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Intellectual Property

• Anti-counterfeiting 2013 – A Global Guide (Chapter on United States Law)

  by Alexandra Capachietti
        Mark Schonfeld
        Sara Yevics Beccia
  (World Trademark Review)
  2013
  Mark Schonfeld, Sara Beccia and Alexandra Capachietti authored the chapter on United States law in the 2013 Global AntiCounterfeiting Guide published by World Trademark Review.
  
  This article first appeared in Anti-counterfeiting 2013 – A Global Guide, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by The IP Media Group. To view the issue in full, please go to www.worldtrademarkreview.com.
  

• Can Gray Market Goods Be Stopped?

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus Newsletter, Page 2)
  Winter 2013
  
  

• The Red-Soled Shoes Debate

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (BostInno)
  October 2012
  
  

• Presidential Branding: Trademarking on the Campaign Trail

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (BostInno)
  October 2012
  
  

• Making the Connections

  by Josef B. Volman
  (BostInno)
  September 2012
  
  

• International Computer Law

  by Stephen Y. Chow
  (Matthew Bender/Lexis-Nexis Publishing)
  2008 - present
  Updated semi-annually
  

• The Law of the Internet

  by Stephen Y. Chow
  (Matthew Bender/Lexis-Nexis Publishing)
  2009 - present
  Updated annually
  

• The Federal Technology Transfer Process Licenses and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (2012 Licensing Update)
  2012
  Jesse Erlich was the author of this chapter from the 2012 Licensing Update, published by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business.
  

• Intellectual Property Law: Severance Of Patent Litigation Defendants in a Post-AIA Legal Landscape

  by Zachary R. Gates
  (New Hampshire Bar News)
  June 2012
  
  

• How shoe soles might impact mobile iconography

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly)
  June 2012
  
  

• United States of America (Chapter in Protecting Brands Online)

  by Deborah J. Peckham
        Renee Inomata
        Sara Yevics Beccia
  (The European Lawyer Reference Series)
  2012
  
  

• Understanding the Impact of the AIA's Patent Reform Measures

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Aspatore Books)
  2011
  Orlando Lopez wrote the chapter titled, "Understanding the Impact of the AIA's Patent Reform Measures" in the book, The Impact of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act: Leading Lawyers on Interpreting and applying the Patent Reform Act of 2011.
  

• Personalized Medicine: A Dynamic Patent Landscape

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (The National Law Journal (IP Supplement Online))
  December 2011
  
  

• Introduction to Trademark Law

  by Deborah J. Peckham
        Jerry Cohen
        Renee Inomata
        Mark Schonfeld
        Sara Yevics Beccia
  (Intellectual Property Practice, MCLE)
  October 2011
  Editor: Jerry Cohen. Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Sara Beccia, Renee Inomata, Deborah Peckham and Mark Schonfeld.
  

• .XXX Is Here. Have You Prepared Yourself?

  by Deborah J. Peckham
        Renee Inomata
        Sara Yevics Beccia
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  October 2011
  
  

• America Invents Act - A Paradigm Shift in Patent Law

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  September 16, 2011
  
  

• Intellectual Property Considerations for Medical Device Companies

  by Dr. Ronda P. Moore
  (Medical Devices Law and Regulation Answer Book)
  2011-12
  Dr. Ronda Moore was a co-author of Chapter 13, "Intellectual Property Considerations for Medical Device Companies."
  

• Congress is Fashioning a Fashion Law for Fashion Design

  by Dr. Ronda P. Moore
  (Boston Spirit Magazine)
  September / October 2011
  
  

• Assignments and the Bayh-Dole Act After Stanford v Roche

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
       Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  July 2011
  
  

• The Federal Technology Transfer Process Licenses and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (2011 Licensing Update)
  2011
  Jesse Erlich was the author of this chapter from the 2011 Licensing Update, published by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business.
  

• Fashion Law

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Boston Spirit Magazine)
  March/April 2011
  
  

• US and Canadian view on legal issues in refilling cartridges

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Recycling Times Magazine)
  January 2011
  
  

• Combating Grey Goods in the United States

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) Gazette)
  November 2010
  
  

• Stopping the sale of gray-market medical devices

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Westlaw Journal)
  October 2010
  
  

• Are Minimum Resale Price Plans Legal?

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus)
  Fall 2010
  
  

• Effective Weapons Against Gray Goods

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Corporate Counsel)
  August 2010
  
  

• Intellectual Property Law (First Circuit Decisions)

  by Zachary R. Gates
  (Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation)
  2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Editions
  Zachary Gates co-authored a chapter of this annual publication.
  

