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IpQ: Enhancing Your IP IQ

Authored by Intellectual Property Partner Peter Strand, IpQ is a monthly publication that provides in-depth analysis of this fast-paced and intricate area of law.
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2013

"Arising Under" Jurisdiction Put Asunder? Supreme Court Adds Strokes to "Jackson Pollock" Canvas
April 2013
Big Changes Signaled for Patent Litigation? Federal Circuit Plays En Banc Card
March 2013
Tight Corner for Patent Injunctions? New "Drivers Demand" Test Portends Mischief
February 2013
Not So Fast... Third Circuit Leaves Skid Marks on ESI "Costs"
January 2013

2012

Knotty or Nice?
December 2012
Lump Sum Under the Carpet? Can't Sweep 29 License Agreements under Reasonably Royalty Rug
November 2012
EMVR = Unobtainium? Federal Circuit Sets Unreachable Bar
October 2012
Two-Edged Sword: How 'Likely' Will Preliminary Injunction Cut the Wrong Way?
September 2012
Aiming for the Heart? Judge Posner Slings Arrows at Patent Damages
August 2012
Another Domino? The Conundrum of Antitrust Policy v. Patent Rights
July 2012
What's the Use? Understanding Method vs. Apparatus Use Infringement
Spring 2012
Claims Gone Wild? Courts Limit Number of Asserted Claims
February 2012
Win by Losing? Courts Applying New Rules to Ongoing Royalties
January 2012

2011

Disarming 'Atomic Bomb': Federal Circuit Clips Inequitable Conduct
December 2011
Knock It Off! Court Raises Bar for Inducing Infringement
November 2011
"Cardinal Sin" - The Solution (Part II): Limiting Imitations In Claim Construction
October 2011
"Cardinal Sin" - The Problem (Part I): Importing Limitations in Claim Construction
September 2011
Noose or Loose? Mind the Ensnarement Trap Door
August 2011
Stuff that Genie Back in the Bottle: Stop Wishful Thinking About Royalty Base, Rate and the EMVR
July 2011
Avoiding the Train Wreck: A $200 Million Lesson
June 2011
Bayh-Dole Scope Shrinks
June 9, 2011
Has the Bayh-Dole Spigot Run Dry?
May 2011
False Marking Update: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
April 2011
Double the Trouble Double the Fun? Working with Hybrid Witnesses Under New Rule 26(a)(2)
March 2011
When It Takes Two to Tangle: Seven Things About Joint Infringement
February 2011
‘Who’d a Thunk It’ – Settlement Licenses Gain Traction and Put the Squeeze on NPE’s
January 2011

2010

Ghost of Claims Past – A Short Refresher on Jepson Claims
December 2010
When is Final ‘Final – Judgment Decisions to Guide Your Path
November 2010
Don't Get Spooked by Means-Plus-Functions 'Equivalents'
October 2010
Everything Under the Sun or Partial Eclipse? Ten Rules for Patentable Subject Matter
August/September 2010
What's Behind the Curtain? Exposing the Case Up Front with Twombly and Iqbal
July 2010
What to do Until the Life Guard Arrives . . . False Marking Claims After Forest Group and Solo Cup (Part II)
June 2010
Much Ado About Not Much? False Marking After Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co., (Part I)
May 2010
Untangling a Mess in Texas: Lessons Learned From Transferring Venue in the Eastern District
April 2010
Assignor Estoppel: You Can’t Bite the Hand That Fed You
March 2010
Where to Begin? . . . How to Calculate “Reasonable” Percentage Rates for Reasonable Royalties
February 2010
Once Upon a Trial: Ten Tips for Telling Your Patent Story
January 2010

2009

Beauty or the Beast? Ten Rules for 30(b)6) Corporate Depositions in Patent Cases
December 2009
Extra-What? “Clear” Rules Continually Clarified on Extraterritorial Application of Patent Laws
November 2009
Watershed Damages Decision? CAFC Weighs in on Issues, Proof Requirements
October 2009
Intellectual Property Rights: Who’s on First?
September 2009
Cracking Open the Book of Wisdom: Where the Past Can Become the Present
August 2009
Analyzing Patent Exhaustion – Tired Yet?
July 2009
Some Things Never Change: Apportionment and the “Entire Market Value Rule"
June 2009
Marking – Old Wine in New Bottles
May 2009
Six Rules on the Road to Lost Profits Damages
March 2009

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