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CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corporation Provides Little Guidance from Federal Circuit on § 101 Eligibility of Method, Computer Readable Medium and Computer System Patents
James Carroll,Guy R. Gosnell, May 21, 2013
Practitioners have been awaiting the decision in CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp. in hopes that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) would clarify whether claims drawn to computer-implemented subject matter are statutory subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.  Unfortunately,...

Final FATCA Regulations Are Finally Here
James E. Croker,Clay A. Littlefield,Heather Ripley,Edward Tanenbaum, February 18, 2013
On January 17, 2013, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS issued long-awaited final regulations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) provisions in Code Sections 1471 to 1474 (also known as “Chapter 4”). Enacted as part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010,...

Cleaning House Before March 16, 2013
Patrick Kartes,Trent A. Kirk, January 30, 2013
As you may be aware, the America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) will soon bring significant change to U.S. patent law. Notably, any patent application filed on or after March 16, 2013, will be subject to the new First-to-File system. In contrast, any patent application filed prior to March 16, 2013,...

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