
By David Dolkas
Palo Alto

Doctrine of Equivalents in Light of the Supreme Court's Decision in Festo v. SMC, J&J v. RES and Symbol Technologies v. Lemelson
By D.Benjamin Borson
San Francisco

New PTO Electronic Filing Requirements
By Mary Dougherty
San Francisco

Case Comments
by Lowell Anderson & In H. Kim
Laguna Hills

9th Circuit Report
by Neil A. Smith
San Francisco

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
By Jason B.Wacha
Sunnyvale

Opinion -- Don't Lose Our Minds: The Need to Protect Academic Property
By Harvey E.Harrison
Los Angeles

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
By Joel Voelzke
Los Angeles

Commercial Offers for Sale - Contracts 101 Revisited
By George R.Meyer
Austin, Texas

Spring 2002
Volume 27, Number 1
[Posted in the Members Only Area]

Thou Shalt Not Steal: A Canon of Construction of Title17?
by 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
by Douglas P. Bickham
Student Writing Competition Winner 2002

Are E-Mails Woirth the Paper They Are Written On? The Interplay of Electronic Signature Legislation and the Copyright Act's Statute of Frauds
by Gregory A. Nylen
Santa Monica

Claim It or Lose It: The Doctrine of Equivalents Takes Another Blow?
by John P. O’Banion
Sacramento

The Research Tax Credit of 26 U.S.C. § 41: A Relevant Model for IP Practitioners
by Bruce McLaughlin
Roseville

Computer Security for Lawyers and Legal Professionals: Fundamentals of Encryption
by Barry K. Shelton
San Diego

Ninth Circuit Rules That Displaying Full-size Images on Web Site Constitutes Violation of U.S. Copyright Laws
by Steven L. Krongold
Irvine

"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)
by William C. Cray
Santa Ana

Record-Setting Patent Infringement Damages Award in Japan
by John A. Tessensohn
Osaka, Japan

The Impact of Festo, Its Progeny and Its Future
by Breton August Bocchieri
Los Angeles

Trademarks and Internet Hyperlinks, a Policy Analysis: User Utility, Commercial Revenues Defended by "Qualified Right to Link"
by Christopher R. Hilberg
Minneapolis, Minnesota

“Equivalence" by Any Other Name: Does the AIPA Provide a Means to Establish "Equivalence" of Amended Claims, Despite Festo?
by Robert W. Payne, May Lin DeHaan & Miriam Schakat
Monterey

9th Circuit Report: Surf's Up for California Right of Publicity and Unfair Competition Law
by Neil A. Smith
San Francisco

The Emerging Jurisprudence of Domain Name Dispute Resolution
by Trenton H. Norris, Barbara L. Friedman, and Rebecca Hooley
San Francisco

State Immunity From Federal Patent and Trademark Laws, Part II
by D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
San Francisco

Starting Points for the First Innovator Defense
by George R. Meyer
Austin, Texas

The Experimental Stage Doctrine: The Quiet Death of an Experimental Use Heresy
by Zi Wong
San Francisco

Inter Parties Reexamination: The United States Joins Europe and Japan in Providing an Adversarial Administrative Procedure for Testing Patent Validity
by M. Patricia Thayer, James A. Fox, Ph.D. & Marvin A. Motsenbocker, Ph.D.

Authors Electronic Rights Under Tasini: A Snapshot Before the Last Round
by Katherine L. McDaniel
Century City

Intellectual Property Cases Under "Advertising Injury"/Personal Injury Coverage and Its Implications for E-Commerce
by David A. Gauntlett
Irvine

Security Starting Point: Review of Cybershock by Winn Schwartau
bt Robert M. Slade
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Using Summary Judgment Motions to Reduce the Cost and Duration of Patent Infringement Actions
by Robert A. Shcroeder
Pasadena

First Take: Festo Decision Eviscerates Doctrine of Equivalent
by Lowell Anderson
Laguna Hills

The Evitable Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine
by Dennis G. Martin and Willmore F. Holbrow, III
Los Angeles

State Immunity From Federal Patent and Trademark Laws
by D. Benjamin Borson, Ph.D.
San Francisco

Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act (Proposed)
by Senator Patrick Lealty
United States Senator, Vermont

The Revolution Will Be Televised: Analysis of the REPLAYTV and TIVO Personal Video Recorders
by Ryan S. Hilbert
Palo Alto

Will the Real Inventor Please Stand Up? A Brief Overview of U.S. Patent Interference
by Richard C. Kim
San Diego

Out With the Herd Instince, in With Antitrust: California's New Definition of Unfair Competition
by J. Daniel Holsenback
San Diego

The Role of Foreign Judgments in Patent Litigation: A Perspective and Strategic Overview
by Phillip L. McGarrigle
Santa Clara

International Patent Pitfalls for U.S. Applicants, Especially Before the European Patent Office
by Alexander R. Schlee
Muenchen, Germany

Avery Dennison Revisited — The Courts vs. the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
by M. Scott Donahey
Palo Alto

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
by Edward Randall Bernett
Seaside

Business Methods Without Computers: The New Patent Landscape
by Victor Flores
Monterey

Avoiding Trade Secret Problems When Hiring
by Jennifer L. Blackman, Esq. and M. Patricia Thayer, Esq.
San Francisco

Putting Persuasion to Work in Highly Technical Cases: A Jury-Centered Approach
by Howard Varinsky
Emeryville

The Federal Circuit Clarifies that Useful Software-Related Inventions Can Constitute Patentable Processes
by Michael Joel Shallop
San Jose

Integrating Electronic Aids INTO Intellectual Property Trials
by Carl A. Kukkonen, III
Los Angeles

Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit's Clearly Erroneous Standard for Reviewing Factfinding by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
by Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
San Francisco

On-Sale Bar Determinations: The Aftermath of Pfaff v. Wells Electronics
By John P. O'Banion
San Francisco

The Federal Trademark Dilution Act, Product Configurations and the Patent Clause: An Unresolvable Conflict?
By Ivan Rothman
San Francisco

Using the United States Customs Service to Stop Infringement of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights
By John Eichorst, San Francisco and William C. Rooklidge, Newport Beach

A Primer – Emerging Trends in Liability for Trademark Infringement on the Internet
By Edward G. Poplawski and Janene P. Bassett
Los Angeles

Trade Secrets: Employer/Employee Restrictive Covenants May Find New Life Outside Stock Sales
By David R. Shaub
Los Angeles

Preparing Patent Applications to Resist Erosion by Claim Construction or Denial of Equivalents Under Current Case Law
By Laurence H. Pretty
Los Angeles

Limiting Claims by the Specifications in Non-Means + Function Cases: Is a Former CAFC Trend in Retreat?
By John L. Rogitz
San Diego

Scope of Protective Orders—What Do You Do When You Represent a Client in Both Patent Litigation and Prosecution Matters?
By Kyla Harriel
San Francisco

The Internet and Personal Jurisdiction
By Cherie G. Porter and Bob Pimm
Boyes Hot Springs, California

In Re Zurko: The Federal Circuit Clears the Way for the Clearly Erroneous Standard in Reviewing Patent and Trademark Office's Decisions
By Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
San Francisco

Stare Un-decisis: The Sometimes Rough Treatment of Precedent in Federal Circuit Decisionmaking
By Matthew F. Weil and William C. Rooklidge
Newport Beach

Issues Relating to the Patentability of Expressed Sequence Tags
By James Fox, Ph.D.
Palo Alto

Inevitable Disclosure: Too Much Fuss Over an Old Doctrine
By James Pooley
Palo Alto

Personal Jurisdiction in Declaratory Judgment Cases in Light of Red Wing and Meade
By Bas de Blank, Kristin SNyder and Peter Kang
San Jose

Maximizing the Value of Your Company's U.S. Patent Portfolio
By Steven E. Shapiro
Los Angeles

After Quality King v. L'Anza: Can a Copyright Owner Still Restrict Unauthorized Importation of Copyrighted Articles Manufactured Abroad?
By George M. Borkowski and Robert C. Welsh
Los Angeles

Divisional Patent Applications After June 7, 1995: What Is the Term?
By Karl Stauss
Vista

