BNA Books' New 2009 Cumulative Supplement to 'Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition' Keeps Pace with Rapidly Evolving Changes
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, announces the publication of the 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition.
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Case citations needed to make points, examples of how to draft a claim to a data structure, and advice on how to a client's method of doing business, are all included in Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition with the new 2009 Cumulative Supplement. Designed by practitioners for practitioners in this litigious area of law, this treatise is the only strategy guide needed to deal with lightning-speed technological developments, changes in PTO policy, and pivotal court rulings.
The 2009 Cumulative Supplement includes:
- A summary of the Federal Circuit's en banc decision in In re Bilski setting forth the ''definitive" test for process claims, set for review by the Supreme Court in the 2009–2010 term
- Analysis of the other decisions by the Federal Circuit related to business methods, including In re Ferguson (with a petition for certiorari now pending at the Supreme Court) and the revised panel decision in In re Comiskey
- A review of several district court decisions applying In re Bilski to invalidate issued patents under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 101, several of which are now on appeal to the Federal Circuit
- Updated statistics and guidance from the PTO business unit charged with examining business method patent applications
Patent attorneys can turn to this treatise for updated guidance on drafting, prosecuting, and managing a strong technology patent portfolio.
The editors-in-chief are Steven W. Lundberg (Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, MN), Stephen C. Durant (Durant Intellectual Property Group, Emeryville, CA), and Ann M. McCrackin (Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH; Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, Minneapolis, MN).
BNA is a leading private publisher of news and information products for professionals in law and business. In addition to Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition with 2009 Cumulative Supplement, BNA's Book Division publishes Anatomy of a Patent Case; Computer and Intellectual Property Crime: Federal and State Law; Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace; Intellectual Property Taxation: Transaction and Litigation Issues; Patent Infringement Remedies; Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook; Patent Prosecution: Law, Practice, and Procedure; Patents and the Federal Circuit; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws; Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Regulations; Pharmaceutical Patent Law; Trademark Infringement Remedies; and other titles in legal specialties. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1-800-960-1220 or send an e-mail request to [email protected]. The BNA Books website, including an online catalog, can be found at bnabooks.com.
The 2009 Cumulative Supplement to Electronic and Software Patents: Law and Practice, Second Edition (492 pp. Softcover/Order #1803/$195.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased alone, or with the main volume (1,040 pp. Hardcover/Order #9803/$465.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) from BNA Books, 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 bnabooks.com. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.
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