The Festo case, which appears to be bound for the Supreme Court, is pitting large companies (such as IBM and Ford), which say that the fuzzy equivalency doctrine encourages lawsuits, against smaller companies, which are worried that their innovations will be ripped off.
Three wins in a row, two of which were at home against Reading and QPR who seem to be bound for a relegation fight and their first win away to Manchester United in more than 20 years, seem to have Tottenham on the upswing.
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It is always hard to predict the impact of new technology, but there are several developments already on the horizon which, if the recent past is anything to go by, are bound to be used for monitoring of one sort or another.
It would be premature, though, to declare that the first decade of the 21st century is therefore bound to be as buoyant for America's economy as was the final decade of the 20th.
Whatever the consumer was looking at over the weekend, is bound to be had for cheaper online, especially on Mondays.
Having known Owen since he emerged as a teenager at Liverpool, he is bound to be unhappy for one simple reason.
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Still, relations between Turkey and its most important ally have been dented by the affair, which is bound to be bad for the foreign investment that the country sorely needs.
Look for more paralysis impacting the stock market down and the bond market up, as interest rates decline as a leading indicator of a slowdown that is bound to be unpleasant for everyone but the super-rich.
If the US can increase production by 25% within the decade, could the world?? I doubt it, but we cannot be sure, because there are bound to be fields in other countries ripe for exploitation with the same technology.
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There is bound to be enormous demand for the remaining non-football tickets when they are finally sold.
The standard view is that such tightening is bound to be contractionary, for it will lower aggregate demand.
There are bound to be further demands for the NHS to be more tightly regulated, although former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn recommends instead greater openness, better public reporting and more honesty from health managers the moment things go wrong.
While each partner brings high quality relationships with equipment suppliers, the joint venture will not be bound to any single vendor for new nuclear development, and will be able to make use of the best available technology for each element of the nuclear new-build programme.
Yet in a global labour-market that will be 3.5 billion strong in 2030, competition is bound to be intense and often uncomfortable, for workers and governments alike.
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But the Rugby World Cup is bound to be a proud time for New Zealand.
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Tuesday's business begins with health questions - which are bound to be a testing experience for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
Although the details surrounding Mr Becker's resignation were unclear, his departure is bound to be one more blow for the company.
The office is bound to be a prime place for Olympics spoilers.
Tourists are also bound to be confronted by requests for money.
Spending your days showing people how to improve their Fruit Ninja technique is bound to be more fun than convincing them to pony up for a smart TV.
In fields where thousands of possibilities have to be examined, such as the search for genes that contribute to a particular disease, many seemingly meaningful results are bound to be wrong just by chance.
And that proof is bound to be lucrative in multiple ways for Winfrey and Discovery Communications, her partner in OWN.
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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal ahead of this year's IPL, he said he was glad to be back playing after being wheelchair-bound for some of his recovery period.
There is enough wiggle room in the accounting rules for banks not to be bound by this price level but the news from Merrill signals the likelihood of more fair-value losses to come.
If you ever want to help a not-for-profit, the executive director will be bound and determined to get you to be the treasurer or chair the finance committee.
The bonuses on Wall Street may be reduced greatly for the time being, but they are still bound to be big money.
Now, pay is supposed to be linked to output, though becoming more productive is not easy for desk-bound civil servants or workers in factories that have no power, raw materials or markets.
It's bound to be the early pace-maker for the oncoming glut of summer blockbusters.
That is bound to be the case when one asks for an independent examination of this kind, and we must learn from the findings.
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