NOTE: Tianrui Group Co. v. International Trade Commission: The Dubious Status of Extraterritoriality and the Domestic Industry Requirement of Section 337
By Viki Economides | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1235 (2012) In 2007, one journalist, Dirk Lammers, undertook a seemingly innocuous task: to avoid anything “Made in China” for just one week. He was not the first to undertake such a challenge in consumerism. Others before him declared a boycott on Chinese products for an…
Tailoring Remedies to Spur Innovation
By Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 733 (2012) The George Washington University Law School An emerging rule in the district courts—thus far endorsed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit—allows a victorious patent holder to receive a permanent injunction against an infringer if she is able…
Changing Voices in a Familiar Conversation About Rules vs. Standards: Veterans Law at the Federal Circuit in 2011
By James D. Ridgway | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1175 (2012) The George Washington University Law School When an institution is in flux, there are two obvious ways to examine it. One can attempt to make predictions about its future, or one can explore the current baseline to set up future analysis of the…
2011 Trademark Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit
By Marynelle Wilson & Antigone Peyton | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1151 (2012) Cloudigy Law PLLC The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s trademark docket was quiet in 2011. The Federal Circuit issued only six trademark decisions, designating two of them as precedential. The court issued a considerably higher number of…
2011 International Trade Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit
By Gregory J. Spak, Forrest R. Hansen & Daniel J. Hickman | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1105 (2012) White & Case LLP The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit occupies a unique position among the thirteen federal courts of appeals. Hearing cases nationwide, the Federal Circuit exercises jurisdiction over specific subject…
2011 Government Contract Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit
By Joel Singer, Kyle Fiet, Matthew Solomson & Benjamin Glerum | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 1013 (2012) Sidley Austin LLP Over the past year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a relatively small body of new precedential opinions in the field of government contracts. Indeed, during 2011, the court…
2011 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit
By Robert A. Pollock, Linda A. Wadler, Robert D. Litowitz, Joyce Craig, Bart A. Gerstenblith, Christina Szakaly, Zhenyu Yang, and Mindy L. Ehrenfried | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 785 (2012) Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP Landmark. Watershed. Seminal. These adjectives routinely populate legal writing—especially “year in review” compendiums such as this one. …
FOREWORD: The Federal Circuit at Thirty
By the Honorable Pauline Newman | 61 Am. U. L. Rev. 729 (2012) Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Thirty years marks another milestone in the life of the Federal Circuit, another marker in this experiment in providing economic incentive by eliminating regional differences in judicial rulings. The Federal Circuit was…