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Surviving, or Failing, in a Hypothetical World
To litigants in a patent infringement action, the cost of any infringement is normally determined only after trial. But damages demand careful preparation well before the last moment. The hypothetical context of a damage determination - what would have happened but for the infringement - allows for considerable judgment in how to create and present a damages case.Are Federal Appellate Practitioners Free at Last?
A major salvo has been fired in a long-simmering struggle for free expression. In a November edition of West's Supreme Court Reporter were buried proposed rule changes for the federal courts, including the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Among the proposals: lawyers practicing in those courts could not be prohibited from citing to an appellate court the prior decisions of that court that are not formally published.Structure Has Little To Do with Structural Obviousness
A recently denied petition for certiorari from a case originating in N.J. questioned the current method for determining the patentability of molecules. Obviousness had previously been found where there was a high degree of structural similarity between a new molecule and a prior art molecule. Now, courts have required a reason, apart from structure, to even select a particular molecule, a so-called "lead compound," as the starting point of the obviousness analysis.Do the Courts Really Understand DNA?
Ideally, judges and laywers would understand not only the IP laws they are applying, but also the science that is protected by those laws. But is that possible in this time of rapidly changing technology?Trending Stories
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