Issue: December 2011

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Recent Developments Influencing Your Patent Application Filing Decisions
By Timothy Le Duc and Roy P. Zachariah of Akerman Senterfitt

The Board Does Hear Live Testimony and Make Credibility Determinations!
By Charles L. Gholz

Federal Circuit Affirms ITC's Determination That Litigation Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry
By Paul Devinsky and Christopher G. Paulraj of McDermott Will & Emery LLP

The Big Secret of the America Invents Act
By Robert Maier of Baker Botts LLP

America Invents Act (AIA) -- The Emergent Landscape of the Revised U.S. Patent Law
By Steven J. Hultquist of Hultquist PLLC

Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Use of the Lead Compound Analysis
By Brian C. Trinque, Ph.D. and Giulio A. Deconti, Jr.

Post-Grant Review Proceedings Compared with EPO Oppositions
By Kevin B. Laurence and Matthew C. Phillips of Stoel Rives LLP

RFC Express: Recently Filed Patent Cases

Departments

From the Editor

Design Patent Perspective:
Understanding Functionality in Design Patent Law -- Part 2
By Robert G. Oake, Jr.

Invention Analysis and Claiming:
Claims With Functional Language
By Ronald Slusky

Moving Up & Moving On

CAFC Happenings
By John L. Rogitz of Rogitz & Associates

Litigators Corner:
Rules Gone Wild
By Joseph N. Hosteny of Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

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