Articles from Mondaq Business Briefing (May 7, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An Earlier Patent Naming Some (But Not All) Inventors in Common with Later Case May Not Be Invention "By Another".			377
Case Study: B&Q Direct.			1216
Claim Construction Error and Factual Dispute Precludes Summary Judgment.			475
Drug Patents - A Necessity.	Kumar, Jidesh		2270
Employment Changes from May 2003 - Paternal Rights and Flexible Working.			2871
Employment Update: Spring 2003.			363
Financial Security for Decommissioning Costs in the UK North Sea.	LaMaster, John C.; Prior, Christopher		1984
FinCEN and Federal Functional Regulators Issue Final USA PATRIOT Act Customer Identity Verification Regulations for Banks and Mutual Funds.			2591
House And Senate Name Conferees For HB 1.			357
House Bill 4 - Senate Style.			500
In Internal Investigations, Cooperation Is Key.	Thau, Clifford; Clifford, Thau,		2849
JSM Helps Tsingtao Brewery to Conclude a Landmark Convertible Bond Issue.			652
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Closes $350 million 10 year Eurobond for Kazkommerts International B.V.			379
Means-Plus-Function: What's the Corresponding Structure?			406
Medicare Reimbursement For New Heart Device Expected To Fall Short.			425
Merger and Scenes a Faire Doctrines Yield "Thin" Copyrights.			748
More than One Way to Skin a Patent Under DOE: Vitiation in Lieu of Estoppel.			654
New Procedures for Applicant Initiated Interviews at the USPTO.			334
Obtaining A Banking License in the Cayman Islands.		Industry Overview	3302
OIG Issues Final Pharmaceutical Compliance Program Guidance.			476
PCR Taq Polymerase Patent Obtained as a Result of Inequitable Conduct, But Is it Enforceable?			726
Registration of Clip Art Compilation Protects Underlying Works as Well.			760
Shipping.		Industry Overview	3332
Significant Improvements To SB 11 Have Already Been Signed Into Law, And Others Are Well On Their Way.			450
Sport Update: Merchandising; Photographic Rights and Image Rights.			2524
TSBME Adopts Changes To Telemedicine Informed Consent Requirements.			403
Vinson & Elkins Expands Telecommunications Practice.			420
Without Side-by-Side Comparison Copyright Owner Cannot Prove Infringement.			361
Written Description: It Isn't Just for Priority Anymore.			539