"Drawings Practice" in the Prosecution of Trademark Applications
By Jonathan Hudis and Kathleen Cooney-Porter
Arlington, Virginia

Defectors Beware: The "Inevitable Disclosure" Doctrine in California
By Richard L. Stone and David A. Urban
Los Angeles

Patent Infringement as "Sale Within the United States"
By Megan E. Gray and Jamie Isbester
Los Angeles

Recent Supreme Court Decision a Stinging Loss for the Entertainment Industry
By Danielle L. Gilmore
Los Angeles

The Effective Presentation of Expert Evidence in Intellectual Property Litigation: Observations from the Trial of Fredric Goldman v. O.J. Simpson
By Thomas P. Lambert
Los Angeles

Current Trends in Product Configuration Trade Dress Cases—A Roadmap to the Circuit Courts
By Alan P. Block and Jan P. Weir
Los Angeles

Trademarks v. Domain Names: NSI's Dispute Policy and Other News
By Michael M. Krieger
Los Angeles

Litigating Cross-Border Infringement in International Intellectual Property: Some Practice Tips and Caveats
By Paul Edward Geller
Los Angeles

Another Factual Compilation Bites the Dust Under the Copyright Laws: Warren Publicing, Inc. v. Microdos Data
By Rebecca "Bec" Edelson
Alschuler Grossman & Pines LLP
Los Angeles

The Background Comes to the Fore
By David Goldberg and Robert J. Bernstein
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
New York, New York

The Untold Story of Edison's Patent Files
By Hon. James T. Carmichael
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Arlington, Virginia

Image Technical Services Inc. v. Eastman Kodak C. -- The Antitrust Implications of "Legal Monopolies"
By Carole E. Handler and Julian Brew
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler
Los Angeles

Localizing Global Copyright Infringement: Do International Internet Sound Recording Infringements Implicate U.S. Copyright Law?
By Marc E. Mayer
Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp LLP
Los Angeles

Rico Claims for Patent Fraud -- Another Sledgehammer in Your Quiver
By Cameron C. Powell
Foley & Lardner
Washington, D.C.

So, You're Thinking of Leaving Your Law Firm? The Ethics and Law of Preemptive Strikes
By Robert W. Payne
LaRiviere, Grubman & Payne
Monterey

Oddzon Products Inc. v. Just Toys Inc.: Practitioner Beward: Prior Knowledge Requirement of 35 U.S.C. Section 102(F) Clarified
By Philip L. McGarrigle
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation
Pleasanton

Letter from the Chair
By M. Patricia Thayer
Howard Rice Nemerovski et al.
San Francisco

Sui Generis Database Protection: Is It Really Necessary?
By Jonathan Band and Jonathan S. Gowdy
Morrison & Foerster
Washington, D.C.

Co-Ownership of Copyright and Fiduciary Duty: The Poverty of Preemption
By Rafael Chodos
Law Offices of Rafael Chodos
Santa Monica

Give Notice and Know Duty-to-Defend Basics Under Buss
By Pascal W. Di Fronzo
Ross, Dixon & Masback L.L.P.
Irvine

Patent Law Post Markman/Hilton Davis: A Gaze into a Fractured Crystal Ball
By Jacques M. Dulin
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe
Palo Alto

Plant Patents--R.I.P.: A Critique of Imazio v. Dania Greenhouses, 36 U.S.P.Q. 2D 1673 (Fed.Cir.1995)
By Vincent G. Gioia
Christie, Parker & Hale L.L.P.
Pasadena

Interim Relief in International Intellectual Property Arbitration
By Richard Allan Horning
Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser L.L.P.
Palo Alto

The Internet and the Mortal Death of a Bad Statute
By Robert Spanner
Trial & Technology Group
Menlo Park

Letter from the Chair
By M. Patricia Thayer
Howard Rice Nemerovski et al.
San Francisco

The Doctrine of Equivalents: The Supreme Court Finally Rules--Almost... Warner-Jenkinson Co., Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
By Neil A. Smith and Seong-Kun Oh
Limbach & Limbach LLP
San Francisco

