PUBLICATIONS

Update On The American Inventors Protection Act," 7th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Los Suenos, Costa Rica.
Protecting Copyrights in Cyberspace," 20th Annual Computer Law Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
IP Decisions Strip Owners of Claims Against States," The National Law Journal.
HR1907 - The American Inventors Protection Act of 1999," Intellectual Property Today.
HR1907 Update - The Saga Continues," Intellectual Property Today.
Recent Developments in Copyright Law," 4th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, Young Harris, Georgia (co-author).
Strategic Concerns When Pursuing Foreign Patents in the Computer Arts," The Computer Lawyer, Volume 15, Number 3.

IP decisions strip owners of claims against states; recent Supreme Court rulings hold that the states are not bound by federal IP laws Article Abstract:

The article discusses the US Supreme Court’s companion 1999 rulings Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank and College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board, federalism rulings giving states and their employees immunity from the federal patent and trademark acts. Patents, copyrights and trademarks are among the most commercially important federal property rights, and a legislative response seems probable.

Author: Mehrman, Michael J.
Publisher: ALM Media, Inc.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law