• A patent lawyer at Guantanamo Bay

  by Jerry Cohen
  (PATNEWS Newsletter)
  August 2010
  Jerry Cohen's article was featured in the section titled, "Patent examiners versus Guantanamo Bay military lawyers" in PATNEWS.
  

• Supreme Court Decision on Patentability sends Patentability Issues Back to Known Grounds

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  July 2010
  
  

• Get To Know Us...

  by Donald E. Vaughan
        Deborah J. Peckham
        Lisa M. Cukier
        Ellen J. Zucker
        Laura R. Studen
        Peter F. Zupcofska
        Scott H. Moskol
  (Boston Spirit Magazine, Seasonal People Issue)
  May/June 2010
  
  

• Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit or Grant

  by Jennifer B. Green
        Mark Schonfeld
  (Client Update)
  April 2010
  
  

• Legal Risks Associated with Interactive Marketing Campaigns and Social Networks

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (Focus [Page 1])
  Spring 2010
  
  

• Protect it Now! Using the US Patent Office's Accelerated Examination Process

  by Bruce D. Jobse
  (Focus [Page 2])
  Winter 2010
  
  

• Design Protection for Apparel: Know Your Options

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Apparel)
  January 2010
  Mark Schonfeld co-authored this article with Stephen F. W. Ball.
  

• Inadequate assignments can imperil patent rights

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (The National Law Journal)
  November 2009
  
  

• Ongoing IP Due Diligence - The Duty to Protect Valuable Corporate Assets

  (Business Law Today)
  November/December 2009
  
  

• Introducing Deborah Peckham: From Archaeology to E-Commerce (... and “still gay”)

  by Deborah J. Peckham
        Lisa M. Cukier
  (Boston Spirit Magazine)
  November / December 2009
  
  

• Can You Stop Unauthorized Distribution of Your Product?

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus [page 2])
  Fall 2009
  
  

• Brand Protection - Recent Developments

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  July 2009
  
  

• Evolution of Complex RNA Polymerases: The Complete Archaeal RNA Polymerase Structure

  (PLoS Biology)
  May 2009
  
  

• Export Control Laws

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (www.ExportRules.com)
  May 2009
  
  

• Stimulus law, green technology and IP rights: a happy nexus

  (New Hampshire Business Review, Vol. 31, No. 10, p. 53)
  May 2009
  
  

• Practical Steps for Personal Information Security: What to do now to comply with the new regulations

  by Renee Inomata
  (Focus [Page 2])
  Spring 2009
  
  

• Green tech, the stimulus package and IP protection

  (Mass High Tech, Vol. 27, Issue 16, Pg. 14)
  April 17, 2009
  
  

• Broad Copyright Protection Extended To Corporate Training Materials, Even "Aggressively Vapid" Ones!

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  April 2009
  
  

• Supplementary International Search

  by Marlo M. Schepper
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  March 2009
  
  

• Outsourcing Your Intellectual Property Work May Be Illegal

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (IPFrontline.com)
  December 2008
  
  

• Outsourcing Your Intellectual Property Work May Be Illegal

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  November 2008
  
  

• Court Clarifies the Standard for Whether a Method/Process Claim is Patentable

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  October 2008
  
  

• Intangible Business Assets: Value in Unregistered IP

  (Science and Technology Quarterly Newsletter, ABA Section, Vol. 1, Issue 2)
  October 2008
  
  

• Beware of Export Control Laws

  (Massachusetts Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Journal)
  Summer 2008
  
  

• Who Owns Employees Inventions? The Employer or the Employee?

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Tips from the Top - The Alternative Board)
  August 2008
  
  

• Managing Risks Associated with IP

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel)
  July 2008
  
  

• Setting the record straight on legal-protection terms

  by Jacob (Jesse) N. Erlich
  (Boston Business Journal)
  March 2008
  Patents, copyrights and trademarks
  

• Court Signals A Potential End To Race-To-The-Courthouse Forum Shopping In Patent Suits

  by Howard J. Susser
        Jerry Cohen
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  March 2008
  
  

• Challenges with Patenting Software

  (Vermont Bar Journal)
  Winter 2007/2008
  
  

• Think “Insurance” When Facing An IP Claim

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus)
  Winter 2008
  
  

• Search Engine Advertising - Can They Use My Trademark?

