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Sanctions in Monsanto Case Against DuPont for Factual Misrepresentations Upheld

May 9, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Professor, Mercer University School of Law
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Kalo on the main page, and some thoughts learned from Jonathan Turley

May 9, 2014Ethicsanticipation, paidDavid

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Did Therasense bury burying?

May 7, 2014EthicsInequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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An Update on Therasense and Exergen

May 7, 2014EthicsInequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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Biosimilars Ethics?

May 5, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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The Order Dismissing for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction the Texas Conflicts Case

May 5, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Penn State’s Auction Fail

May 4, 2014Ethicspaid, VenueDavid

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An Aside: The State of Legal Education, the Impact of USN Rankings on Science/Math Majors

May 2, 2014EthicsMarking, paidDavid

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Nice short piece on the risks of AIA transition & 102/103 and malpractice

May 2, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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$50m Conflict of Interest in Prosecution Case being Tried in Texas

May 1, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Today is Dennis’s Birthday

April 30, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Expanded Disclosure Obligations for Inequitable Conduct Due to USPTO Rules?

April 30, 2014EthicsInequitable Conduct, paidDavid

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Octane is Out

April 29, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Join Me, Mark Lemley, Judge Reyna and Many More in Colorado in June

April 28, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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ABA: Lawyers Can Look at Jurors’ Facebook Pages, But Not Try to Friend Them.

April 25, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Naming Yourself as an Inventor

April 22, 2014Ethicspaid, USPTO DirectorDavid

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CAFC Affirms Adverse Inference Instruction Due to Spoliation

April 21, 2014Ethicsanticipation, paidDavid

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Dicta about lawyers never being inventors on their clients’ applications

April 21, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Interesting Opinion Piece on Prosecution Bars

April 18, 2014EthicspaidDavid

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Over on the main page…

April 17, 2014Ethicspaid, Personal JurisdictionDavid

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