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• Update: March 2024

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for expanding your library with the 2024 edition of Massachusetts Discovery Practice . This new edition brings updated resources within your immediate reach—for fast, accurate, and practical answers to your questions.

  Highlights from the many topics addressed in this edition include the following:

  • Physical or mental examination. See chapter 1 for updated information concerning a less frequently used discovery tool, Rule 35, the purpose of which is to provide a defendant with an equal opportunity to evaluate any injuries the defendant is alleged to have caused. The chapter references a 2022 case and a 2023 amendment to the rule.

  • Rule 30 depositions upon oral examination. See chapter 2 for a discussion of procedure relative to parties’ intent to take an audiovisual deposition of a treating physician or expert witness for trial, and the notice requirement therefor.

  • Remote depositions. See chapter 3 for a discussion of the Supreme Judicial Court's consideration of proposed amendments to Mass. R. Civ. P. 30 to address the issue of remote depositions, such as would revert to prepandemic practices.

  • Corporate versus individual liability. Chapter 5 offers insights regarding the so-called Yates Guidance and its requirements with regard to corporations' disclosures of facts regarding individuals responsible for misconduct. The chapter discusses the 2022 Monaco Memorandum, which underscores the timeliness of disclosures.

  We trust you will find this latest edition of Massachusetts Discovery Practice an invaluable resource for your busy practice and a useful addition to your law library.

  Cordially,

  MCLE Press

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

Introduction: Metes and Bounds of Intellectual Property

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Chapter 2 expand

Developing and Realizing Value from a Patent Portfolio

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Timothy M. Murphy, Esq., Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Jay Sandvos, Esq., Sunstein LLP
Bruce D. Sunstein, Esq., Sunstein LLP

Exhibit 2A

- Mononucleosis Detection Technology License Agreement (Version A, Tending to Favor Licensor) Buy Form

Exhibit 2B

- Viral Detection Technology License Agreement (Version B, Tending to Favor Licensee) Buy Form

Exhibit 2C

- Form of Agreement for Confidential Disclosure to a Third Party Buy Form

Exhibit 2D

- Form of Patent Assignment Buy Form

Exhibit 2E

- Employee Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation, Nondisclosure, and Assignment of Inventions Buy Form

Exhibit 2F

- Form of Agreement for Two-Way Exchange of Confidential Information Buy Form

Exhibit 2G

- Form of Assignment Accompanying Patent Application Buy Form

Exhibit 2H

- Biological Material Transfer Agreement Buy Form

Exhibit 2I

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Exhibit 2J

- Form of Agreement for Employees and Consultants Buy Form

Chapter 3 expand

Understanding Patents for the Legal Advisor

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Timothy M. Murphy, Esq., Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Jay Sandvos, Esq., Sunstein LLP
Bruce D. Sunstein, Esq., Sunstein LLP

Exhibit 3A

- Timing and Costs for Patent Protection Buy Form

Exhibit 3B

- Patent Infringement Complaint Buy Form

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- Patent Infringement Answer and Counterclaim Buy Form

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- Patent Infringement Demand Letter Buy Form

Chapter 4 expand

Trade Secret Law

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Chapter 5 expand

Noncompetition Agreements and Related Restrictive Covenants

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Exhibit 5A

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Chapter 6 expand

Trademarks: Law, Practice, and Current Issues

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Checklist 6.1

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- Trademark Request Form (Internal/Corporate) Buy Form

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- New Trademark Application Filing Checklist Buy Form

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Copyright Law

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Checklist 7.1

- U.S. Copyright Office Copyright Information Circulars That Should Be Reviewed by Nonspecialists Buy Form

Exhibit 7A

- Online Resources for Copyright Law Buy Form

Exhibit 7B

- Assignment of Copyrights Buy Form

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FDA Approval and Licensing as Intellectual Property

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Chapter 9 expand

Ethics Issues in Intellectual Property

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