"Festo and Impact on Patents", "short-title" => "Festo and Impact on Patents", "template" => "basic.tmpl", "description" => "The Festo case, now before the Supreme Court, will have a big impact on the value of a company's intellectual property and on the way that companies protect IP.  Festo will determine the scope of protection that patents provide.  This article summarizes the issues and provides links to references for further reading.", "keywords" => "Festo, patents, intellectual property, IP, patent protection" ); ?>