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•Claiming Pitfalls in Bioinformatics Patent Applications • Judicial Neuroscience Seminar Learn about Section
• Nominating Committee Report  Why Virtual Worlds Matter for Lawyers
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If you are one of the many who have read about and heard about virtual worlds but do not really understand what a virtual world is, or even how to use appropriate terminology when discussing them, then this is the book for you. 