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Proposed Changes to Patent Law’s Proper Venue Statute: Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2024

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by Dennis Crouch Law school civil procedure courses spend very little time on proper venue because, in most cases venue is proper so long as the district court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant. ” This provision ensures the venue statutes do not limit the ability to sue foreign defendants U.S. 1391(c)(3).

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GUI Guidelines: The Old Rules are New Again

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By Sarah Burstein, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School USPTO Notice, 88 FR 80277 (Nov. In it, the USPTO reaffirmed its prior interpretation of the phrase “design for an article of manufacture” and did not—as many had hoped—expand its interpretation of that phrase. 11380, 11381 (footnotes omitted).

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UNC Law Student Who Questioned Racial Incident Is Disqualified From Running For New Office

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The charges are connected to the prior controversy and raise serious free speech and retaliatory concerns at the law school. . Sharma was targeted at UNC Law School because he would not agree that a recent exchange between law students involved a racial insult. So the question is whether it is disparaging.

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The Slippery Notion of Boycotts in the Anti-ESG Movement

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Antitrust law defines guardrails to address boycotts led by corporations. What is a Boycott, according to antitrust law? There are several statutes that form the basis of our antitrust laws. This piece is part of a larger Antitrust & Sustainability project at the Columbia Law School and Columbia Climate School.

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Insights and Future Directions of PIL Based on the 2024 Online Summer Courses at The Hague Academy of International Law

Conflict of Laws

On the basis of case law in England and the U.S. For instance, in a case involving a request for evidence from French airplane manufacturing companies by victims of an airplane crash, instead of a first resort to the Hague Evidence Convention, the U.S. 3] Collins argued that in practice, U.S. 3] Collins argued that in practice, U.S.

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Choice of law rules and statutory interpretation in the Ruby Princess Case in Australia

Conflict of Laws

Unsurprisingly, the cruise then spawned an inquiry and a class action against Carnival plc (Carnival) as charterer and operator of the Ruby Princess, and Princess Cruise Lines Ltd, the Bermuda-registered subsidiary and vessel owner. Statute has left little of the common law untouched.

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Former chief justice gets a minor victory at this week’s conference

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At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, there were no straight grants , but there were actions of note, including: Law school renaming. Faigman , an appeal in a lawsuit against the State and a law school’s officials challenging the constitutionality of legislation that changed the law school’s name.