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• DEP Comprehensive Compliance Monitoring Program ( January 2000 )
  Robert W. Thomson of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

  At a recent meeting of the Allegheny County Bar Association Environmental Law Section, the DEP's Eric Conrad descri.

• The Perils of Poor Drafting ( April 1999 )
  Irah H. Donner of Pepper Hamilton LLP

  This article details Federal Circuit decisions which relate to a patent document's scope of protection.

• Protection and Exploitation of Financial Services Software ( August 1998 )
  Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP

  This article concerns the State Street decision by a three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit Court which circumscribes the exception against mathematical algorithms and lays to rest the idea that business methods are unpatentable subject matter.

• Strategic Patent Counseling ( December 1996 )
  Peter R. Leal of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This reports looks into what a patent counsel needs to investigate in order to set forth a strategy which will help a client protect its product line in the marketplace.

• Successful Enforcement of a U.S. Patent Requires a Complete Written Disclosure of the Invention ( January 1999 )
  Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

  This article discusses the "clear concise and exact written" requirement as it pertains to Japanese companies applying for United States patents.

• Supreme Court Rules on the On-Sale Bar ( March 1999 )
  Kevin M. Hinman of Dykema Gossett PLLC

  Watch out when you or your company offers a new or improved product for sale -you may lose the chance to protect th.

• The Full Markman--Naked and Revealed ( January 1999 )
  Carl G. Love of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  Few cases in the last twenty years have elicited as much interest as that of Markman v. Westview, 52 F. 3d 967, 34.

• Early Claim Interpretation Can Cut Your Fees and Costs in Half ( October 1997 )
  Robert A. Weikert of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

  This article discusses the change in policy which allows courts to interpret claims themselves, thus saving both plaintiff's and defendants from having to conduct discovery on every point of law that may arise.

• Within Hearing ( November 1996 )
  Coudert Brothers LLP

  The determination of whether a patent claim has been infringed requires a two-step analysis. First, the court must interpret the asserted claims as a matter of law to determine their scope and meaning. Second, the trier of fact must judge whether each claim element, as construed by the court, is present in the accused device.