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AN IP CRIME<br />
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A NEW BREED OF DAMAGES TRIAL<br />
AMERICA INVENTS ACT:<br />
WILL THE JOINDER PROVISIONS<br />
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TOP FRANCHISE CASES OF 2011<br />
GETTING CLOSER?<br />
US VS. EU, POST-PATENT REFORM<br />
www.dlapiper.com/ip_global | Issue 13, Q1 2012 Attorney Advertising<br />
EDITOR'S COLUMN<br />
John M. Guaragna<br />
Partner, Patent Litigation<br />
It is an honor and a pleasure to have the opportunity to<br />
participate in the publication of DLA Piper’s IPT News.<br />
As we move into 2012, it is clear that IP issues are front<br />
and center on the international stage. I agree with President<br />
Obama’s comments when he signed the recent patent reform<br />
bill into law: “we have to do everything we can to encourage<br />
the entrepreneuri<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=1"> UNITED STATES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TEC</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=2"> EDITOR'S COLUMN John M. Guaragna Partn</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=3"> AN IP EXPLOSION As I write this, I am near the</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=4"> TOP FRANCHISE CASES OF 2011 DLA Piper IPT partne</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=5"> Getting Closer? US vs. EU, Post-Patent Reform Wh</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=6"> By Carolyn F. McNiven</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=7"> In November 2011, the US National Intellectual Pr</a>
<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=8"> A NEW BREED OF DAMAGES TRIAL By Sean Cunningham a</a>
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<a title="IPT News - US Q1 2012 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cce1b8f9?page=11"> The recently enacted America Invents Act (AIA) co</a>
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