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New Ninth Edition of Patents and the Federal Circuit

Updated With the Latest Cases and Analyses

NEWS RELEASE

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Matt Greene
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Arlington, Va. (July 1, 2009) – Keep up with the current state of patent law with the most comprehensive analysis of every Federal Circuit patent case through 2008 with the new Ninth Edition of Patents and the Federal Circuit, published by BNA Books, a division of BNA.
            
The Ninth Edition of Patents and the Federal Circuit covers all important Federal Circuit and Supreme Court decisions through the end of calendar year 2008. Among other notable developments, it explores the adherence — or lack of it — of the Federal Circuit to the vague standards of patentability of a combination of old elements set forth in the Supreme Court’s 2007 KSR decision; the Federal Circuit’s stunning about-face in its Egyptian Goddess decision on how the question of infringement of a design patent is to be resolved; the celebrated decision of In re Bilski, wherein the Federal Circuit abandoned much of its precedent dealing with the §101 eligibility of method claims and substituted a “machine-or-transformation” test, thus casting substantial doubt on the continued patentability of so-called “business method” inventions;  the Federal Circuit’s elaboration of the Supreme Court’s 2007 MedImmune decision, which promises to expand the availability of declaratory judgments in patent infringement litigation; how the Supreme Court’s 2006 eBay decision has shaped the Federal Circuit’s attitude toward injunctive relief in cases of patent infringement; and more.

Patents and the Federal Circuit addresses the changing issues and developments in substantive patent law, infringement litigation, and procedure. The author distills the opinions issued by the primary source of governing law on patents—the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit—to provide attorneys with one-source access to controlling case law.

Robert L. Harmon, a former patent litigator, has spent the past 17 years as a special master, mediator, arbitrator, and expert witness in patent infringement cases, is the author of Patents and the Federal Circuit, Ninth Edition. He was a partner with a large intellectual property law firm for 33 years.

BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to Patents and the Federal Circuit, BNA’s Book Division publishes Biotechnology and the Federal Circuit; Computer and Intellectual Property Crime: Federal and State Law; Drafting Patent License Agreements; Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice; Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace; Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction and Litigation Issues; Intellectual Property Technology Transfer; International Patent Litigation: A Country-by-Country Analysis; Internet Law: A Field Guide; Legal Protection of Digital Information; Patent Infringement Remedies; Patent Law and Practice; Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook; Patent Prosecution: Practice and Procedure Before the U.S. Patent Office; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations; Drafting Patents for Litigation and Licensing; Trademark Dilution: Federal, State, and International Law; and other titles in legal specialties. The BNA Books Web site, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.

Patents and the Federal Circuit, Ninth Edition (Estimated 1,600 pp. Hardcover/Order #1798-PRY9/ ISBN# 978-1-57018-798-8/$520.00, plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1-800-960-1220. Fax orders: 1-732-346-1624. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to books@bna.com. A 10 percent discount is available on all titles when ordering from the Web site. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.                                                                                                  

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