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Tafas briefs, and confusion among the law professor set, again

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

IPBiz could not but chuckle at the listing of Tafas briefs at Patently-O -->

In support of Tafas:

AIPLA File Attachment: aipla.PDF (1020 KB)
BIO File Attachment: bio.pdf (240 KB)
Cantor Fitzgerald File Attachment: cantorfitz.pdf (376 KB) (rules improperly shift burden of proof)
ELAN File Attachment: elan.pdf (7683 KB)
Intellectual Ventures, et al. File Attachment: intven.pdf (936 KB)
IPO File Attachment: ipo.pdf (1306 KB)
Lelkes, esq. File Attachment: lelkesprose.pdf (321 KB) (discussing how the rules would violate the PCT)
Licensing Professionals File Attachment: licensingcos.pdf (1400 KB)
Monsanto File Attachment: monsanto.pdf (243 KB) (provides a specific example of how the final rules will impact the company?s rights)
NYIPLA File Attachment: nyipla.pdf (3313 KB)
PhRMA File Attachment: phrma.pdf (263 KB) (discussing the financial impact of the rule change)
SonicWall File Attachment: sonicwall.pdf (104 KB)
William Mitchell File Attachment: williammitchell.pdf (1145 KB)
In support of the PTO:

Law Professors File Attachment: lemley.pdf (510 KB)
PubPat File Attachment: pubpat.pdf (149 KB)

Lemley cited "Ending Abuse..." once in the brief, on page 22, for, of all things, "submarine patenting," a procedure which no longer exists. Out of touch, out of touch...

***In passing

Yochai Benkler, formerly at Yale, is now at Harvard.

Full post as published by IPBiz on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).