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Timothy E. DeMasi | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Editor: Please tell us about your background and current practice. DeMasi: I’ve been a partner in the Patent Litigation Group at Weil since 2002. My practice is exclusively patent litigation and focuses primarily on computer hardware and software technologies given my background in...

Intellectual Property

Joseph A. Capraro, Jr. | Proskauer

Introduction The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Patent Office") recently issued a set of final rules for implementing certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) that become effective on September 16, 2012. The following is a summary of these new rules. Oath/...

Technology

Christine E. Bradley | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Whether it is called green tech or clean tech, environmental and sustainable technologies have been gaining momentum and attracting attention in the patent world. Green technology can encompass a wide range of technologies, such as fuel cells, solar, wind, hybrid/electric vehicles, biofuel/...