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In its Kirtsaeng decision, the Supreme Court extended the First Sale Doctrine to copyrighted works sold abroad. Anthony F LoCicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein discusses the implications of this case, not only for copyrighted works, but also for its potential implications to trademark and patent law.

The Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit and the Second Circuit over the past year have issued major decisions in the fields of induced infringement (Akamai-McKesson); the patentability of medical diagnostics (Mayo Collaborative Services) and isolated DNA (Myriad Genetics); and the ability to protect color in the fashion world (Louboutin). In this term, the Supreme Court may hear cases involving pay-for delay settlements in ANDA litigation (Merck K-Pur) and others. Anthony Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP discusses these cases and their potential implications, in this edition of the Celesq®-West LegalEdcenter IP Master Series.

Ever since the Second Circuit’s decision in Rescuecom v. Google, courts have struggled to define acceptable uses of another’s trademark in the context of keyword searching. Join Anthony F. Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP as he discusses the implications of recent decisions, including Network Automation. v. Advanced Systems Concepts, which deal with a search engine’s right to sell keywords that trigger links to competitors’ ads.