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State and Local Policy as a Tool to Complement and Supplement the FDA Law

State and Local Policy as a Tool to Complement and Supplement the FDA Law

With the recent passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now has the authority to regulate tobacco sales, marketing, and use. Though this law is a beneficial step, some gaps remain. There are significant merits to state and local … Read More

08/23/2011 /
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2 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L. J. 117

With the recent passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration now has the authority to regulate tobacco sales, marketing, and use. Though this law is a beneficial step, some gaps remain. There are significant merits to state and local … Read more

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IN RE BERNARD L. BILSKI AND RAND A. WARSAW

IN RE BERNARD L. BILSKI AND RAND A. WARSAW

At first glance, the Federal Circuit’s categorical rejection of the “useful, concrete, and tangible result” test announced in State Street in favor of the machine-or-transformation test for patent-eligible subject matter could be seen as the death knell for business method and software … Read More

08/23/2011

At first glance, the Federal Circuit’s categorical rejection of the “useful, concrete, and tangible result” test announced in State Street in favor of the machine-or-transformation test for patent-eligible subject matter could be seen as the death knell for business method and software … Read more

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PRINCO CORPORATION AND PRINCO AMERICA CORPORATION V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

PRINCO CORPORATION AND PRINCO AMERICA CORPORATION V. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

In affirming the ITC’s holding as to Princo’s first tying claim, the court found that a reasonably broad reading of the Lagadec patent (Sony’s digital method) would support a finding of infringement where anyone practiced the Phillips analog method, currently used as the industry standard.  … Read More

08/23/2011

In affirming the ITC’s holding as to Princo’s first tying claim, the court found that a reasonably broad reading of the Lagadec patent (Sony’s digital method) would support a finding of infringement where anyone practiced the Phillips analog method, currently used as the industry standard.  … Read more

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