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MoFo Tech Fall/Winter 2012

Morrison Foerster
November 2012
24 pages

In this Issue:

Why you need to read before clicking
Checking out IP ownership when collaborating with academia
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Doing any sort of business deal overseas
How SpaceX is helping America’s space industry regain its competitive edge
The JOBS Act: giving fast-growers a streamlined path to capital

Patent Legislation & Regulation

Wilson Sonsini: United States International Trade Commission Amends Rules Concerning Discovery in Section 337 Investigations

May 22, 2013 Section 337 Proceedings

Perkins Coie: DOJ Issues Rare Unfavorable Business Review Letter Regarding Patent Licensing Pools

May 21, 2013 Patent Regulation

Locke Lord: Covered Business Method Review - An Important Litigation Tool for Financial Services and Software Companies

May 15, 2013 AIA: Litigation Practice

AIA: Patent Prosecution

Hunton & Williams: New Opportunities for Seeking Patent Term Adjustment Under the AIA

Cooley: Making Sense of the Revised Procedures Under the America Invents Act

Pepper Hamilton: Entity Size Determination at the USPTO

AIA: Legislative History

Sullivan & Cromwell: Congress Passes Historic Patent Reform Legislation

Orrick: Congress Overhauls Patent System with Passage of Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Barnes & Thornburg: U.S. Congress Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill: When Signed, New Law Will Change How Patents Are Secured and Protected

AIA: Administrative Proceedings Rules

Mayer Brown: US Patent and Trademark Office Proposes Rules for New Administrative Proceedings for Challenging Patentability

Dickstein Shapiro: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues Proposed Rules for New Proceedings Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Akin Gump: USPTO Proposes New Rules for Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

AIA: Prioritized Examination

Baker Botts: The USPTO’s Prioritized Examination Program Provides Expedited Review Of Patent Applications with Fewer Hoops To Jump Through

Blank Rome: Prioritized Examination Under the America Invents Act

Drinker Biddle: Life in the Fast Lane

AIA: Litigation Practice

Locke Lord: Covered Business Method Review - An Important Litigation Tool for Financial Services and Software Companies

McDermott Will & Emery: Six-Month Report Card: Post-Issuance Proceedings Under the AIA

Mayer Brown: The America Invents Act Post-Issuance Patent Office Proceedings

Patton Boggs: Important Provisions of The America Invents Act Take Effect in September

Bracewell & Giuliani: New America Invents Act Provisions Set to Become Effective in September 2012

Venable: USPTO Issues Rules Implementing America Invents Act

AIA: Inter Partes Review

Jones Day: Inter Partes Review

Fish & Richardson: USPTO declines petition for inter partes review - marking the first time since the proceeding has become available under AIA

SNR Denton: President Signs Update to Patent Reform

AIA: Post-Grant Review

Alston & Bird: Strategic Considerations of the USPTO’s New Post-Grant Proceedings

Latham & Watkins: Post Grant Review Proceedings Under the AIA

Blank Rome: Rehabilitate Your Patent Now: Supplemental Examination

AIA: First to File

WilmerHale: Going Forward After March 16, 2013: Succeeding in a First-Inventor-to-File System Under the AIA

Cooley: The Ides of March are Upon Us: Additional Strategies in Light of the PTO's Final First-to-File Rules

DLA Piper: The AIA’s one-year grace period - a trap for the unwary?

Model Order for E-Discovery in Patent Litigation

Jenner & Block: A Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent (and Other?) Cases

Kramer Levin: New Federal Circuit Model Order Significantly Limits E-Discovery in Patent Cases

Locke Lord: New Court Order May Substantially Lower e-Discovery Cost in Trademark & Advertising Litigation

Green Patents Get the Red Carpet

Locke Lord: Opportunity to Save Money on Expedited USPTO Review of Green Patents Ending Soon

Locke Lord: USPTO Highlights Successful Expedited Patenting of Cleantech Inventions

Bracewell & Giuliani: Director Kappos Gives Early Holiday Present to Patent Owners of "Green Technology"

USPTO Updates KSR Obviousness Guidelines

WilmerHale: The WilmerHale Obviousness Report: One-Hundred Decisions of the Federal Circuit Post-KSR

WilmerHale: The WilmerHale Obviousness Report

White & Case: US Patent Office Issues Updated KSR Guidelines for Obviousness Rejections Under 35 U.S.C. §103

USPTO withdraws "Continuation, "RCE" & "Claims" Rules; Resolves Tafas

Mintz Levin: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Rescinds Controversial Rules

Cooley Godward Kronish: The PTO Rescinds the "Final Rules" Aimed at Curbing the Number of Continuations and Claims that Can Be Prosecuted in a Patent Application

Alston + Bird: Newly-Appointed USPTO Director Wastes No Time Making His Mark

Latham & Watkins: Copyright and Trademark Reform: Enactment of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008

Pepper Hamilton: PRO-IP Act Provides Law Enforcement Initiative for IP Rights Owners

Steptoe & Johnson: The PRO-IP Act: Another Weapon Against a Failing Economy

Section 337 Proceedings

Wilson Sonsini: United States International Trade Commission Amends Rules Concerning Discovery in Section 337 Investigations

King & Spalding: ITC Section 337 Update

King & Spalding: U.S. ITC Publishes Rules of General Application and Adjudication and Enforcement Effective May 20, 2013