International Law

New Books at the Law Library - August 26, 2008
E92 .A266 2008 Yale D. Belanger, ed., Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues (Saskatoon: Purich Pub., 2008). K235.L46 .V45 2008 (LC) J. David Velleman, Persons in Prospect ([Toronto]: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, [2008])...

VA: Request to do a patdown is a seizure
Telling a person that the officer needs to pat him down is a seizure because no person would believe he was free to leave. Here, however, the request was with reasonable suspicion. Bandy v...

New Books at the Law Library - July 21, 2008
KE265 .M33 2008 (LC) Margaret McCallum, Deborah A. Schmedemann, & Christina L. Kunz, Synthesis: Legal Reading, Reasoning and Writing in Canada, 2d ed. (Toronto: CCH Canadian Ltd., 2008)...

WI: Finding two knives did not end need for patdown
Finding of two knives did not end the need to conduct a patdown. State v. Applewhite, 2008 Wisc. App. LEXIS 655 (August 20, 2008).* Taking of defendant's DNA on prior conviction that resulted in a cold hit for a murder charge was a reasonable search...

Recent BPAI Decisions
Precedential: Ex parte Ghuman, Appeal No. 2008-1175 (BPAI May 1, 2008)(rejected claims that are not appealed are considered withdrawn and subject to cancellation by examiner). Ex parte Fu, Appeal No...

Articles
House Okays Watered Down PRO IP ActJune 1, 2008, World Law MediaPatent PoolsApril 21, 2008, New York Law JournalCourt Finds Famous Foreign Trademarks ProtectableFebruary 1, 2008, AsiaLawLeadership Liability: Protecting Directors, Officers from Exposure to Patent Infringement DamagesJanuary 31, 2008, San...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...