- Investigating Terrorism: The Role of the First AmendmentBy: Amy E. Hooper This iBrief discusses the constitutionality of a government policy enacted shortly after September 11, 2001 that denies public access to deportation hearings in cases allegedly bearing some connection to terrorism. ...
- The “Commercial Offer for Sale” Standard After Minnesota Mining v. ChemqueBy: Campbell Chiang The Supreme Court established a two-part test for determining when an invention is “on sale” under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) in Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc. For the on-sale bar to be ...
- The “Commercial Offer for Sale” Standard After Minnesota Mining v. ChemqueBy: Campbell Chiang The Supreme Court established a two-part test for determining when an invention is “on sale” under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) in Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc. For the on-sale bar to be ...
- Piracy Deserves No PrivacyBy: Frank Chao The Recording Industry Association of America (“RIAA”), the music industry’s trade and lobbying group, recently initiated a controversial tactic to bring to surface previously anonymous digital pirates of the Internet. This ...
- Patenting Computer Data Structures: The Ghost, the Machine and the Federal CircuitBy: Andrew Joseph Hollander Courts view “data structures,” the mechanism by which computers store data in meaningful relationships, differently than do computer scientists. While computer scientists recognize that data structures have aspects that are ...