Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society

Volume 92 Number 1, Winter 2010

• A Critique of Recent Opinions in Patent Interferences - Charles L. Gholz
• Obviousness in Patents Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. - Tom Brody
• A Correlation Between the State of the US Economy and Patent Litigation Activity - Bradley D. Riel and Paul T. Meiklejohn
• Reconsidering Reasonable Royalty Damages Methodology in Patent Infringement Suits: Supplementing Georgia Pacific  with the Reasonable Royalty Determination Board - Erick S. Lee
• Software Related Inventions at the Enlarged Board of Appeals - Fabian Edlund

• The Supreme Court, Bilski, and Sensible Limits on Patents, John W. Schlicher
• Beware the Inequitable Conduct Charge! (Why Practitioners Submit What They Submit) , Lisa A. Dolak
• Winter v. NRDC: A Stricter Standard for Irreparable Harm in Trademark Cases?, Thomas M. Williams
• Design Patent Protection for Animated Computer-Generated Icons , David Leason
• An American View of the Patent System in Europe in 2009, John B. Pegram
• Annual Index (2009)

• Joint infringement and Internet Software Patents: An Uncertain Future?, Dolly Wu
• The Real Problem with Patent Infringement Damages, Martha K. Gooding & William C. Rooklidge
• How the Federal Circuit Clarified the “Muddy Concept” of Joint Inventorship, George M. Sirilla
• Pitfalls Associated with Post-Patent Issuance Supplementation or Replacement of a Biological Culture Deposit – 37 CFR § 1.805, Tracy U. Palovich & Robert J. Duminiak

• Brand v. Miller Prevents Administrative Patent Judges From Using Their Common Sense in Inter Partes Proceedings - Robert C. Nissen and Charles L. Gholz
• A Function for Markman Claim Construction in Design Patents - Craig Zieminski
• Patent Reform: The Pharmaceutical Industry Prescription For Post-Grant Opposition And Remedies - Eric E. Williams
• Response to "Patent Pendency Problems and Possible Solutions to Reduciing Patent Pendency at the United States Patent and Trademark Office" - Colin LaRose
• Reasonable Apprehension Of An Infringement Suit Is Not Required: Wonderful News For A Prospective Licensee - Elkia R. Manglona

• Freedom to Experiment: Toward a Concept of Inventor Welfare - Rudolph J.R. Peritz
• Independent Invention As A Defense To Patent Infringement - Samson Vermont
• An Independent Invention Defense to Patent Infringement: The Academy Talking to Itself: Should Anyone Listen? - Roger Milgrim
• Less "Gotcha": A Response to Milgrim - Samson Vermont
• A Reply to A Response - Roger Milgrim

• How to Get Patent Protection in Europe? - Marco T. Connor and Lin Yasong
• The Patent Office Meets the Poison Pill: Why Legal Methods Cannot Be Patented - Andrew A. Schwarts
• Well-known Marks Doctrine: Where Do We Go From Here? - Tashia A. Bunch

• Code on Disks and Hat Tricks - Is Computer Software on a Medium Really Patentable? - Andrei Iancu and Jeremiah Helm
• The Continuing Controversy Over Business Methods Patents - Lois Matelan
• In re Comiskey and E-Commerce Patentability - Sam Stake

• A Critique of Recent Opinions in Patent Interferences - Charles L. Gholz
• Second Life - A New Dimension For Trademark Infringement - Max Vern
• Patent Pendency Problems and Possible Solutions to Reducing Patent Pendency at the United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Court Opinions Affecting PTO Trademark Practice: The Year in Review - Jeffrey M. Samuels and Linda B. Samuels
• The "Right to Copy" Doctrine - Perry J. Saidman
• Determining the Likelihood of Confusion in Ex parte Examination: A Trademark Examining Attorney's Perspective - Paula B. Mays
• Application of the Festo Framework in Four Recent Appeal Cases - Magda Carvalho
• Letter to the Editor
• Obviously Troublesome: How High Should the Standard be for Obtaining a Patent - Michael Astorino

• The Federal Circuit's Narrowing of the Literal Scope of Patent Claims by Focussing on Embodiments Disclosed in the Specification -- David C. Radulescu;
• What it means to "Entirely Vitiate" A Claim Element in Light of Warner-Jenkinson -- Craig Y. Allison
• Protecting Patents From The Beginning: The Importance of Information Disclosure Statements During Patent Prosecution -- Todd L. Juneau & Jill K. MacAlpine
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Remembrances and Memorial: Judge Giles Sutherland Rich 1904-1999 -- Neil A. Smith

• Call for Nominations for the Pasquale J. Federico -- Memorial Award;
• Letters to the Editor
• Rossman Special Citation Award -- Richard T. Stouffer
• The Multilateral Agreements that Protect Trademarks and Marks that Indicate Origins of Source -- Edward Grosek
• Measuring Patent Damages by the Market Value of Inventions - The Grain Processing, Rite-Hite, and Aro Rules -- John W. Schlicher