Autumn 1999, Vol 6, Issue 2

Featured Article:

• The Present Status Of Software Protection In Europe and Germany
• Protection Of A Color Under The Law Of The United States, Germany, And Japan
• The Patent Court of Korea: An Overview of the Background, Organization, Jurisdiction and Standard of Review

Patent Law Recent Developments

• United States
  • Federal Circuit holds that Imitation is a Sufficient Benefit under the Patent Law
  • Federal Circuit to Apply Own Law, Rather than Circuit Law, in Preemption Issues
  • Legislative Updates
• Japan
  • Quick and Effective IP Enforcement in Japanese Courts/Method Claims Extend To Use of the Method Only
  • Is a Video Game a Cinematographic Work? —Osaka District Court Confirms the Application of the Distribution Right for a Cinematographic Work to a Video Game.

Summer 1999, Vol 6, Issue 1

Featured Article:

• The Changing Landscape for Patenting Transgenic Plants in Europe
• 1999 High Technology Protection Summit July 23-24

Patent Law Recent Developments

• United States
  • U.S. Supreme Court Enhances States' Immunity from Suits in Patent Infringement Cases
  • Federal Circuit's Struggle to Clarify the Protector's Scope of U.S. Patents after Warner-Jenkinson
• Japan
  • Osaka District Court Found Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents
  • Recent Legislative Updates in Japan