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: Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement UpdatesTop IP Law Issues for 2008
By Philip Brooks
A press release issued today, February 11, 2008, at Marketwire by Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks states, in part:
Last year was probably the most momentous in intellectual property law in decades. Will 2008 be as dramatic?
An article in the February 8 issue of Mass High Tech by James J. Foster and Patrick R.H. Waller of the Boston IP law firm Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., tells what to look for.
-- Patent reform legislation -- finally?
-- Rules or no rules?
-- Trademark rip-offs in Second Life.
-- KSR and Seagate decisions filter down.
-- LG v Quanta.
-- Retrenchment on patents for business methods?
-- Copycatting the Eastern District of Texas?
-- Egyptian Goddess augurs changes in design patents?
Read more on each of these topics here or see the full article here.
Full post as published by Philip Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).
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