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Phillips V. Awh Corp., Inc.: A Baffling Claim Construction Methodology, Ehab M. Samuel
Phillips V. Awh Corp., Inc.: A Baffling Claim Construction Methodology, Ehab M. Samuel
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Bayer Ag V. Housey Pharmaceuticals: Protection For Biotechnological Research Tools Under Section 271(G) Found Wanting, Matthew Barthalow
Bayer Ag V. Housey Pharmaceuticals: Protection For Biotechnological Research Tools Under Section 271(G) Found Wanting, Matthew Barthalow
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] "Research tools, a subset of biotechnological inventions protected by process patents, are “tools that scientists use in the laboratory, including cell lines, monoclonal antibodies, reagents, animal models, growth factors, combinatorial chemistry and DNA libraries, clones and cloning tools (such as PCR), methods, laboratory equipment and machines.” Many companies base their business models on the ability to find pharmaceutical products using their proprietary drug discovery research tools. Research tools used for drug discovery ‘include bioinformatic methods for identifying the interaction of certain proteins and their association with disease, methods for confirming protein targets, screening assays to identify molecules active against …
Do We Have Too Many Intellectual Property Rights?, Richard A. Posner
Do We Have Too Many Intellectual Property Rights?, Richard A. Posner
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
The Honorable Richard A. Posner discusses the dangers presented by the propertization of intellectual property rights, particularly in the areas of copyright and patent. Unlike physical property, intellectual property rights are limited by duration, scope, and allowance of faire use. These limitations underlie the existence of a rich public domain that encourages the most valuable uses of intellectual property by reducing transaction costs and encouraging the creation of additional creative works.
Divergent Evolution Of The Patent Power And The Copyright Power, Edward C. Walterscheid
Divergent Evolution Of The Patent Power And The Copyright Power, Edward C. Walterscheid
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Patent and copyright law in the United States derives from a constitutional grant of power to Congress, which drafted the Patent and Copyright Acts. The U.S. Supreme Court has addressed the meaning of various terms in the Patent and Copyright Clause, but only addressed the constitutionality of a copyright statute in 2003. The Court has never considered the constitutionality of a patent statute. The purpose of this article is to explore Congress' and the courts' diverging interpretations of the patent and copyright powers. It explores the reasons for this divergence, tracing the historic kinship between the two powers from the …
A Technical Critique Of Fifty Software Patents, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Patrick Valduriez
A Technical Critique Of Fifty Software Patents, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Patrick Valduriez
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
There has been a great deal of discussion on the desirability of software patents in the legal, economic, and technical academic literature. Case law is the basis of most of the legal literature on the topic. Typically, the basis of the economic literature on patents is the statistical analysis of large numbers of patents. The technical literature frequently hostile to patents often is based on an examination of a small number of pathologically bad patents The authors seek to overcome the inherent limitations of each category of article. The approach taken was to conduct a detailed, technical examination of the …
U.S. V. Rxdepot: The Battle Between Canadian Store-Front Companies, The Fda And Brand-Name Companies, Michael Rosenquist
U.S. V. Rxdepot: The Battle Between Canadian Store-Front Companies, The Fda And Brand-Name Companies, Michael Rosenquist
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Prescription drugs are taken by millions of Americans each year for everything from seasonal allergies to beating cancer. However, millions of Americans each year are without health insurance of some form of prescription drug coverage. When the costs of prescriptions are beyond those Americans' reach, where should they turn to for help? RxDepot, Inc. was a company founded by an entrepreneur, Carl Moore, who believed he had the answer to the problem. In 2002, he began opening stores in the United States where customers could bring in the prescription, have it sent to a Canadian pharmacy, and receive their prescriptions …
Panel I: Do Overly Broad Patents Lead To Restrictions On Innovation And Competition?, Matthew Bye, Mary Critharis, David Balto, Herbert Schwartz
Panel I: Do Overly Broad Patents Lead To Restrictions On Innovation And Competition?, Matthew Bye, Mary Critharis, David Balto, Herbert Schwartz
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Panel I: Do Overly Broad Patents Lead To Restrictions On Innovation And Competition?, Matthew Bye, Mary Critharis, David Balto, Herbert Schwartz
Panel I: Do Overly Broad Patents Lead To Restrictions On Innovation And Competition?, Matthew Bye, Mary Critharis, David Balto, Herbert Schwartz
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Who Owns The Internet? Ownership As A Legal Basis For American Control Of The Internet, Markus Muller
Who Owns The Internet? Ownership As A Legal Basis For American Control Of The Internet, Markus Muller
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Who Owns The Internet? Ownership As A Legal Basis For American Control Of The Internet, Markus Muller
Who Owns The Internet? Ownership As A Legal Basis For American Control Of The Internet, Markus Muller
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.