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States as international legal persons — Recognition of foreign Acts of State — Antitrust — Boycott ordered by foreign government Whether order a defence to antitrust action against companies implementing boycott — Conclusiveness of foreign Act of State Sabbatino decision — The law of the United States

International law — Relation to municipal law — Statute of component entity of federal State inconsistent with treaty — Treaty granting aliens national treatment as to workmen's compensation benefits — Effect of illegal entry of alien — The law of the United States of America.Treaties — Operation and enforcement of — Effect in municipal law — Treaty as prevailing over inconsistent municipal statute of component entity of federal State — Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation — Non — discrimination against aliens as to workmen's compensation benefits — Effect of illegal entry of alien — The law of the United States of America.Aliens — Position of — Plea of non-discrimination — National treatment standard under treaty — Workmen's compensation benefits for alien employee — Treaty as prevailing over inconsistent municipal statute of component entity of federal State — Effect of alien's illegal entry into receiving State — The law of the United States of America.

On December 8, 2011, the Japanese Supreme Court decided that the accession to a multilateral treaty by a state not recognized by Japan cannot create obligations between Japan and that state except with respect to obligations of universal value under general international law. The case arose in the specific context of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention) but has broader implications for the operation of multilateral treaties in general.

This article provides reflections on the scope of patentable subject matter, using the Supreme Court's recent consideration of Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories,Inc. as a springboard for discussion. A brief introduction to the case and the current standard of patentable subject matter are provided as a backdrop for discussion of the role of patentable subject matter in the overall scheme of patentability and patent enforcement. In addition, this article addresses potential repercussions of the case within the judicial and legislative arenas. This article concludes byoffering some broad-based issues for consideration, including both domestic and international implications.

62Governments — Change of government — Effects — Change of government affected by unlawful and questionable means — Whether new government bound by contractual obligations of prior government — Sudan — Whether military government established by coup d'état bound by obligations of prior civilian governmentState succession — In general — Distinction between change of State and change of government — Change of government by unconstitutional means — Rights and obligations of successor — Contractual obligations — Whether successor bound by contractual obligations of prior sovereign — Sudan — Whether military government established by coup d'état constituting successor State — The law of the United States