Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. et al. v. St. Jude Medical, Inc. et al.
Since the days of Stanislavski and Strasberg, aspiring thespians have been schooled in the ways of "method acting." Under this technique, an actor strives to emulate a character's emotional and psychological state through various exercises. Critics of method acting chide it as lacking substance and pretentious. In fact, legend has it that, when he was preparing for a tense scene in the...
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Exergen Corporation v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Budding members of the fourth estate are schooled in the art of information gathering through the use of the formula known as the "five W's" - who, what, when, where, why and how (go figure on the "how" part . . . it's journalistic license). Although lawyers and the press have been known to clash from time to time, the Federal Circuit has recently adopted this journalistic...
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