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Patent Reform: One Giant Step Backwards?
Does the pending America Invents Act (aka, the patent reform bill) fix the problems with U.S. patent law, or will it have the effect of disincentivizing inventors and companies from using the patent system in the first place?Conn. Supreme Court: Employers Can Be Candid in References
The Connecticut Supreme Court is offering encouragement to former employers to speak freely. In its first holding on the issue, the court ruled that employers' comments are privileged and that workers can't sue for defamation if their former employer makes untrue statements while trying to provide a good-faith assessment. The court noted its concern over a "culture of silence" regarding references. The qualified privilege that the court applied has been recognized by at least 19 other states.Medical Marijuana Law Presents Possible Pitfalls
The smoke has barely lifted since Connecticut's passage of Public Act No. 12-55, "An Act Concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana," and the questions continue to pile highJewish Lawyers Form Cardozo Society
It`s an idea whose time has come. Just two months ago, a few lawyers within the Greater Hartford Jewish Federation began talking about the need for a professional group to share education, networking and cultural activity. Around the nation, cities like San Diego and Seattle have Benjamin N. Cardozo societies that do just that. They honor the former New York Court of Appeals judge who followed Louis Brandeis to be the second Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice.Divided Patent Infringement: An Evolving Doctrine
A claim of a U.S. patent is directly infringed only if each of the elements of a patent claim are contained in an accused product or if all of the steps of a claimed method are performed. Indeed, establishing infringement liability, a strict liability determination, is relatively straight forward when one entity comprises all elements of an accused product or performs all of the steps. However, oftentimes today multiple entities may be involved. When that occurs, how is direct infringement determined, and who are the infringers?Morris Manning: Revenue is up, practice is steady
By Alyson M. Palmer, Staff Reporter In what may be a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," Morris, Manning Martin seems to have found a formula to stick with.The firm took on only two lateral partners and relatively few partners left last year. And when asked to report practice highlights, managing partner Robert E.Trending Stories
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