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		<title>The Supreme Court Reviews the Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion: LG Electronics v. Quanta Computer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Philip G. Semprevio II
For the past several years, the Supreme Court has been paying close attention to the patent laws and the effects those laws have on business relationships. There have been eight patent cases decided by the Supreme Court over the past five years; this trend shows no signs of stopping. The Court [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2009/05/13/the-supreme-court-reviews-the-doctrine-of-patent-exhaustion-lg-electronics-v-quanta-computer/</link>
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		<title>Copyright Infringement and Bankruptcy: The Meaning Of Willful in Two Statutory Schemes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Caitlin McGowan
A single mother of two downloads twenty songs off of the Internet from a service provider. A record company sues her for willful copyright infringement alleging that she downloaded the music when she had reason to know that the songs were illegal downloads. Thus, the download of the songs was considered a willful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2009/05/13/copyright-infringement-and-bankruptcy-the-meaning-of-willful-in-two-statutory-schemes/</link>
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		<title>When Sippy-Cups Go Bad: Making Sense of Hakim v. Cannon Avent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Sleeper 
The Hakim patent infringement case created a considerable confusion as patent practitioners struggle to understand the CAFC holding and the potential impact on their clients and practice. Hakim articulated limits on the inventor’s ability to broaden the scope of an invention through continuation applications. A thorough analysis of the confusing Hakim opinion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2009/05/13/when-sippy-cups-go-bad-making-sense-of-hakim-v-cannon-avent/</link>
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		<title>Publication Announcement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter members selected for publication in Volumes 21 &#38; 22 of The Reporter:
Notes
Olivia Y. Truong: Virtual Inheritance: Assigning More Virtual Property Rights
Alison Taroli: Obvious Fallacy: Improving the Standard of Obviousness for Chemical Compounds to More Accurately Reflect Common Practice in the Art
Ju-Hyun Yoo: The Science of Identifying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2009/04/21/publication-announcement/</link>
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		<title>New SSTLR Executive Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter Executive Board
Editor in Chief: Zac Champ
Managing Editor: Rocky Baye
F&#38;A Editors: Olivia Truong and Alison Taroli
Lead Articles Editors: Jessie Sweetland and Emily Prudente
Notes and Comments Editors: Dennis Parad and Mukai Shumba
Computer Editor: Ravi Patel
Business Editor:Mallorie Rulison
Executive Editors
Sarah Treptow
Susan Azzarelli
Sam Davis
Antonette Naclerio
Joshua Meredith
Mohammad Uddin
Jennifer Reimers
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		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2009/04/05/new-sstlr-executive-board/</link>
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		<title>Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives from Southern Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review By: Garth Mashmann
Abstract: This book is a collection of papers written by South African professors regarding Indigenous Knowledge Systems and indigenous peoples’ rights to Intellectual Property protection. The articles focus on the tension between existing intellectual property regimes and indigenous knowledge systems, highlighting the fact that African concepts of ownership are significantly different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2008/12/28/indigenous-knowledge-systems-and-intellectual-property-in-the-twenty-first-century-perspectives-from-southern-africa/</link>
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		<title>Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review by: Garth Mashmann
Abstract: Wired Shut discusses digital rights management and its effects on culture. Throughout the book, technologies are examined in a broad context. After discussing the Internet and its foundations generally, Gillespie questions the decisions that have been made regarding the Internet. After explaining how file sharing became demonized in public opinion, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2008/12/26/wired-shut-copyright-and-the-shape-of-digital-culture/</link>
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		<title>Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review By: Paul G. Lyons
Abstract: Musicologist Joanna Demers introduces the reader to the world of transformative appropriation, where artists and arrangers borrow from other musical works. The author, through a careful study of various musicians, warns the reader of the possible negative effects of increasingly protective IP law. Her research of IP law and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2008/12/26/steal-this-music-how-intellectual-property-law-affects-musical-creativity/</link>
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		<title>Wind Power in Europe: Politics, Business and Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book Review By: Cristin Cavanaugh
Abstract: This book provides an overview of the policy and legal aspects of wind power in Europe, through the illustration of case studies in Denmark, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and France.
About the Author: Joseph Szarka’s research and teaching concentrates on political renewal in Western democracies, with a focus on economic and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2008/12/26/wind-power-in-europe-politics-business-and-society/</link>
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		<title>Innovative Synergy: Patent Protection and Cost Subsidies Working Together to Stimulate Technological Advancement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Dustin J. Friedland
The United States Constitution gives Congress many powers, including the powers to tax and spend for the good of the public, and the power to facilitate technological and intellectual innovation. Both of these powers are exercised in the form of incentive systems to induce certain conduct by the states and/or private entities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sstlr.syr.edu/index.php/2008/12/26/innovative-synergy-patent-protection-and-cost-subsidies-working-together-to-stimulate-technological-advancement/</link>
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