This treatise updates and expands upon the second edition of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide (2012). Since that time, patent litigation has continued to increase in complexity. This edition encompasses implementation of the America Invents Act (“AIA”), the emergence of review...

For a century, Congress has sought to protect authors and their families by allowing them to grant their copyrights for exploitation and then, decades later, recapture those same rights. After judicial interpretation of the 1909 Act frustrated this intent, Congress spoke unambiguously in 1976:...

Motivated by and drawing upon the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide developed for U.S. district courts, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched an International Patent Case Management Judicial Guide project in 2020. This treatise, scheduled for completion in November...

As the knowledge economy expanded and concerns about trade secret misappropriation mounted in the digital age, federal policymakers undertook efforts to reinforce trade secret protection a decade ago. These efforts came to fruition with passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA)....

This treatise updates and expands upon the first edition on the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide released in 2009. Since that time, patent litigation has continued to increase in complexity. This volume covers approaches for streamlining early case management, numerous important Supreme...