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Resources
Articles
Contempt of a Permanent Injunction Hoffenberg, Howard, Federal Circuit Revamps the Law on Contempt of an Injunction Prohibiting Patent Infringement, IP Today (June 2011)
Domain Names Los Angeles Daily Journal article on a broker/reseller using in a domain name the trademark of a manufacturer)
Insurance Coverage for Trademark Infringement H.Hoffenberg, Bypassing An Insurance Exclusion For Trademark Infringement, Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal
Patent False Marking www.ipcounselor.com/Resources/Articles/ClaimFalseMarking.pdf
Patentability of Diagnostic Methods H Hoffenberg, Federal Circuit Rules Affirmative on the Patentability of Diagnostic Methods After Bilski, IP Today (February, 2011)
Patentability of Genes H Hoffenberg, Will the patentability of genes survive, Nature Biotechnology (Nature Publishing Group)
Trademark Dilution www.ipcounselor.com/Resources/Articles/DJarticlebyHoffenbergVictoria'sSecrWinsTrademarkAnti-DilutionCase.pdf
Guides
Office Actions H Hoffenberg, Resource Guide to Respond to an Office Action in a Patent Case
Supreme Court Case Law
Take a Tour of US Supreme Court Patent Cases from 1961 to 1999
*ARO MFG. CO. v.CONVERTIBLE TOP (Aro I) 365 U.S. 336 (February 27, 1961)
*UNITED STATES v. SINGER MFG. CO., 374 U.S. 174 (June 17, 1963)
*COMPCO CORP. v. DAY-BRITE LIGHTING, 376 U.S. 234 (March 9, 1964)
*SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. STIFFEL CO., 376 U.S. 225 (March 9, 1964)
*ARO MFG. CO. v. CONVERTIBLE TOP, INC. [Aro II], 377 U.S. 476 (June 8, 1964)
*BRULOTTE v. THYS CO., 379 U.S. 29 (November 16, 1964)
*WALKER PROCESS v. FOOD MACHINERY, 382 U.S. 172 (December 6, 1965)
*GRAHAM v. JOHN DEERE CO., 383 U.S. 1 (February 21, 1966)
*BRENNER v. MANSON, 383 U.S. 519 (March 21, 1966)
*LEAR, INC. v. ADKINS, 395 U.S. 653 (June 16, 1969)
*BLONDER- TONGUE v. UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, 402 U.S. 313 (May 3, 1971)
*UNITED STATES v. GLAXO GROUP, 410 U.S. 52 (January 22, 1973)
*KEWANEE OIL CO. v. BICRON CORP., 416 U.S. 470 (May 13, 1974)
*PARKER v. FLOOK, 437 U.S. 584 (June 22, 1978)
*ARONSON v. QUICK POINT PENCIL CO., 440 U.S. 257 (February 28, 1979)
*DIAMOND v. CHAKRABARTY, 447 U.S. 303 (June 16, 1980)
*DAWSON CHEMICAL CO. v. ROHM & HAAS CO., 448 U.S. 176 (June 27, 1980)
*DENNISON MFG. CO. v. PANDUIT CORP., 475 U.S. 809 (April 21, 1986)
*BONITO BOATS, INC. v. THUNDER CRAFT BOATS, INC., 489 U.S. 141 (February 21, 1989)
*LILLY & CO. v. MEDTRONIC, INC., 496 U.S. 661 (June 18, 1990)
*CARDINAL CHEMICAL v. MORTON INTERNATIONAL, 508 U.S. 83 (May 17, 1993)
*MARKMAN v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC. (April 23, 1996)
*WARNER JENKINSON COMPANY, INC. v. HILTON DAVIS CHEMICAL CO. (March 3, 1997)
*PFAFF v. WELLS ELECTRONICS, INC. (November 10, 1998)
*DICKINSON v. ZURKO (June 10, 1999)
FLORIDA PREPAID POSTSECONDARY v. COLLEGE SAVINGS BANK (June 23, 1999)
Past Seminars
Index of Past Seminars
*Supreme Court Cases on Patents (Since the Passage of the 1952 Patent Act)
*Turn On The Lights On and Demystify Patent Infringement Analysis
*Successfully Resolving Litigation by Mediation
*Business Method Patents