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Some of My Pet Peeves
Intellectual Property Today, July-08

Foolish Inconsistency
Intellectual Property Today, June-08

The Federalist Papers Versus Anonymous Bloggers
Intellectual Property Today,May-08

TrollTracker, Cisco and the Coalition for Fairness to Foxes in the Hen House
Intellectual Property Today, April-08

The Cowardice of Anonymous Bloggers
Intellectual Property Today, March -08

People In Glass Houses
Intellectual Property Today, February-08

The Still-Starved Patent Office
Intellectual Property Today, December-07

The Specification Is the Claim
Intellectual Property Today, November-07

Disbursements: More Costly Than You Might Think
Intellectual Property Today, October-07

I Am Intel. I Am Big. I Am Right
Intellectual Property Today, September-07

In Favor of Brainstorming
Intellectual Property Today, July-07

KSR: Some Things Are Best Left Unsaid
Intellectual Property Today, July-07

My Wishes for 2007 - Part 2
Intellectual Property Today, June-07

When You Should "Beat Up" Your Client?
Intellectual Property Today, April-07

The Secret to Winning: Don’t Represent Jerks
Intellectual Property Today, March-07

My Wishes for 2007 - Part 1
Intellectual Property Today, February-07

Being Cheaper: Keeping Litigation Costs Down
Intellectual Property Today, January-07

Mega-Firms: The Mega-Headache
Intellectual Property Today, December-06

Is the CAFC Really Pro-Patent?: The CAFC and the Legal Press
Intellectual Property Today, October-06

Where Congress Should Act: Deal With the Unfortunate Consequence of NTP
Intellectual Property Today, September-06

Are Alternative Fee Arrangements Better for the Plaintiff Than Contingent Fee Litigation?
Intellectual Property Today, August-06

Hysteria Lane
Intellectual Property Today, July-06

Earth Calling Corporate Executives
Intellectual Property Today, June-06

Is IBM a Patent Troll?
Intellectual Property Today, May-06

Stanford University – A Patent Troll?
Intellectual Property Today, April-06

The Patent Reform Act and Inequitable Conduct
Intellectual Property Today, March-06

Patent Trolls – or Not?
Intellectual Property Today, February-06

Don't Mud Wrestle!
Intellectual Property Today, December-05

Markman Hearings: Some Guidelines
Intellectual Property Today, November-05

Some Deposition Dos and Don'ts
Intellectual Property Today, October-05

A Claim Does Not Describe An Invention
Intellectual Property Today, September-05

Who Says Contingent Fee Lawyers Are the Biggest Moneymakers?
Intellectual Property Today, August-05

The "Perfect" (i.e., "Winnable") Contingent Fee Case Revisited
Intellectual Property Today, July-05

Claim Construction: A Question of Language, Not Law
Intellectual Property Today, June-05

In Favor of Brainstorming
Intellectual Property Today, May-05

New Rules for Inventors
Intellectual Property Today, April-05

What Now? Post-Grant Oppositions and the Proposed Budget
Intellectual Property Today, March-05

A Modest Proposal
Intellectual Property Today, February-05

The Hole and the Patch
Intellectual Property Today, January-05

The Gobi Desert Revisited
Intellectual Property Today, December-04

Wacky Patents: Only In America?
Intellectual Property Today, November-04

Dear AIPLA: Keep Our Message Consistent
Intellectual Property Today, October-04

Non-Disclosure Agreements for Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property Today, September-04

Post-Grant Opposition: Building on Sand
Intellectual Property Today, August-04

Protecting Against Inequitable Conduct Accusations
Intellectual Property Today, July-04

Use Your Client
Intellectual Property Today, June-04

The Collective Memory of Juries: One Reason Why Juries Are Better Than Judges
Intellectual Property Today, May-04

Preparing the Inventor for Deposition, Part 3, or How to Keep the Lion from Eating the Christian
Intellectual Property Today, April-04

Technical Advisors
Intellectual Property Today, March-04

The Jury: A Better Decision-Maker
Intellectual Property Today, February-04

Markman Eight Years Later
Intellectual Property Today, January-04

What's Wrong With Protective Orders? Part 2
Intellectual Property Today, November-03

What's Wrong With Protective Orders? Part 1
Intellectual Property Today, October-03

Another Look at PTO Examiners
Intellectual Property Today, September-03

Be Cheap: A Crucial Secret to Successful Contingent Fee Litigation
Intellectual Property Today, August-03

How to Communicate With a Client
Intellectual Property Today, July-03

What's Wrong With the Patent Office?
Intellectual Property Today, June-03

How to Make Effective Use of a Mediation
Intellectual Property Today, May-03

About Summary Judgments
Intellectual Property Today, April-03

Scheduling Orders: A Crash-and-Burn Failure
Intellectual Property Today, March-03

How to Simply.... My Wishes for 2003
Intellectual Property Today, February-03

Deposing Experts
Intellectual Property Today, January-03

Improve Your Expert's Reports
Intellectual Property Today, December-02

Expert's Reports and Testimony
Intellectual Property Today, November-02

What Makes a Good Lawyer?
Intellectual Property Today, October-02

What's Going On Out There?
Intellectual Property Today, September-02

The Wisdom of Juries
Intellectual Property Today, August-02

The Ideal Contingent Fee Client
Intellectual Property Today, July-02

Preparing the Inventor for a Deposition: A Second Look
Intellectual Property Today, June-02

