Intellectual Property Law
New Matter FALL 2015 Volume 40, Number 3
Content
- Report of the Delegation of the intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California to Washington, D.C. April 20-22, 2015
- Trademark Interest Group
- International Interest Group
- Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group
- Letter from the Chair
- Ninth Circuit Report
- The Role of Design Patents, Copyright and Trade Dress in Protecting the Next Generation of inventions
- Case Comments
- Patent Interest Group
- Patent Trolling in the Wake of the Octane Fitness Case
- Contents
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- The Licensing Corner
- International Ip Developments
- Licensing Interest Group
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2014-2015
- Litigation Interest Group
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2014-2015
- 2015 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Copyright Interest Group
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Trade Secrets Interest Group
- Finding a Place for Mallinckrodt and Conditional Sales in the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine: Will "Lex" Mark the Spot?
2015 NEW MATTER AUTHOR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. TOPIC AND LENGTH
Articles should be on topics of interest to a significant number of IP lawyers and in the range of 1500-5000 words long. Acceptable types of articles include reasoned opinion, practice tips, and scholarly analysis. The articles must be within the bounds of good taste and must have accurate references, using Harvard Bluebook formatting. Acceptance of the article will depend on whether the article fits in with the overall coverage and topics of other articles, timeliness, editorial schedule, etc.
2. INITIAL SUBMISSION
Contact the Acquisition Editor to discuss whether your topic fits New Matter editorial policy, is a good fit for the issue with regard to topic, and is timely submitted. By way of example, a recent case analysis and discussion article may have already been accepted by another author.