Patent and Engineering Law

Quoted Articles

• Amanda Robert, Google's bid for Motorola means play for many patents, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin,  August 26, 2011.
• Amanda Robert, Business method patents hinged on one vote in Bilski, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin,               June 29, 2010.
• Erin Coe, Lack Of Guidance In Bilski Will Spark Suits: Attys, Law360, June 28, 2010.
• Amanda Robert, Ruling may spur IP lawyers to rethink business model, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin,         May 27, 2010.
• Danyelle Michelini, Patent Clinic reaches out to student innovators, University of Illinois Col. of Engineering, April 7, 2010.
  

Published Articles
Maximize Your Patent's Potential Via Its Enabling Technologies And Appearance
      Electronic Design, June 2011

Two Takes on Bilski
      Executive Counsel, August/September 2010
 
Academic Articles
In re Bilski - Recent Developments In Method Claiming
          Journal of Law, Technology & Policy (JLTP), University of Illinois College of Law, 2009.

       Cite as: Joseph M. Barich, In re Bilski - Recent Developments In Method Claiming, 2009 U. Ill. J. L. Tech. & Pol'y 251 (2009).

• ExressO has ranked the JLTP as the #4 Science & Technology law journal  - behind only Harvard, Berkeley, and Minnesota

Representative Citations

• Linda M. Beale, Is Bilski Likely The Final Word On Tax Strategy Patents? Coherence Matters, 9 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 110 (2009).
  

Pre-Issuance Publication Of Pending Patent Applications: Not So Secret Any More
          Journal of Law, Technology & Policy (JLTP), University of Illinois College of Law, 2001.

          Cite as: Joseph M. Barich, Pre-Issuance Publication of Pending Patent Applications: Not So Secret Any More, 2001 U. Ill. J. L. Tech. & Pol'y 415 (2001).

• According to the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Law Journal Submission and Ranking Project, this article was cited to approximately 8 times more frequently then the average article appearing in the JLTP (see Impact Factor for average citations per article).

Representative Citations:

•   Joshua R. Nightingale, The Researcher Rat’s Culture and Ease of Access to the Publication Lever:  Implications for the Patentability of University Scientific Research, 113 W. Va. L. Rev. 521, 532 (2011).
• Michael Abramowicz & John F. Duffy, Ending the Patenting Monopoly, 157 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1541, 1603 (2008-2009).
• John R. Thomas, Cong. Research Serv., RL 32051, Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in Homeland Security (2008). (Congressional Research Service Report for Congress)
• Paul M Schoenhard, Reconceptualizing Inventive Conception Strengthening, Not Abandoning the First-to-Invent System, 17 Fed. Cir. B.J. 567, 598 (2008).
• Justin Pats, Preventing the Issuance of Bad Patents: How the PTO Can Supplement Its Practices and Procedures to Assure Quality, 48 IDEA 409, 429 (2007-2008).
• Ryan M. Corbett, Harmonization of U.S. and Foreign Patent Law and H.R. 2795: The Patent Reform Act of 2005, 18 Fla. J. Int'l L. 717, 722 (2006).
  
• Jeffrey A.Sadowski & Trent K. English, Extending Provisional Rights beyond 35 U.S.C. 154(d), 87 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 361, 361 (2005).
  
• John R. Thomas, Cong. Research Serv., RL 32051, Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in Homeland Security (2003). (Congressional Research Service Report for Congress)