Bloomberg BNA Publishes the 2012 Supplement to "Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure"

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Jun 21, 2012, 02:57 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg BNA announces the publication of the 2012 Supplement to Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Seventh Edition, which details significant changes in U.S. patent law resulting from recent decisions and statutory amendments by the district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. The treatise also explains new prosecution rules from the Patent and Trademark Office, making it a resource for analysis of patent case law as well as patent prosecution. 

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The 2012 Supplement discusses changes to patent law set forth in the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, including:

  • Prioritized Track I examination
  • The first-to-invent system
  • Elimination of the best mode defense
  • Revised standards for inter partes reexamination
  • And others

In addition, the Supplement covers more than 40 decisions of the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, including:

  • The Supreme Court's decision in i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft Corp. regarding patent invalidity
  • The Fifth Circuit's decision in Tewari De-Ox Systems v. Mountain States regarding the existence of trade secrets
  • The Federal Circuit's decision in In re Jung regarding claim construction
  • The Federal Circuit's decision in Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paddock Laboratories, Inc. regarding estoppels

The 2012 Supplement also includes a searchable CD-ROM with a comprehensive Cumulative Case Digest in HTML format, providing access to an extensive compilation of precedential language. The Case Digest is organized by specific issue, in favor of patentability. It contains excerpts from leading cases through December 31, 2011. 

The author of Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Seventh Edition, 2012 Supplement is Irah H. Donner, a partner in the Intellectual Property department of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY. Mr. Donner concentrates in the counseling, due diligence, claim analysis, and preparation/prosecution of patents, as well as enforcement of intellectual property, with particular emphasis on financial, business method, internet, and computer software/hardware applications.

Bloomberg BNA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bloomberg, is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. In addition to Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Bloomberg BNA publishes: Constructing and Deconstructing Patents; Patents and the Federal Circuit; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws; Patent Law and Practice; and other titles in intellectual property law. Visit us online for a free catalog, call 1.800.960.1220, or send an email request to [email protected].

Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure, Seventh Edition, 2012 Supplement may be purchased alone (664 pp. Softcover with CD-ROM, Order #2080-PR11/$255.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) or with the main volume (Order #9080P-PR11/$595.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from Bloomberg BNA, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1.800.960.1220. Fax orders: 1.732.346.1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at www.bna.com/bnabooks. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

SOURCE Bloomberg BNA

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