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  • Court Erred in Disregarding Patent Expert ( July 2007 )
    Robert J Ambrogi of

    The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled June 18th that a federal court in a patent dispute was wrong to disregard expert testimony and grant summary judgment upholding two patents. The expert's testimony, which concerned the obviousness of the patented technology, raised a sufficient factual dispute to require a trial as to the validity of the patents, the court said.
  • Managing Your Cross-Border Transactions ( July 2004 )
    Carolyn J. Buller of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

    Cross-border mergers and acquisitions, although presenting many of the same issues as domestic deals, are usually more complex and rife with surprises and other pitfalls. In recent years this complexity has grown along with the pace of globalization. The sheer range of concerns has expanded as the speed and volume of international deals have increased.
  • Staking A Claim In The Nanoworld ( May 2004 )
    Jonathan A. Muenkel, Alicia  Russo and Chandana R. Rao of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

    Nanotechnology is an emerging field that concerns the development and use of compositions of matter that generally have a size of between 1 and 100 nanometers. At such small sizes, the compositions take on novel and potentially useful properties. Examples of these compositions include: smart molecules capable of targeting and eliminating infection and disease; carbon nanotubes and nanowires (potentially useful for advanced composites, electrical circuitry, systems for targeted delivery of pharmaceutical agents, and hydrogen storage mediums to power fuel cells); quantum dots; and high density DNA storages devices.
  • Year 2000 Update: Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act ( November 1998 )
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

    This article discusses the consequences, under the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, for companies that choose to share their solutions to their own Y2K problems with others.

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