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The attorneys of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein are recognized authorities in their fields, consistently staying at the forefront of developments, decisions, and trends within the constantly evolving world of intellectual property law.

Continually staying on top of this dynamic field of law is a prerequisite to providing the impeccable advice and service that our clients have come to expect and depend upon, and on which we pride ourselves. In addition to client service, however, is public service. To that end, we encourage our attorneys to publish their discussions and analyses of intellectual property law developments, and we offer them as a service to the community of clients and practitioners engaged in this field.

Following is a sampling of articles recently published by our partners and associates. Please feel free to contact any of the authors for additional background or if you have questions on the topics discussed below. We appreciate your interest in staying current with intellectual property law developments, and invite you to return regularly to this page for updates.

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• The "Machine-Or-Transformation Test" For Processes
  - IP Law360, October 30, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, David Boag

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Patent Law Alert
  Bilski: The Court Announces Machine or Transformation Test as “Governing” Test
  - October 30, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, David Boag

• Duty on trade mark owner to police its own marks
  - Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Transferring Cases Out of Eastern Dist. Of Texas
  - IP Law360, October 15, 2008
  Author(s): Joseph Casino, David Boag

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Design Patent Law Alert
  - September 26, 2008
  Author(s): Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein

• Egyptian Goddess v. Swisa: Revising The Test
  - IP Law360, September 23, 2008
  Author(s): Chester Rothstein, Charles R. Macedo, David Boag

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Trademark Law Alert
  - August 22, 2008
  Author(s): Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein

• eBay: A Tale of Two Defenses
  - IP Law360, August 22, 2008, Guest Column, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. eBay Inc.: Guidelines for Online Retailers to Police Third Party Sales of Counterfeit Goods
  - Common Law Journal, July 29, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Holly Pekowsky

• HearSay: I Got it on eBay…(Audio interview excerpt)
  - HearSay with Cathy Lewis, July 18, 2008, WHRV
  Author(s): Anthony F. Lo Cicero

• Tiffany V. EBay: Trademark Owners Beware
  - IP Law360, July 16, 2008
  Author(s): Holly Pekowsky, Anthony F. Lo Cicero

• High Court Sets Patent Exhaustion Law Back On Track
  - IP Law360, July 10, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Joseph M. Casino, Marion P. Metelski

• The Boundaries Of Patent-Eligible Processes In Bilski
  - IP Law360, May 09, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Marion P. Metelski, Jung Hahm, Howard Wizenfeld, Norajean McCaffrey

• In re Bilski Roll Call and Score Card
  - IP Law360, Financial Services Law360, Technology Law360, April 23, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Tafas Verdict Is A Setback For Patent Office
  - IP Law360, April 9, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Brief For Amici Curiae Reserve Management Corporation, PCT Capital LLC, Rearden Capital Corp. And Sales Optimization Group In Support Of Maintaining State Street and AT&T in In Re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw, Appeal No. 2007-1130 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 4, 2008)
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  Author(s): Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Charles R. Macedo, Jung Hahm

• Second Life - A New Dimension For Trademark Infringement
  - Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, 1, 2008
  Author(s): Max Vern

• Recent Changes To Trademark Trial And Appeal Board Rules
  - NYIPLA, January/February, 2008
  Author(s): Kenneth M. Bernstein, Holly Pekowsky, Mark Berkowitz

• Qualcomm v. Broadcom: Lessons In E-Discovery
  - IP Law360, January 22, 2008
  Author(s): Michael V. Solomita, Steven B. Gauthier

• Will The High Court Clarify The Exhaustion Doctrine?
  - IP Law360, January 16, 2008
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Joseph M. Casino, Michael J. Kasdan, Howard Wizenfeld

• Reviving The Exhaustion Doctrine
  - IP Law360, January 10, 2008
  Author(s): Michael J. Kasdan, Charles R. Macedo

• Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics:
  Will The Supreme Court Revive The Exhaustion Doctrine?
  - Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, January, 2008
  Author(s): Michael J. Kasdan

• Patentable Subject Matter: Reining in the Boundaries
  - IP Law360, November 02, 2007
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Peter Vogel

• New PTO Rules on Continuing Applications and Claim examination Practice: Learning to Count to 2 (+1 RCE) and 5/25
  NYIPLA Bulletin, September/October, 2007
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Marion P. Metelski

• Infringement Assertions In The New World Order
  - IP Law360, October 17, 2007, Guest Column
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Michael J. Kasdan

• Q&A With Amster Rothstein’s Anthony F. Lo Cicero
  - IP Law360, September 21, 2007
  Author(s): Anthony F. Lo Cicero

• In re Seagate Technology: Willfulness and Waiver, a Summary and a Proposal
  - Patently-O Patent L.J. 1, May 14, 2007
  Author(s): Joseph M. Casino, Michael J. Kasdan

• Reining In U.S. Patent Law For Software
  - IP Law360, May 7, 2007
  Author(s): Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Michael J. Kasdan

• KSR v. Teleflex, Redefining The Obvious
  - IP Law360, May 3, 2007
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Jung S. Hahm, Michael J. Kasdan, Howard Wizenfeld

• Using Intellectual Property to Protect Your Web Site
  - IP Law360, May 2, 2007
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• A Trademark Visa - Aspects of International Trademark Use And Protection
  - Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, 10, 2006
  Author(s): Max Vern

• Courts Write History on Permanent Injunctions In Patent Actions
  - IP Law360, August 22, 2006, Guest Column
  Author(s): Anthony F. Lo Cicero, Charles R. Macedo

• Rethinking Claim Construction
  - IP Law360, April 25, 2006
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Drafting Joint Research Agreements Under The Create Act Of 2004
  - IP Law360, March 2, 2005
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• European Community Trademark: Two Tracks - One Destination
  - "European Community Trademark: Two Tracks-One Destination," Trademark World, 11, 2004
  Author(s): Max Vern

• Will the Road to the U.S. Go Through Madrid?
  - Intellectual Property Today™, April, 2004
  Author(s): Max Vern

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