Popular Titles on PLI PLUS Right Now

The tallies are in. Here are the popular treatises and answer books on PLI PLUS right now:

  1. The Corporate Tax Practice Series (Second Edition)
  2. Private Equity Funds: Formation and Operation (Second Edition)
  3. An Associate’s First Year: A Guide to Thriving at a Law Firm
  4. Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems (Fifth Edition)
  5. Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (Sixth Edition)
  6. Stocker on Drawing Wills and Trusts (Fourteenth Edition)
  7. Faber on Mechanics of Patent Claim Drafting (Seventh Edition)
  8. Depositions Answer Book (2021 Edition)
  9. Commercial Ground Leases (Fourth Edition)
  10. Corporate Compliance Answer Book (2022 Edition)

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Treatise Update – How to Write a Patent Application (3rd Edition)

Stocked with drafting checklists and sample drafting language, documents, and drawings, How to Write a Patent Application (3rd Edition) is a hands-on resource that equips readers to claim an invention with the sufficient breadth and required elements necessary for its validity to be sustained by courts. The book analyzes the latest USPTO initiatives, and key decisions of the federal courts, and provides the author’s practical suggestions and commentary.

Key updates in the new release include:

  • Grounds for Requesting Expedited Examination: Added discussion of The Climate Change Mitigation Pilot program and how it impacts the examination of nonprovisional utility patent applications involving technologies that mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see section 2:9.2).
  • Electronic Filing Document Format: Updated information about the PTO’s new format requirement for electronic filings (see section 3:5).
  • Identifying the Inventor or Inventors: Elucidation of whether artificial intelligence systems qualify as inventors (see section 4:3).
  • Abstract and Nonabstract ideas: Additional examples of both (see sections 7:4.1[B] and [C]).
  • Statutory Requirements for Claims: Discussion of recent Federal Circuit cases related to the terms “resilient” and “pliable” and terms susceptible to more than one meaning (see section 8:2.1).
  • Patentable Designs: News and statistics related to acquiring, defending, and enforcing design patents (see section 11:1.1).
  • Written Description Requirement: Commentary on the high level of disclosure being required by the Federal Circuit to satisfy the written description requirement and the “troublesome” opinion in Biogen Int’l GmbH v. Mylan Pharm. Inc. (see section 17:4.2).  For additional related discussion about the written description requirement, read also the recent PLI Chronicle article “Patent Antibody Case Law Continues to Mature.”

The Table of Authorities has also been updated.

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What’s New on PLI PLUS

We add content to PLI PLUS every month to ensure our subscribers have access to the most up-to-date and relevant secondary source legal documents. Renowned legal experts regularly update our acclaimed Treatises, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

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Treatise Update – Langer on Practical International Tax Planning (Fifth Edition)

Regularly updated, Langer on Practical International Tax Planning gives you the latest news on the legal, tax, business, financial, social, political, technological, geographical, and regional factors to consider when developing and implementing customized planning strategies for clients. It is an invaluable tool for tax and estate planners, tax attorneys, accountants, and sophisticated investors.

This new release updates the treatise with up-to-date practical information and analysis to help preserve your clients’ assets.

Highlights include:

  • New section 36:6.1[E] explores a 2002 revenue procedure providing the exclusive steps for requesting a determination under section 4672(a)(2) that a substance be added to, or removed from, the “list of taxable substances” under section 4672(a).
  • New section 42:1.6[D][7][c] discusses whether a taxpayer is entitled to treat as DPGR gross receipts derived from providing customers access to computer software for the customers’ direct use.
  • New Chapter 88 explains that in 2022 the Fifth Circuit addressed whether agreements entered into by Exxon (with Qatar and Malaysia) were mineral leases, or mineral “sales.” The court noted that the answer was “worth” a billion dollars.
  • Miscellaneous revisions are found throughout the other chapters published in this release.

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What’s New on PLI PLUS

We add content to PLI PLUS every month to ensure our subscribers have access to the most up-to-date and relevant secondary source legal documents. Renowned legal experts regularly update our acclaimed Treatises, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in December 2022!     

Treatise Updates – Kane on Trademark Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (Seventh Edition) and Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law (Second Edition)

PLI Press is pleased to announce updates to two of our Trademark treatises – Kane on Trademark Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (Seventh Edition) and Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law (Second Edition). 

Kane on Trademark Law deals with trademark law on the whole, providing court-tested practical suggestions on how to quickly spot potential conflicts and save time on searches, overcome common descriptiveness rejections, amend registrations, and prepare witnesses for depositions. 

Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law focuses specifically on a major factor for determining whether a trademark has been infringed – the probability that consumers will mistake the alleged infringing mark for the original.  It illuminates the pivotal multiple-factor test, providing a strong grasp of the key elements used by the courts to determine if likelihood of confusion exists.

Updated topics from Kane on Trademark Law include:

  • Trademark selection: Chapter 2 now incorporates the USPTO’s new examination guidelines related to genericness rejections (see section 2:1.2) and decisions from the Federal Circuit regarding the registration of .SUCKS (see section 2:5.3) and book titles and characters as trademarks (see section 2:8).
  • Proving a statutory cause of action: Coverage of Meenaxi Enterprise, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co., regarding the elements the claimant must prove to maintain a statutory cause of action under the Lanham Act for activities solely conducted outside the United States (see sections 19:4.5[D] and 22:5).

Highlights from the new information in Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law include:

  • New color illustration of trademark and trade dress infringement cases: An illustration from Sabhnani v. Mirage Brands, LLC (Perfumes & Cologne, see Appendix A49) has been added to Appendix A.
  • Consumers and their degree of care: New commentary in section 6:2 analyzes how empirical research into actual consumer behavior compares with old assumptions and new constructs of consumer behavior.

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Treatise Update – Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance (Second Edition)

The recent increase in federal enforcement of consumer financial services laws and regulations makes it a priority for companies to take stock of their current financial products, to identify potential risks, and to enhance consumer satisfaction efforts.  Fortunately, the treatise Financial Product Fundamentals: Law, Business, Compliance (Second Edition) aids in that process by providing attorneys, compliance personnel, and business professionals with legal, regulatory, and procedural guidance regarding the various financial products, accompanied by many helpful charts, tables, and other graphics.

Highlights from the updated release include:

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New Edition! New York Elder Law (Second Edition)

PLI Press is proud to announce the publication of the new edition of New York Elder Law. 

This authoritative book assists lawyers, social workers, health care personnel, gerontologists, retirement planners, and the like advocate for seniors and address common concerns, including ensuring control over one’s financial affairs and paying for and determining the scope of long-term medical care. The discussions focus on the most common, and often most confusing, subject areas: Medicare, Medi-gap Insurance, Medicaid Eligibility, Medicaid Home Care, Nursing Home Rights, Powers of Attorney, and Health Care Decision Making. The treatise contains numerous time-saving checklists to help readers stay current with rapidly changing laws.

Some of the highlights from the new edition include:

  • Chapter 3, Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind, or Disabled addresses postponed changes to the state’s Medicaid Program, specifically the Medicaid home care application process (see §3:8.1). In addition, the chapter contains new information about the application requirements for those seeking to be considered a Medicaid applicant in “immediate need” for home care services (see §3:6.2[C]) and a new exception for undocumented immigrants age 65 or older (see §3:6.9[D]).
  • New Chapter 5, Nursing Homes focuses on resident rights and operator obligations.  It guides the reader through the entire nursing home experience, from admission to discharge.
  • New Chapter 6, New York Power of Attorney discusses major changes to the New York power of attorney law. 

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