My Thirty-Five-Year Perspective on Intellectual Property, and Where We Stand Now
– Chief Judge Paul R. Michel (ret.) & Matthew J. Dowd
IP 2023 – What Happened, Why It Matters and What’s Next
– Felicia J. Boyd
Hazards, Hype, and Helpfulness – Understanding Generative Artificial Intelligence
– Jamie N. Nafziger
Answers to 5 Big Questions about AI’s Impact on IP
– James W. Beard
Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege in Common Patent Situations
– Hiep A. Pham, Eric J. Snustad & Adam R. Steinert
2023 Patent Law Year in Review – Distilling the Federal Circuit’s Decisions Into Action-Oriented Practice Tips
– John A. Dragseth & Nitika Gupta Fiorella
How to Register Non-Traditional Trademarks – Colors, Sounds, Holograms and More
– Ann Dunn Wessberg
Inputs and Outputs – Mitigating Risk of Generative AI Through Employee Use Policies
– Lisa B. Ellingson & Nadeem W. Schwen
101 & Spec Drafting – Preparing Your Patents for a 101 Attack
– James W. Beard, Kendria Pearson & Karam J. Saab
2023 Trademark Law Year in Review – A Closer Look at the Rogers Test, the Tacking Doctrine and the Unlawful Use Doctrine
– Laura L. Myers & Timothy D. Sitzmann
How to Protect Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in a World Where Noncompetes Have Been Limited
– Megan I. Brennan, Randall E. Kahnke & Anna E. Sallstrom
European Patent Strategy Now That the New Unified Patent Court Has Opened Its Doors – Key Considerations in Advising Clients
– Arnold Asmussen, Richard Ebbink, Dr. Thure Schubert & Mark van Gardingen
Low-Cost Alternatives for Resolving Trademark and Copyright Disputes: How to Use the TMA and the Copyright Small Claims Board
– Joshua J. Burke, Ashley Bennett Ewald & Tiffany A. Blofield
The Enablement Requirement – What Amgen v. Sanofi Means for Patent Application and Litigation Strategy
– Lauren J.F. Barta & Timothy E. Grimsrud
2023 Copyright Law Year in Review – Andy Warhol and the Transformation Factor, 2 Infringement Claims Against the Same Song, and Guidance on Works Containing Material Generated by AI
– David D. Axtell & Ruth Rivard
How to Evaluate a Trademark Infringement Claim
– Michael M. Lafeber
Patent Value – Identifying Patents Likely to Drive Value in Licensing and Enforcement
– Christopher K. Larus & Rajin Singh Olson
Trademark Due Diligence in Transactions
– Julie Nichols Matthews
In-House IP Toolkit – 10 Useful Contract Provisions for IP Transactions
– Daniel G. Happe & Mark R. Privratsky
CHAPTER 1
IP at the Supreme Court 2022–23: A Cornucopia of Decisions
Copyright; Trademarks; Patents
– Felicia J. Boyd
CHAPTER 2
Federal Circuit Year In Review: 2022–23
Introduction; Section 101; Section 102; Section 103; Section 112; Claim Construction; Post-Grant Procedure; Infringement; Litigation; Remedies; Equitable Doctrines; Trademark; Miscellaneous
– John A. Dragseth
CHAPTER 3
Notable Federal District Court Patent Cases and Trends 2022–23
Introduction; Notable District Court Patent Case Developments
– Timothy E. Grimsrud & Lauren J.F. Barta
CHAPTER 4
Decisions of Interest for PTAB Practitioners for 2022–23
Introduction; Discretionary Denial Based on Fintiv Factors; Multiple Dependent Claims in Inter Partes Review; Declaration Sufficiency; Actions Constituting Abandonment of Inter Partes Review; Abuse of Inter Partes Review Process
– Timothy E. Bianchi & Steven L. Reitenour
CHAPTER 5
2023 Copyright Update
Introduction; Supreme Court; Recent Cases of Interest; Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
– Ruth Rivard & David Axtell
CHAPTER 6
Trade Secrets: Key Developments and Takeaways 2022–23
Introduction; Minnesota Enacted a New Law Rendering Void and Unenforceable Future Covenants Not to Compete; The Federal Government Continues to Target Noncompete and No-Poach Agreements; The Federal Government Increased Efforts to Prevent Theft of Trade Secrets by Foreign Adversaries; The Fifth Circuit Highlighted the Importance of Actual Evidence of Irreparable Harm for a Preliminary Injunction; The Ninth Circuit Affirmed a District Court’s Finding that Mass Employee Departures Were Circumstantial Evidence of Trade Secret Misappropriation; The Trend Toward Significant Damages Verdicts; Recent Cases Reaffirmed the Flexible Approach to Calculating Damages in Trade Secret Cases; Reasonable Royalty Damages Can Be Awarded Even When a Defendant Has Not Put the Misappropriated Trade Secrets to Commercial Use; Courts Continued to Scrutinize Strategically Important Compilation Trade Secrets
– Randall E. Kahnke, Lauren W. Linderman, Matthew E. Burkhart & Bryan K. Washburn
CHAPTER 7
Key Trademark Decisions of 2022–23
Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 143 S. Ct. 1578, 2023 U.S. Lexis 2422 (2023); San Antonio Winery, Inc. v. Jiaxing Micarose Trade Co., 53 F.4th 1136 (9th Cir. 2022); Abitron Austria Gmbh v. Hetronic International, Inc., No. 21-1043, 2023 U.S. Lexis 2789 (U.S. June 29, 2023); Bertini v. Apple Inc., 63 F.4th 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2023); Hermès International v. Rothschild, No. 22-cv-384-1, 2023 U.S. Dist. Lexis 17669 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2023); Pac-West Distributing NV LLC v. Afab Industrial Services, Inc., No. 19-3584, 2023 U.S. Dist. Lexis 89469 (E.D. Pa. May 22, 2023); H&R Block, Inc. v. Block, Inc., 58 F.4th 939 (8th Cir. 2023)
– Timothy D. Sitzmann & Megan M. Miller
CHAPTER 8
Daniel’s and Spaniels: The Tenuous Relationship Between Trademarks and Free Speech
Introduction; Matal v. Tam, 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017) and Iancu v. Brunetti, 139 S. Ct. 2294 (2019); The Rogers Test; Fair Use; Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, 143 S. Ct. 1578 (2023); In Re Elster, 26 F.4th 1328 (Fed. Cir. 2022); Conclusion
– Stephen R. Baird & Jacob M. Abdo
CHAPTER 9
Fraud at the USPTO: Leveraging the New Lower Standard, Mitigating the Risk of Cancellation
Introduction; Opportunities for Fraud at the USPTO; Pleading Fraud; History of Proving Intent on a Fraud Claim; Chutter, Inc. v. Great Management Group, LLC, et al.; Pleading and Proving Reckless Disregard
– Stephen R. Baird & Molly R. Littman
CHAPTER 10
Top 10 Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decisions for 2022–23
Introduction; Top 10 TTAB Cases of 2022–23
– Wesley D. Anderson & Bradley J. Walz
CHAPTER 11
Developments in European Intellectual Property Law 2022–23
Introduction; The EU Data Act; Artificial Intelligence; Recent Trademark Developments
– Jodi A. Deschane, Huw Beverley-Smith, Jeanine Leahy & Charlotte Perowne
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