Issue: October 2010

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Provisional Rights in Patent Applications
By Melinda L. Patterson of Howrey LLP

Measuring Whitespace Patterns in Computer Source Code as an Indication of Copying
By Bob Zeidman and Nik Baer of Zeidman Consulting and Ilana Shay

Defining the Claims of U.S. Trademark Protection: The Metes and Bounds of Trademark Registration
By Peter S. Sloane of Leason Ellis LLP

The Best Protection: Trade Secret or Patent?
By Gina C. Carter of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

The Patent Scorecard 2010 -- Government Agencies
By Tammy D'Amato and Lindsey Gilroy of Patent Board™

U.S. Patent Law Stuck Stateside
By Paul H. Beattie of Merchant & Gould

Notice of Concurrent Proceedings in Reexamination and Reissue
By Kevin B. Laurence and Matthew C. Phillips of Stoel Rives LLP

How Close is Close Enough?
By Charles L. Gholz and Alexander B. Englehart

RFC Express: Recently Filed Patent Cases

Departments

From The Editor

Trial Lawyer's Notebook:
Settlement Agreements and Damages Experts
By Tony Zeuli of Merchant & Gould

Client Development Tools:
What's Your Google Factor?
By Nancy Roberts Linder of Nancy Roberts Linder Consulting

CAFC Happenings
By John L. Rogitz of Rogitz & Associates

Invention Analysis and Claiming:
Structuring Claims to Avoid Multiple Parties
By Ronald Slusky

Litigators Corner:
Common Sense
By Joseph N. Hosteny of Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

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