An Alternative View: The Hilton Davis Decision
By Stephen S. Korniczky and Robert C. Laurenson
Lyon & Lyon, LLP
La Jolla

Litigating Preliminary Injunctions in Patent Cases
By Laurence H. Pretty and Jeffrey A. Finn
Pretty, Schroeder & Poplawski
Los Angeles

Claim Amendments Under the European Patent Convention
By Dr. Hermann Diehl and Dr. Thomas Leiderscher
Diehl, Glaeser, Hiltl & Partner
Munich, Germany

Attorney's Fees After Fogerty: Ninth Circuit Leaves Muddy Trail for Copyright Practitioners
By Robert F. Helfing
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Los Angeles

Is Contract Preemption Dead? Contracts and Copyright After ProCD v. Zeidenberg
By Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
New York, New York

The Princeton University Press Case: Whose Use?
By Janet A. Kobrin
Small Larkin & Kidde
Los Angeles

Probability Analysis in Determining Likelihood of Confusion
By Richard E. Backus
Flehr Hohbach Test Albritton & Herbert LLP
San Francisco

GATT/TRIPs, Offers for Sale, and Interpretive Problems
By Sarah Barone Schwartz
Fliesler, Dubb, Meyer & Lovejoy LLP
San Francisco

Authenticity of Works on the Internet
By Thomas Heide
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England

Letter from the Chair
By M. Patricia Thayer
Howard Rice Nemerovski et al.
San Francisco

Developments in Patent Law -- 1996
By Donald S. Chisum, Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara

Developments in Trademark Law -- 1996
By J. Thomas McCarthy
Professor of Law, University of San Francisco
Of Councsel, Limbach and Limbach
San Francisco

Developments in Copyright Law -- 1996
By James C. Chapman
Silicon Valley Law Group
San Jose

Life After the Dell v. FTC Decision
By Erwin J. Basinski
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Mountain View

The Internet and Personal Jurisdiction
By Cherie G. Porter
Berman, Berkley and Lasky, L.L.P.
San Francisco

Limits on "Medical Procedures" Patents
By Craig P. Opperman
Cooley Godward L.L.P.
Palo Alto

That's Not Funny: The Limitations on Parody as a Defense to Copyright Infringement in International Forums
By David Goldberg and Denise L. Bricker
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
New York, New York

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996
By James Pooley
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Menlo Park

Claim Drafting for Literal Infringement
By Stephen A. Becker
Lowe, Price, LeBlanc & Becker
Alexandria, Virginia

Fifth Circuit Adopts Copyright Misuse Defense and Suggests that Tying Hardware to Software Constitutes Misuse
By Flavio Rose
Irell & Manella, L.L.P.
Los Angeles

Inequitable Conduct Insufficient for Crime Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in Patent Cases
By Todd Burlingame & W. George Wailes
Carr, McClellan, Intersoll, Thompson & Horn
Burlingame

Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Acquisitions of Technology Companies
By Diane Wilkins Savage
Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum
Palo Alto

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
By Edward P. Heller III
Seagate Technology, Inc.
Scott Valley

Laches and Estoppel: An Effective Defense Weapon for Summary Judgment
By Stephen E. Blaine and Graig R. Woodburn
Callahan, Blaine & Williams
Irvine

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for Intellectual Property Counsel
By R. Michael Kennedy, Jr., Esq.
TYCO TOYS, INC.
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey

A Bill of Electronic Rights for Creators and Copyright Holders
By Lesley Ellen Harris
Toronto, Canada

Strategic Patent Counseling
By Peter R. Leal
Cooley, Godward, Castro, Huddleson & Tatum
Palo Alto

A User-Friendly Guide to California's Legislature on the Internet
By Larry Doyle, Chief Legislative Counsel
The State Bar of California
Sacramento

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
By Lee Van Pelt
Hickman, Beyer and Weaver
Palo Alto

Advising Your Multimedia Client...Multimedia Content Licensing and Live-Action Production
By Carol T. Contes, Esq.
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
Hollywood

Cyberspace Law: Free Speech and the Internet
By Robert Alan Spanner
Trial & Technology Group

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