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Doing Law School Wrong: Case Teaching and an Integrated Legal Practice Method

Marsden, Gregory, Doing Law School Wrong: Case Teaching and an Integrated Legal Practice Method (November 15, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3284875 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3284875 “Since its inception, the Langdellian case method has been used to teach legal analysis and reasoning to … Continue reading

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Courts Splits Patent-Eligibility of Method and System Claims

The Central District of California recently granted, in part, a motion to dismiss based on lack of patent-eligible subject matter, under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and the Alice/Mayo test, in claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,934,535,  directed to a method for data … Continue reading

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The Socratic Method and You

“I cannot teach anybody anything.  I can only make them think.” – Socrates As a law student you have no doubt experienced the Socratic Method instructional model, which is based on the asking and answering of questions in class with … Continue reading

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Marshall’s Method and Why It Might Matter

Jeremy TelmanThe version of originalism popularized in the 1980s viewed itself as a reform movement, responding to the perceived excesses of the Warren and Burger Courts.  It made few claims regarding originalism’s historical pedigree.  Justice Scalia memorably articulated the position … Continue reading

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Method of treatment is eligible for patent protection versus a diagnostic method

Although Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. West-Ward Pharmaceuticals (Fed. Cir. April 13, 2018) is in the field of medicine, it could be applicable to other fields as well because in a broad sense Vanda is dealing with a distinction between diagnosing … Continue reading

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