Here is a list of the top 10 intellectual property cases of 2013. One common theme that emerged: continuing patent reform by lawmakers and in the courts.

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Are memorial creations entitled to the same legal protection as more readily defined works of art?

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It pays to be observant. While walking around the Central West End last month, stylist Casey Ray peered into a trash bin behind the Chase Park Plaza and found scripts for "New Moon" and "Memoirs" - sequels to the vampire sensation "Twilight." (For those of you who don't have young teenagers at home, "Twilight" is a love story between a teenage girl and a vampire, pictured.) Ray began shopping the scripts around to the national tabloids, when someone from one of the papers told her how the deal would work. That's when Ray thought it might be a good idea to get some legal advice.

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Longtime intellectual property attorney Philip B. Polster will be remembered for “accomplishing much very quietly,” his son and law firm partner said. Polster died Monday; he was 89. Polster practiced law for 60 years and was the founder of Polster, ...

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