Section 101 debate
Restoring the Legislative Framework for Patenting Applications of Scientific Discoveries (cert petition amicus brief filed in Sequenom by Prof. Peter Menell)
Nonpatentability of Business Methods: Legal and Economic Analysis
(amicus brief filed in Bilski by Prof. Peter Menell)
Peter Menell – A Method for Reforming the Patent System (1/2007)
Peter Menell – Tailoring Legal Protection for Computer Software (9/1986)
Pleading Standards
Christian E. Mammen – Patent venue Reform: Whose Move
https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/patent-venue-reform-whose-move (9/2016)
Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, 3rd ed (2016) PDF Hard Copy from Prof. Peter Menell’s Clause 8 Publishing ($90 – for all 1,200 pages) [Contact Prof. Menell (pmenell@law.berkeley.edu) for bulk order]
DTSA and Trade Secrets
James Pooley
The Myth of the Trade Secret Troll: Why the Defend Trade Secrets Act Improves the Protection of Commercial Information (6/2016)
Willful Infringement and Enhanced Damages after Halo
Hopkins Guy, III – 2015 Supreme Court Term: Cert Petitions to Watch (11/2015) http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/11/13/2015-supreme-court-term-cert-petitions-to-watch/id=63046/
Damages
Final Report of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Patent Damages Workshop (August 2016)
Judges Panel
Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, 3rd ed (2016) PDF Hard Copy from Prof. Peter Menell’s Clause 8 Publishing ($90 – for all 1,200 pages) [Contact Prof. Menell (pmenell@law.berkeley.edu) for bulk order]
IPR and Post-Grant Review
Peggy P. Ni – Rethinking Finality in the PTAB Age (2016)
Brian Kwok – Post-Grant Review is Becoming Increasingly Popular (6/2016)
https://www.law360.com/articles/802039/post-grant-review-is-becoming-increasingly-popular
An Update on Post-Grant Review Filings and Decisions (11/2016)
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/858429/an-update-on-post-grant-review-filings-and-decisions
Perspective and Priorities from the USPTO
PTO Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility
Claim Construction Post-Teva
Resources on Teva and Claim Construction
Section 112: Means Plus Function Claiming
Shong Yin, Williamson v. Citrix Online: A Fundamental Shift and Return to Form in Means-Plus-Function Interpretation (2016)
Keynote: The Surprising Resilience of the Patent System
Mark Lemley, The Surprising Resilience of the Patent System (2016)
Prosecution Ethics and PTAB
Julie Holloway – Keeping Tabs on PTAB
https://www.lw.com/thoughtLeadership/keeping-tabs-on-ptab (9/2016)
Patents in the Boardroom
Rob Merges, Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Patent Pools (2016)