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The Role of the Subconscious in Intellectual Property Law

The Role of the Subconscious in Intellectual Property Law

Human behavior stems from a fascinating tangle of conscious and subconscious impulses. Issues resulting from this combination can become relevant in a wide variety of legal contexts, including choosing where to place a burden or whom to hold liable. These nuances are particularly important in … Read More

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2 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L. J. 1

Human behavior stems from a fascinating tangle of conscious and subconscious impulses. Issues resulting from this combination can become relevant in a wide variety of legal contexts, including choosing where to place a burden or whom to hold liable. These nuances are particularly important in … Read more

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The Exportability of the Principles of Software: Lost in Translation?*

The Exportability of the Principles of Software: Lost in Translation?*

The American Law Institute approval of The Principles of Software Contracts is a significant milestone in the history of software law. The project began in 2004 because of the flaws of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act concerning this issue, problems strengthened by the widely held … Read More

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2 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L. J. 25

The American Law Institute approval of The Principles of Software Contracts is a significant milestone in the history of software law. The project began in 2004 because of the flaws of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act concerning this issue, problems strengthened by the widely held … Read more

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Shifting the Burden: Proving Infringement and Damages in Patent Cases Involving Inconsistent Manufacturing Techniques

Shifting the Burden: Proving Infringement and Damages in Patent Cases Involving Inconsistent Manufacturing Techniques

The law is clear that it is the plaintiff-patentee’s burden to prove both infringement and damages. It is unclear, however, in cases involving inconsistent manufacturing techniques, what level of evidence is required to meet this burden and when, if at all, such burden should pass to the … Read More

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2 Hastings Sci. & Tech. L. J. 81

The law is clear that it is the plaintiff-patentee’s burden to prove both infringement and damages. It is unclear, however, in cases involving inconsistent manufacturing techniques, what level of evidence is required to meet this burden and when, if at all, such burden should pass to the … Read more

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A Brief History of the Commercial Speech Doctrine (With Some Implications for Tobacco Regulation)

A Brief History of the Commercial Speech Doctrine (With Some Implications for Tobacco Regulation)

The passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 delegated substantial new responsibility to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Charged with implementation of the Act, the Food & Drug Administration issued a call for public comment on what approaches to take. … Read More

08/23/2011

The passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 delegated substantial new responsibility to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Charged with implementation of the Act, the Food & Drug Administration issued a call for public comment on what approaches to take. … Read more

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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

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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