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Released on: Jun. 14, 2013

Taken from the briefing Bowman v. Monsanto: Supreme Court Reinforces the Limits of the “Patent Exhaustion” Defense recorded May, 2013.On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court released its unanimous decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. and reinforced the limits of the “patent exhaustion” doctrine. In its decision, the Supreme Court held that the patent exhaustion doctrine did not shield Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman’s unauthorized planting of Monsanto ...

Released on: Jun. 25, 2013

Taken from the briefing CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp.: Federal Circuit Splits on Patent Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions recorded June, 2013.On May 10, the Federal Circuit handed down a much-anticipated en banc ruling regarding the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  In a per curiam opinion that is perhaps the most important § 101 jurisprudence since the Supreme Court's Bilski v. Kappos ...

Released on: Jun. 13, 2013

Taken from the briefing Basel III and Derivatives Exposures: Understanding the Regulatory Capital Effects recorded May, 2013.The implementation of Basel III in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions may or may not be just around the corner, but it is none too soon for banking organizations to embark on the process of understanding how the evolving regulatory capital regime will affect their balance sheets and operations. One key area of impact will ...

Released on: Jun. 12, 2013

There will be NO CLE CREDIT for this briefing.Taken from the briefing Career Moves and the Experienced Attorney: Building Relationships, Job Search Strategy and Common Interview Mistakes recorded May, 2013.The good news is that the legal marketplace is dynamic; the bad news is that it is ever-changing and uncertain. Frequent job changes and career shifts are going to become part of every legal career.  This program is geared to experienced ...

Released on: Jun. 6, 2013

Please note: There is no CLE credit available for this program.Taken from the briefing Conscious Strategies for Coping with Unconscious Bias: Real World Advice from Female Partners recorded May, 2013.We all have experienced unconscious bias, but sometimes we don’t recognize or know what to do when confronted with it.  A group of female partners will address conscious strategies that have worked for them when unconscious biases present obstacles ...

Released on: Jun. 20, 2013

Taken from the briefing Industrial Design, User Experience, and Maximizing Patent Protection recorded June, 2013.Innovations in product form and user interactivity is front-and-center in many of today’s R&D organizations.  More and more, attorneys are being challenged with protecting the user experience that sometimes transcends the individual elements of an invention.  In this session we explore how the user experience and industrial ...

Released on: Jun. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing It Says So, Therefore It Is - Supreme Court Holds in McCutchen that Plan Terms Control the Scope of a Reimbursement Claim recorded May, 2013.On April 16, the Supreme Court decided the case of US Airways v. McCutchen. In McCutchen, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether reimbursement provisions in a self-funded employee welfare benefit plan governed by ERISA are required to be enforced as they are written. The ...

Released on: Jun. 24, 2013

Taken from the briefing M&A Non-Disclosure Agreements: Drafting and Key Issues that Can Affect the Course of a Deal recorded June, 2013.Entry into a confidentiality agreement is often the first major milestone on the path towards a potential M&A transaction. But while NDAs are certainly ubiquitous, their negotiation and execution is anything but a perfunctory exercise. Indeed, recent case-law has underscored the fact that NDA language can ...

Released on: Jun. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Maximizing Your IP Job Search with PLIP 2013, Part II recorded June, 2013.On Monday, June 24, those of you selected for interviews at Loyola's Patent Law Interview Program will get access to your preliminary interview schedules. As soon as you know who you will be interviewing with, you will want to begin preparing for the program.Our speakers: Alissa Holterman, administrator of Loyola's Patent Law Interview Program; Katharine ...

Released on: Jun. 4, 2013

Taken from the briefing Patent Litigation Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and in MDL Proceedings recorded May, 2013.Patentees continue to file multiple suits asserting the same or overlapping patents that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidates for pretrial proceedings. This trend may increase with the changes to the joinder requirements made by the America Invents Act.Elaine Herrmann Blais and ...

Released on: Jun. 25, 2013

Please note that CLE credit is not available for this program. Lecture Topics  [Total time 01:00:19]