Patent Law

• Impact of prior Arbitration Clauses (and other ADR agreements) for Section 337 (patent) investigations within the International Trade Commission (ITC).
• Federal Jurisdiction over Patent Malpractice Lawsuits (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/10/patent-malpract.html).
• First Amendment and National Security: How Export Administration Regulations Fit in the Borderless World of the Internet. (See its applications to patent law here: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/07/outsourcing-of.html).
• Copyright: Enforcement of Open Source Licenses: Jacobson (2008) (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/08/open-source-lic.html).
• Biotech Patent: Research Tools and the FDA Safe Harbor: (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/08/research-tool-1.html).
• A statistical analysis of patent term extensions granted by the PTO. (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/07/patently-o-bi-5.html).
• Eisai v. Dr. Reddy's Lab (The new law of obviousness applied to pharmaceutical cases). (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/07/obviousness-of.html).
• How Twombly is impacting patent cases. (Look at counterclaims…)
• A statistical analysis of the timing of CAFC decisions (Including a comparison of the various judges and a discussion of how the various circuits reign-in slow judges).
• The potential impact of eBay v. MercExchange on ITC Actions.
• Rationalizing the CAFC's Inequitable Conduct decisions of 2008 (compare Star Scientific and Eisai with Nilssen and Aventis).
• An analysis of the new PTO rules of ethics (http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2008/08/pto-revises-rul.html).

Let me know if you use one of these. dcrouch@patentlyo.com.