  (Focus)
  Fall 2007
  
  

• Bodog: Protecting Internet Domains from Patent Claims

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (World Online Gambling Law Report)
  October 2007
  This article was written by by Anthony R. Holtzman and Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Changes to USPTO Rules on Number of Claims Examined

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Client Update)
  August 2007
  
  

• Balancing patents and trade secret strategies in tech

  by Jerry Cohen
  (Mass High Tech)
  August 3, 2007
  
  

• USPTO is Considering Changing Rules for Claims Reciting Multiple Species in the Alternative

  by Dr. Janine M. Susan
  (Intellectual Property Client Update)
  August 2007
  
  

• Forthcoming Changes to USPTO Rules

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Client Update)
  July 2007
  
  

• Will the KSR Decision Change the Patent Landscape?

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  June 2007
  
  

• Managing Innovation: Patent Basics for Biotechnology Counsel (Chapter II)

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (Biotechnology and the Law)
  2007
  
  

• The Once and Future Stem Cell Patent

  by Dr. Janine M. Susan
  (Mass High Tech)
  May 4, 2007
  
  

• Intellectual Property Review

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Annual Review of Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation)
  2006, 2007 and 2008 Editions
  
  

• Patent Office Fixing Fair Evaluation of Nanotech

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (Mass High Tech)
  March 9, 2007
  
  

• Too many companies don't adequately protect IP

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Boston Business Journal)
  March 2007
  
  

• Supreme Court Rulings Will Impact Patent Holders

  by Dr. Orlando Lopez
  (New England In-House)
  March 2007
  
  

• Stopping Gray Market Imports

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  February 2007
  
  

• Estate Planning For Clients With Intellectual Property

  (Focus [Page 3])
  Winter 2007
  
  

• Fraud and Counterfeiting on the Internet

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus [Page 4])
  Winter 2007
  
  

• Got an Invention or Creative Work? Protect it Now

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Boston Spirit Magazine)
  January/February 2007
  
  

• Supreme Court Ends Special Treatment for Patent Injunctions

  by Howard J. Susser
        Jerry Cohen
  (Boston Bar Journal)
  November/December 2006
  
  

• Ownership of Intellectual property - The View from 30,000 Feet

  by Jerry Cohen
  (Focus [Page 1])
  Fall 2006
  
  

• U.S. Congress: The Goodlatte-Leach Bill

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (World Online Gambling Law Report)
  July 2006
  This article was written by by Robert A. Lawton, Sean P. Mahoney, Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• How to Protect Your Company's IP

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Understanding IP for Executives)
  June 2006
  
  

• Good Patent Practices Never Out of Style

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel)
  March 2006
  
  

• Patents and Antitrust: The Illinois Tool Case

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  March 2006
  
  

• Trade Secret or Patent?

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Focus)
  January 2006
  
  

• The future of patents are pending with Congress and the courts in 2006

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Mass High Tech)
  December 2005
  
  

• Major Shift in U.S. Patent Laws Favors Competition

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Focus)
  Fall 2005
  
  

• The Internet Auction House and Secondary Liability – Will eBay Have to Answer to Grokster

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (The Trademark Reporter)
  September/October 2005
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• U.S. Patent Laws Shifting to Encourage Competition

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Mass High Tech)
  Aug. 1-7, 2005
  
  

• Changes headed to patent system: Will you be ready?

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (Boston Business Journal)
  June 3-9, 2005
  
  

• U.S. Supreme Court Favors Innovation, Even if at Expense of Patent Rights

  by Laura L. Carroll
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  June 2005
  
  

• MOM, DAD! Can I have $10,000? I need to fill my iPod®. A Few Thoughts on MGM v. Grokster

  by Merton E. Thompson
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  June 2005
  
  

• Obeying the ‘Speed’ Limit

  by Zachary R. Gates
  (13 PENN. ST. ENVTL. L. REV. 173)
  2005
  Framing the Appropriate Role of EPA Criminal Enforcement Actions against Clandestine Drug Laboratory Operators in Light of the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of 2000
  

• Flexibility in License Arrangements

  by Mark W. Manning
  (Intellectual Property Update)
  April 2005
  
  

• Take Our Advice, But Not Necessarily Our Opinion

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Focus)
  Spring 2005
  
  

• Protecting Your Invention When Seeking Venture Capital Financing

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus)
  Winter 2005
  
  

• Biotech Research Tool Patents: The Good, The Bad, and Freely Available?