Let's Fight Over Everything
Intellectual Property Today, May-02

Who is the Law For?
Intellectual Property Today, April-02

A Judge's Top Ten List
Intellectual Property Today, March-02

My Top Ten List
Intellectual Property Today, February-02

Civility or Honesty? Which Should You Choose?
Intellectual Property Today, January-02

Using Interrogatories Saves Time and Money
Intellectual Property Today, December-01

A Different Kind of Expert Witness
Intellectual Property Today, November-01

How Do You Force a Trouble-Maker to Cooperate?
Intellectual Property Today, October-01

Don't Hire the Law Firm: Hire the Lawyer
Intellectual Property Today, September-01

Let's Make a Bad Idea Even Worse
Intellectual Property Today, August-01

How to Recognize the Lousy Contingent Fee Case
Intellectual Property Today,
July-01

The Truth About the Business Method Patent Improvement Act of 2000
Intellectual Property Today, June-01

Does Festo Change Patent Prosecution?
Intellectual Property Today, May-01

What I Would Do If I Were Boss
Intellectual Property Today, April-01

A Reader Comments
Intellectual Property Today, March-01

Bring Your Egg Timer
Intellectual Property Today, February-01

A Long Walk From the Gobi Desert to the River Styx
Intellectual Property Today, January-01

Don't Mud Wrestle!
Intellectual Property Today, December-00

What Can Be Done to Improve Inventors' Depositions?
Intellectual Property Today, November-00

How to Negotiate a License That Will Hold Up Later On In Court
Intellectual Property Today, October-00

If You Are Looking for Justice, Try a Jury
Intellectual Property Today, September-00

Patent or Trade Secret: Which One is Best?
Intellectual Property Today, August-00

Inequitable Conduct: A Time Waster
Intellectual Property Today, July-00

How Law is Made
Intellectual Property Today, June-00

The Sky is Falling: Or, Over-Reaction to the Anecdote
Intellectual Property Today, May-00

Markman Redux
Intellectual Property Today, April-00

How to Simplify a Trial
Intellectual Property Today, March-00

The Attorney-Client Privilege: Not As Clear-Cut As You Might Think
Intellectual Property Today, February-00

How to Make Sure Your Client Wins If He Ends Up In A Lawsuit
Intellectual Property Today, January-00

Procrastination: Through the Street of Bye-and Bye to the House of Never
Intellectual Property Today, December-99

Is Rule 26 Serving Its Goals of Uniformity and Simplicity?
Intellectual Property Today, November-99

Another Trip Through Markman
Intellectual Property Today, October-99

Is English Spoken Here?
Intellectual Property Today, September-99

Warning: This Article May Be Dangerous To Your Health
Intellectual Property Today, August-99

What Upsets Judges -- And How Not to Do It!
Intellectual Property Today, July-99

Experts: A Benefit Or Mutually Assured Destruction?
Intellectual Property Today, June-99

A Contingent Fee Victory
Intellectual Property Today, May-99

How Important Is The Prosecution History - Part 2
Intellectual Property Today, April-99

How Important Is The Prosecution History
Intellectual Property Today, March-99

How to Minimize Discovery Wars in Contingent Fee Litigation
Intellectual Property Today, February-99

How Can You Sue When You Can't Afford to Pay?
Intellectual Property Today, January-99

Things They Don't Teach You In Law School
Intellectual Property Today, December-98

How to Recognize the "Perfect" (i.e. "Winnable") Contingent Fee Case
Intellectual Property Today, November-98

Bullet-Proofing for Patent Litigation
Inventors' Digest magazine

Success almost guarantees that somebody someday will infringe your patent. Don't make mistakes while prosecuting your patent that will come back to bite you.

Bullet-Proofing for License Litigation (Part One)
Inventors' Digest magazine

I have litigated many lawsuits on behalf of inventors who THOUGHT they had negotiated a strong license....

Bullet-Proofing for License Litigation (Part Two)
Inventors' Digest magazine
It's distinctly to your advantage to look at your invention and your license from your licensee's vantage point.

Playing the Patenting Game
American Medical News--AMA Publication

Physicians are constantly improving the art and science of medicine. Here's how to patent your ideas and license and protect your inventions.

The Economic Espionage Act: A Very Mixed Blessing
Intellectual Property Today
We have another tool in protection of trade secrets: the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. But there are serious consequences and some real disadvantages you should consider before deciding to employ the Economic Espionage Act


Corporate Espionage: Protecting Trade Secrets
ACCA Docket

Criminal or Civil Pursuit of Trade Secret Misappropriation: How Do You Decide?
The American Lawyer's Corporate Counsel Magazine
(titled: Thanks, But We'd Rather Do it Ourselves)
The Economic Espionage Act offers prosecutors a powerful new tool for going after thieves who steal trade secrets. But it's not for every company.

Can a Trademark Be Used to Extend an Expired Patent?
Intellectual Property Today
Intellectual property protection can overlap...many patented products can be protected by trademarks and copyrights. In a recent court case, a trademark was used to extend the life of an expired patent.


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