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2013

April 6, 2013

"(R)evolution in Design Patent Subject Matter: The Shifting Meaning of 'Article of Manufacture,'" Andrew Torrance and William Seymour, Illinois Institute of Technology.

February 7, 2013

"AIA Update: Preparing for the Transition to First-Inventor-to-File," John N. Anastasi, Sarah M. Gates and Nicole A. Palmer, L&A IP Law Advisory.

January-February 2013

"United States Annual Review: The Sixty-Fifth Year of Administration of the U.S. Trademark (Lanham) Act of 1946," Theodore H. Davis, Jr. and John L. Welch, The Trademark Reporter, Vol. 103, No. 1.

2012

July 13, 2012

"Absolute Novelty Worldwide - Not Always So Absolute," Thomas McNulty and Sandra Szela Congdon of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Suffolk Law School's IP Issues on LegalTalkNetwork.

May 1, 2012

"The Right Tools for the Job," Craig R. Smith, Corporate Counsel.

April 26, 2012

"The "Murky Morass" - Patentable Subject Matter Around the World," Thomas McNulty and Greg Gerstenzang of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Suffolk Law School's IP Issues on LegalTalkNetwork.

March 20, 2012

"The Supreme Court Holds Diagnostic Claims Unpatentable," Louis Myers and Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory.

March 9, 2012

"The U.S. Supreme Court's Golan v. Holder Decision," Peter C. Lando and Mary Wong, Director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, IP Counsel on Legal Talk Network.

February 22, 2012

"Bridging the Gap in Copyright Protection of Symbols, Shapes and Letters," Thomas McNulty and Julia Mathis of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Suffolk Law School's IP Issues on LegalTalkNetwork.

February 9, 2012

"Cost of patent reexamination may skyrocket," Thomas P. McNulty, Mass High Tech.

February 3, 2012

"2011 Intellectual Propery Year in Review and Outlook for 2012 - Part I: Patents," Peter C. Lando and Craig R. Smith, partner at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

February 3, 2012

"2011 Intellectual Property Year in Review and Outlook for 2012 - Part II: Trademarks," Peter C. Lando and John L. Welch, Of Counsel with Lando & Anastasi, LLP, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

January-February 2012

"United States Annual Review: The Sixty-Fourth Year of Administration of the U.S. Trademark (Lanham) Act of 1946," Theodore H. Davis, Jr. and John L. Welch, The Trademark Reporter, Vol. 102, No. 1.

2011

November 30, 2011

"Inside the America Invents Act," Peter C. Lando and Mike Crosby, Intellectual Property Counsel at Saint-Gobain Corporation, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

November 9, 2011

"The Prior Use Defense Under AIA," Craig R. Smith, Law360.

October 21, 2011

"Space Law and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights," Peter C. Lando and Matt Kleiman, an expert in Space Law and Corporate Counsel for the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

October 20, 2011

"A World of Copyright Confusion on the Web," Craig R. Smith, The National Law Journal.

October 12, 2011

"Protecting Software Innovations in the Shifting IP Landscape," Thomas P. McNulty and Thomas J. McGinnis of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Suffolk Law School's IP Issues on LegalTalkNetwork.

September 20, 2011

"Provisions of the America Invents Act of 2011 that go into Immediate Effect," John N. Anastasi, Sarah M. Gates, Nicole A. Palmer and Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory.

September 12, 2011

"U.S. Patent Reform: America Invents Act Makes Major Changes to Patent Law," John N. Anastasi, Sarah M. Gates, Nicole A. Palmer and Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory.

August 31, 2011

"The Federal Circuit Holds Immunization Schedules Patentable," Craig R. Smith and Juliet DeFrancisco, L&A IP Law Advisory.

August 18, 2011

"The Federal Circuit Holds Isolated DNA Patentable and Methods of Comparing Gene Sequences Unpatentable," Craig R. Smith and Ian Mullet, L&A IP Law Advisory.

August 16, 2011

"Computer-Readable Medium Claims Held Not Patentable Because They Cover Mental Processes," Julia Mathis and Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory.

August 9, 2011

"Reexamination Proceedings May Determine the Validity of Priority Claims," James C. De Vellis, L&A IP Law Advisory.

July 29, 2011

"Confidential Communications and Agreements in the Context of Business Relations," Peter C. Lando and Jeff Powers, Intellectual Property Counsel for Bausch+Lomb, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

July 28, 2011

"Landmark Patent Decisions from The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit," Craig R. Smith and Thomas P. McNulty of Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Suffolk Law School's IP Issues on LegalTalkNetwork.

June 30, 2011

"Patents and the Supreme Court's decision in Microsoft v. i4i," Peter C. Lando and Gary Ganzi, Managing Intellectual Property Counsel for Siemens Corporation (a subsidiary of Siemens, AG), and Chair of the Patent Office Practice Committe of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

June 22, 2011

"The Value of Patent Reexaminations to Start Ups and Small Businesses," James C. De Vellis, IPFrontline.

June 20, 2011

"Reconsider Recapture In A Patent Reissue," James C. De Vellis, Law360: Intellectual Property Section.