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (biotech.about.com)
  November 2004
  
  

• Making intellectual property portfolios attractive to venture capitalists

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (IP Value 2005: Building and enforcing intellectual property value.)
  2004
  
  

• Excused from patent infringement liability? Think again

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (Mass High Tech)
  August 2004
  
  

• Foreign Patent Filing: Protecting Your Technology in a Global Environment

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report)
  July 2004
  
  

• Appeals Court Could Clarify 'Advice-Of-Counsel Defense' in Patent Infringement Cases

  by Howard J. Susser
  (New England In-House)
  July 2004
  
  

• Legal Uncertainty Increases Risks to Alleged Patent Infringers

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Boston Business Journal)
  June 2004
  
  

• Trademark Licensee's Rights Survive Bankrupt Licensor's Rejection

  (Intellectual Property Update)
  May 2004
  
  

• Use of the Madrid Protocol Has Been Modest So Far

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (The National Law Journal)
  April 2004
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Giving Inter Partes Reexamination a Chance to Work

  (AIPLA Quarterly Journal)
  Spring 2004
  
  

• China's Intellectual Property System

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (White Paper)
  March 2004
  
  

• Taming Expectations:; The Risks and Rewards of U.S. Participation in the Madrid Protocol

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (TM World Magazine)
  March 2004
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Who Owns Employee Inventions? The Employer or the Employee

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Focus)
  Winter 2004
  
  

• Lexmark and the Remanufacturers: Copyrights, Patents and the Digital Millenium Copyright Act

  (Intellectual Property Update)
  December 2003
  
  

• The Madrid Protocol: Effective November 2, 2003

  (Intellectual Property Update)
  October 2003
  
  

• Supreme Court: Federal Lanham Act No Help to Owners of Expired Copyrights

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Intellectual Property Reporter)
  July 2003
  
  

• RIAA to Continue Pressure on Universities

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (DMCA Alert)
  June 2003
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Running with the Bulls: What Trademark Owners Should Know About the Madrid Protocol

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (IP Observer)
  Spring 2003
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Correctness of Inventorship

  (White Paper)
  April 2003
  
  

• Provisional Patent Applications – A Trap for the Unwary

  by Dr. Michael H. Brodowski
  (Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP’s Intellectual Property Observer)
  Winter 2003
  
  

• Business Software Alliance Brings Software Amnesty Program to Boston

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (Client Bulletin)
  February 2003
  
  

• A Cautionary Tale for Investors Who Demonstrate Their Inventions

  (White Paper)
  Summer 2002
  
  

• Beware of Exposing Your Technology to Foreign Nationals

  by Victoria L. Walton
  (White Paper)
  Summer 2002
  
  

• Trojan Horses and Safe Harbors: Navigating Data Privacy Law

  by Deborah J. Peckham
  (IP Observer)
  Summer 2002
  This article was written by Deborah J. Peckham.
  

• Fair Use or Not Fair Use? The Size of the Image Makes all the Difference

  by Renee Inomata
  (Internet & Technology Update)
  Spring 2002
  
  

• Registering Your Company's Marks

  by Renee Inomata
  (Internet & Technology Update)
  Winter 2002
  
  

• Bioinformatics Patent Litigation Strategy

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (Mealey's Patent Litigation Reporter)
  2002
  
  

• E-Commerce and Communications

  by Stephen Y. Chow
  (Matthew Bender/Lexis Nexis Publishing)
  2002 - 2008
  Updated semi-annually
  

• Dramatic Change in U.S. Patent Law will Aid Alleged Infringers and Ecourage Closer Design-Arounds

  by Howard J. Susser
  (Ireland-U.S. Technology Newsletter)
  March 2001
  
  

• To Protect IP, Remember Criminal Law

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (New York Law Journal)
  2001
  
  

• Protecting Your Trade Secrets: The Basics

  by Renee Inomata
  (Focus)
  Winter 2001
  
  

• Free Speech Online or Business Nightmare?

  by Merton E. Thompson
  (The Internet Lawyer)
  February 2000
  
  

• If They Don't 'Use', You Might Lose

  by Merton E. Thompson
  (Multimedia and Technology Licensing Law Report)
  January 2000
  
  

• Introduction to Intellectual Property Law for Multimedia Technology and Applications

  (White Paper)
  1998
  
  

• A U.S. Perspective on High-Tech Trademark Issues

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (International Trademark Association)
  1998
  
  

• The Federalization of Trade Secrets Law: The Economic Espionage Act

  by Mark Schonfeld
  (The IP Litigator)
  1997
  
  

• “Conducting a Civil Trial on the Clock”

  by William M. Simmons
  (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly)
  June 1993
  
  

• “The Equal Access to Justice Act”

  by William M. Simmons
  (Public Contract Law Journal)
  January 1982