Did discount rate changes affect the foreign exchange value of the dollar during 1978?

Foreign exchange rates ; Dollar, American

International reserves and the role of special drawing rights

International trade ; International finance ; Special drawing rights

Do rising U.S. interest rates imply a stronger dollar?

Interest rates ; Dollar, American

The FOMC in 1976: progress against inflation

Federal Open Market Committee ; Inflation (Finance)

The recent U.S. trade deficit - no cause for panic

International trade ; Balance of trade

Oil imports and the fall of the dollar

Petroleum industry and trade ; Money supply

Do foreigners control the U.S. money supply?

Money supply ; Investments, Foreign

Liberalizing the Mansfield Rule in Missouri: Making Sense of the Extraneous Evidence Exception after Travis v. Stone

In Missouri, to obtain a new trial based on juror misconduct, a two step process must be used. First, admissible evidence of misconduct must be presented, and second, the evidence of misconduct must be sufficient to convince the trial court that the misconduct prejudiced a party. This Note examines the current status of Missouri law governing the first prong of this analysis: the admissibility of juror testimony offered to establish juror misconduct involving the gathering of extra-judicial evidence

Federal Circuit Makes a Leap in Logic: The Dangerous Upstream Use of Related Patents\u27 Prosecution History to Interpret Claims in Already Issued Patents, The

The Federal Circuit, in Microsoft Corp. v. Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., used prosecution history from a subsequent related patent application to limit claim language in an earlier patent and settle an important legal battle affecting the rapidly growing internet telephony industry. This Note examines the majority’s seemingly logical reasoning but ultimately agrees with the analysis of Judge Rader’s dissent

To Construe or Not to Construe: At the Interface between Claim Construction and Infringement in Patent Cases

This Article examines the blurring of this interface in both the procedural and substantive contexts. Part I discusses the background and modem legal framework for classifying claim construction as a pure question of law that is answered prior to and separate from the issue of infringement. Part II analyzes the claim construction-infringement boundary in a procedural context by examining the stages of a case at which these inquiries are typically performed and the degree to which courts construe claims in a vacuum, without reference to the accused product. This Part explains that courts are becoming increasingly accepting of and often prefer conducting claim construction in the context of the accused product, which blurs the procedural line between claim construction and infringement. Part III analyzes the claim construction-infringement boundary in the substantive context by examining the extent to which a court obliquely can apply the plain and ordinary meaning of claim terms to an accused product to assess infringement without further construing claim language to define claim scope. This Part discusses how the Federal Circuit\u27s 02 Micro International Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Technology, Co. opinion biases the substantive boundary toward deciding liability as a legal question of claim construction. Finally, Part IV concludes with a series of strategic considerations for litigants in light of the conclusion that claim construction and infringement, in practice, lie on a continuum of uncertainty, rather than in separate inquires cleanly divided by a bright line