Kristy Downing is a US patent attorney. She has served as an adjunct professor for Marquette University Law School and is published by the American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, the State Bar of Michigan and the Intellectual Property Law Bulletin. She also has been a presenter for local and national bar associations. Ms. Downing is furthermore an inventor for her solutions in electronic messaging.
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Since 2008, Just Intellectuals eNewsletter has provided intellectual property law information and commentary on updates at the US Patent Office and appellate intellectual property decisions from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and US Supreme Court.
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Other writings:
- Patent Eligibility’s Doctrinal Exclusions… Lately, a Scary Movie Too Difficult to Watch – Concrete Solutions and Suggestions, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, 22 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 231 (2018)
- The Implications of In re Seagate, Intellectual Property Law Bulletin (a University of San Francisco School of Law publication), Volume 12, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)
- Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Patenting: A Look Back to Adams and His Battery, Co-Author, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society, Volume 89 (November 2007)
- FTC and DOJ Weigh in on the Intersection of Antitrust Enforcement and IP Rights, AIPLA Antitrust Newsletter (May 2007)
- Trade Secret Law and Protecting Your Client’s Process, Intellectual Property Litigation (an ABA publication), Volume 16, No. 6 (Summer 2005), republished in Commercial & Business Litigation (the Commercial & Business Litigation Committee Section of the ABA), Volume 7, No. 3 (Spring 2006)
