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A Compensatory Liability Regime To Promote The Exchange Of Microbial Genetic Resources For Research And Benefit Sharing, Jerome H. Reichman
A Compensatory Liability Regime To Promote The Exchange Of Microbial Genetic Resources For Research And Benefit Sharing, Jerome H. Reichman
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Who’S Afraid Of The Federal Circuit?, Arti K. Rai
Who’S Afraid Of The Federal Circuit?, Arti K. Rai
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In this brief Essay, Professor Rai responds to Professor Jonathan Masur's Yale Law Journal article "Patent Inflation." Professor Masur's argument rests on the assumption that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") behavior is determined almost entirely by a desire to avoid reversal by the Federal Circuit. Although the PTO is certainly a weak agency over which the Federal Circuit has considerable power, Masur overestimates the extent to which high-level PTO administrators are concerned about Federal Circuit reversals and underestimates institutional influences that are likely to operate in a deflationary direction. The PTO is influenced not only by the Federal Circuit …