Labor and Employment Alert: New Law Requires Employers to Post Employee Rights Notice by November 14, 2011 NLRB Publishes Final Rule for Notification of Employee Rights September 1, 2011 — The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published in the Federal Register this week a Final Rule requiring most private-sector employers — even if not unionized […]
Avoiding Means-Plus-Function in the Up and Down World of Elevators Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses how means-plus-function limitations can put patent holders at a disadvantage. Mean-plus-function limitations in patent claims require special construction and can result in narrow patent claims that may not be beneficial to patent owners. As a result, many […]