Publications

IP Newsletter Fall 2011
Tambryn VanHeyningen and Benjamin Imhoff outline the changes implemented with the passing of the America Invents Act, which is the most significant reform of U.S. patent law in the past 50 years.

IP Newsletter Summer 2011
Emily M. Hinkens outlines the doctrine of inequitable conduct.

IP Newsletter Spring 2011
Tambryn VanHeyningen explains the main features of the Patent Reform Act, which may be scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives soon.
Andrus listed as a Top Tier IP Firm by U.S. News and World Report.

IP Newsletter Winter 2011
Andrus announces new logo and website.
George H. Solveson recognized as Leader in Law.
Daniel I. Hanrahan outlines potential pitfalls of joint development agreements and tips for avoiding such pitfalls.

IP Newsletter Summer 2010
Andrus announces the expansion of biotech practice and the opening of Madison office.
Tambryn K. VanHeyningen addresses the effect of Myriad Genetics' appeal of the Discrict Court decision finding claims to isolated DNA sequences to be unpatentable.

IP Newsletter Summer 2009
Inventorship basics are outlined.
Article discusses the Federal Circuit's ruling regarding joint inventorship of dependent claims.

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• PATENTLYO
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• TTABlog
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• United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)
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• United States Copyright Office
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• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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• European Patent Office (EPO)
  This site includes news, rules and procedures and member states of the EPO, along with links to searching databases.
• Espace
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• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Users can read recent opinions and orders, view a list of newly-filed cases and research the Court's Rules of Practice.
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  AIPLA is a membership organization that fosters professional and leadership development in the practice of IP law, with a focus on continuing education.
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
  The AIPPI is the leading international organization dedicated to the development and improvement of intellectual property with nearly 9000 members from over 100 countries.
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
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• Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
  OHIM is the European Union agency responsible for registering trademarks and designs that are valid in all 27 countries of the EU.
• Google Patents
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  Federal medical and biotech related non-patent literature search engine.
• National Center for Biotech Information (NCBI)
  Contains databases of numerous publicly available DNA sequences.
• GenBank
  Annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences.