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Patent Office Publishes New Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure
The patent office published the latest Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure (accessible here and at the link below). For those who are unaware about patenting procedures, all major patent offices across the globe maintain a patent practice manual that details various practices to be followed by the patent office staff (examiners) at various [...

Tax Strategy Patents -- A Tax Lawyer's View
Wolfgang Schoen (Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law) has posted Tax Strategy Patents -- A Tax Lawyer's View on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Strategic tax planning in the U...

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 317
Learning International IP: A relatively new patent-attorney asks the following question: "I find myself very unfamiliar with foreign patent practice. Could you recommend a book/other resource that discusses the intricacies of patent prosecution in foreign countries from the point-of-view of...

"The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success"
Posted by Allison Shields: "The Busy Lawyer's Guide to Success - Essential Tips to Power Your Practice by Dan Pinnington and Reid F. Trautz is one of the ABA Law Practice Management section's newest books...

ACI Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles Conference
American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 9th Annual Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles conference on October 15-16, 2008 in New York. At the conference, ACI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics: ? Clarifying the evolving meaning of 'patent life cycle' for the pharmaceutical business; ? Constructing, adjusting, and executing a pharmaceutical patent life cycle management plan; ? View for the FTC; ? Navigating the complexity of structuring patent settlement options between brand name and generic pharmaceutical patent cases; ? Eye on the bench: Identifying judicial trends in pharmaceutical patent cases; ? Mastering the intricacies of the 180-day...

"Justice Breyer: A view from the bench."
"Justice Breyer: A view from the bench." CBS News.com has this report. Justice Stephen G. Breyer was a guest on this morning's broadcast of the CBS News program "The Early Show."

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Contact Lens Solution Product Recall

Texas Employment Law
alleged violations of Texas labor laws including overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.

Texas' KB Home Hit with Price Fixing Class Action
Texas' KB Home Faces Price Fixing Class-Action

BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act
BP to Pay $15M for Texas Refiney Violations of Clean Air Act