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The Uneasy Case For Patent Races Over Auctions, Michael B. Abramowicz Jan 2007

The Uneasy Case For Patent Races Over Auctions, Michael B. Abramowicz

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

In advancing his prospect theory of patents, Edmund Kitch dismissed the possibility of distributing rights to particular inventions through auctions, arguing that the patent system avoids the need for governmental officials to define the boundaries of inventions that have not yet been created. Auctions for patent rights to entire inventive fields, however, might accentuate the benefits of a prospect approach, by allowing for earlier and broader patents. Auction designs that award the patent to the bidder that commits the most money to research and development or that agrees to charge the lowest price, meanwhile, can reduce the costs of the …


Outsourcing And The Globalizing Legal Profession, Jayanth K. Krishnan Jan 2007

Outsourcing And The Globalizing Legal Profession, Jayanth K. Krishnan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

The issue of outsourcing jobs abroad stirs great emotion among Americans. Economic free-traders fiercely defend outsourcing as a positive for the U.S. economy while critics contend that corporate desire for low wages solely drives this practice. In this study I focus on a specific type of outsourcing, one which has received scant scholarly attention to date - legal outsourcing. Indeed because the work is often paralegal in nature, many see the outsourcing of legal jobs overseas as no different from other types of outsourcing. But by using as my case studies both the United States and India, the latter which …


Propertizing Thought, Kevin Emerson Collins Jan 2007

Propertizing Thought, Kevin Emerson Collins

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Constructive Nonvolition In Patent Law And The Problem Of Insufficient Thought Control, Kevin Emerson Collins Jan 2007

Constructive Nonvolition In Patent Law And The Problem Of Insufficient Thought Control, Kevin Emerson Collins

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Regulating Cyberbullies Through Notice-Based Liability, Brad Areheart Jan 2007

Regulating Cyberbullies Through Notice-Based Liability, Brad Areheart

College of Law Faculty Scholarship

With the growth of the Internet's uses and abuses, Internet harassment is making headlines. Given its immediacy, anonymity, and accessibility, the Internet offers an unprecedented forum for defamation and harassment. The salient problem with such cyberbullying is that victims are typically left without adequate recourse. The government should provide recourse by curtailing the near absolute immunity Internet Service Providers (ISPs) currently enjoy under the Communications Decency Act (CDA) and implementing a notice and take-down scheme similar to that for copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for certain torts.