June 14, 2011

"The Supreme Court Affirms Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard to Invalidate a Patent," Craig R. Smith and Ian Mullet, L&A IP Law Advisory.

June 1, 2011

"The Federal Circuit Changes the Reissue Landscape," James De Vellis, L&A IP Law Advisory.

May 31, 2011

"ICANN's expansion of generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs)," Peter C. Lando and Mary Wong, Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and Director of the School's Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

May 27, 2011

"The Federal Circuit Makes Inequitable Conduct Harder to Prove," Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory. 

May 26, 2011

"Leveraging the Patent Reexamination," Peter C. Lando and James De Vellis, L&A Associate, IP Issues with Lando & Anastasi and Suffolk University Law School on iTunes.

May 26, 2011

"When are "Exclusive Rights" Under a Patent License Enforceable by the Licensee?" Peter C. Lando and Thomas P. McNulty, L&A Associate, IP Issues with Lando & Anastasi and Suffolk University Law School on iTunes.

April 29, 2011

"Best Practices for Developing and Managing your Company's IP Program," Peter C. Lando and Rob Follett, Director and Counsel, Intellectual Property, ZOLL Medical Corporation, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

April 6, 2011

"U.S. Patent Office Implements Optional "Fast Track" Patent Examination," Nicole A. Palmer and Sarah M. Gates, L&A IP Law Advisory.

March 31, 2011

"Patent Misuse after Princo," Peter C. Lando and Dmitry Milikovsky, Senior Intellectual Property Rights Counsel at Qualcomm Technology Licensing, Qualcomm Incorporated, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

March 8, 2011

"Senate Passes America Invents Act," Nicole A. Palmer and Sarah M. Gates, L&A IP Law Advisory.

February 24, 2011

"Inside ITC Investigations," Peter C. Lando and Attorney Craig R. Smith, partner at Lando & Anastasi, LLP, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

January 27, 2011

"Intellectual Property Issues and Employment Law," Peter C. Lando and Attorney Valerie C. Samuels from Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

2010

December 30, 2010

"Trademark Fraud - The Impact of In re Bose on Trademark Owners, Practitioners, and the USPTO," Peter C. Lando and John L. Welch, L&A Of Counsel, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

December 16, 2010

"Federal Circuit Holds that Iterative Method of Medical Treatment is Patentable Subject Matter," Danni Tang and Craig R. Smith, L&A IP Law Advisory.

December 10, 2010

"Leveraging the Patent Reexamination," James De Vellis, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Pats. Sec. No. 23.

November 18, 2010

"Inside the Myriad Genetics Case," Peter C. Lando and Professor Jeff Hawley of the University of New Hampshire School of Law and former Chief Patent Counsel at Eastman Kodak, IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

October 20, 2010

"Intellectual Property Value Creation," Peter C. Lando and Harry Gwinnell, VP and Chief Patent Counsel of Cargill, Inc., IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

September 10, 2010

"What is patentable subject matter? Can a business method be patented?" Peter C. Lando and Gary Ganzi, VP Intellectual Property of Siemens Water Technologies Corp. (a subsidiary of Siemens, AG), IP Counsel on LegalTalkNetwork.

September 3, 2010

"Leveraging The Patent Re-Examination," James C. De Vellis, Law360: Intellectual Property Section.

June 30, 2010

"A Green Light for Green Technology," Nicole A. Palmer, L&A IP Law Advisory.

June 28, 2010

"Business as Usual Post-Bilski," L&A IP Law Advisory.

June/July 2010

"TTAB developments: Bose and beyond," John L. Welch, World Trademark Review, Issue 25.

December/January 2010

"Fraud in the post-Bose era," John L. Welch, World Trademark Review, Issue 22.

January 8, 2010

"CAFC Upholds Fairness for Applicants in Wyeth Decision," Gary Engelson, Sarah Gates, Allyson Hatton, and Thomas McNulty, L&A IP Law Advisory.

2009

October 21, 2009

"London Calling - Protecting Your Right to Priority Abroad," Robert A. Skrivanek, Jr., Gary S. Engelson, and Allyson R. Hatton, L&A IP Law Advisory. 

2008

August 7, 2008

"Control Your Source Code – Or Someone Else Might," Thomas J. McGinnis, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

July 15, 2008

"What's 'New' in Europe?," James C. De Vellis, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

July 11, 2008

"Unconstitutional Judges? – Not Just a Question for Academics," Matthew H. Grady and Gary S. Engelson, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

June 30, 2008

"Common Trademark Application Mishaps and How to Avoid Them," Lisa W. Winsor and Thomas J. McGinnis, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

June 19, 2008

"Swimming Downstream: How to Retain Control Over Patented Technology Beyond the Initial Licensee," Thomas P. McNulty and Robert J. Silverman, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

April 1, 2008

"Court Says 'No Deal' to PTO Rule Changes," Gary S. Engelson and Sarah M. Gates, LL&A IP Law Advisory.

2008

"The TTAB in 2007: Rules, Rulings, and Repercussions," John L. Welch and Ann Lamport Hammitte, Navigating Trademark Practice Before the PTO 2008: From Filing Through the TTAB Hearing, Ch. 5, Practising Law Institute.