Contents

• Publication year: 2014

Contents

3 Letter from the Chair

Andrew W. Stroud

4 Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Thomas A. Ward

5 Design Patents—Taking a Closer Look at These Valuable Assets

Sarah S. Brooks

Salil Bali

9 In a Split Decision the TTAB Finds REDSKINS Disparaging Blackhorse v. Pro-Football, Inc.

Carole Barrett

Marina A. Lewis

11 Cheerleading Uniforms and Copyright Separability

Tony Sarabia

Steven Crosby

14 Raising Healthy Patents

Joshua C. Harrison

19 MCLE: Four Recent Supreme Court Cases Examining the Federal Circuit's Patent Doctrine: Akamai, Nautilus, Octane Fitness, and Highmark

Jeff Dodd

Paul Ackerman

24 Uncle Sam Wants You! A Call to Pro Bono Service for Patent Practitioners

Daniel Ovanezian

Benjamin A. Kimes

27 Monsanto and Myriad: Is the Supreme Court Rendering Consistent Decisions When it Comes to Human Versus Non-Human Gene Patentability?

Dana Tykocinski

31 Preparing to Defend a Section 337 Action: What District Court Litigators Need to Know

Philip Graves

Marjorie A. Witter

39 International IP Developments

Aurelia J. Schultz

41 The Law of the Land

Derrick Brent

42 Licensing Corner

James C. Roberts III

44 Ninth Circuit Report

Anne-Marie Dao

46 Case Comments

Lowell Anderson

59 Interest Group Reports

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