Federal Circuit Annual Review, 2012 Edition

The essential practice aid for patent practitioners, Federal Circuit Annual Review (formerly titled Alston & Bird's Federal Circuit Annual Review) presents and summarizes all the precedential patent cases that come down each year from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Following a valuable overview of the most important decisions issued in the previous year, the cases are organized by legal subject matter and points of law. No other resource provides such a clear compilation of the Federal Circuit's patent-related opinions, including legal analysis of the most relevant holdings in each case.

A resource used by judges throughout the country, Federal Circuit Annual Review presents more than a collection of quotes from each case; the summaries provide reliable insights into each opinion in a short and concise manner, presenting enough detail for you to clearly understand the holding and whether it is applicable to the issues in your case.

• Each case summary follows the same, logical format:
• An introductory paragraph summarizing the most relevant holdings of the opinion with an indication of the particular technology at issue
• Several paragraphs providing factual background and context
• A clear explanation of the pertinent legal holdings
• An explanation of any dissenting or concurring opinion