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Intellectual Property Litigation: Defining and Determining Patent Eligibility and Copyright Liability
September 16, 2011
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Litigation partner Lew Clayton's intellectual property litigation column in the September 14 issue of the New York Law Journal discusses several recent Federal Circuit decisions concerning the controversial issue of patent eligibility -- the principles that determine the dividing line between patentable inventions and abstract ideas that remain in the public domain. The column also discusses recent copyright and trademark cases of interest. Litigation associate Scott J. Sholder assisted in the preparation of this column.