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Big Pharma Monopoly: Why Consumers Keep Landing On "Park Place" And How The Game Is Rigged, Mark S. Levy Jan 2017

Big Pharma Monopoly: Why Consumers Keep Landing On "Park Place" And How The Game Is Rigged, Mark S. Levy

American University Law Review

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Using Data Exclusivity Grants To Incentivize Cumulative Innovation Of Biologics' Manufacturing Processes, Eric Lawrence Levi Jan 2017

Using Data Exclusivity Grants To Incentivize Cumulative Innovation Of Biologics' Manufacturing Processes, Eric Lawrence Levi

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Investment-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights, Peter K. Yu Jan 2017

The Investment-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights, Peter K. Yu

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Moral Judgments In Trademark Law, Ned Snow Jan 2017

Moral Judgments In Trademark Law, Ned Snow

American University Law Review

Under the federal Lanham Act, eligibility for trademark protection depends on whether a mark is sufficiently moral. The Federal Circuit has recently held this provision of the Act to be unconstitutional based on its interpretation of speech doctrine. The context of trademark law, however, refutes this interpretation. Indeed, speech doctrine appears to support this morality requirement. Nevertheless, there seems to be another reason that the Federal Circuit held the morality requirement unconstitutional: the judicial discomfort with morality serving as a basis for law. This Essay concludes that this judicial discomfort is unjustified in this instance. From both a constitutional and …


2016 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Anita B. Polott, Rachel E. Fertig Jan 2017

2016 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Anita B. Polott, Rachel E. Fertig

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


At&T V. Microsoft: A District Judge's Perspective, William H. Pauley Iii Jan 2017

At&T V. Microsoft: A District Judge's Perspective, William H. Pauley Iii

American University Law Review

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The Patently Unexceptional Venue Statute, Paul R. Gugliuzza, Megan M. La Belle Jan 2017

The Patently Unexceptional Venue Statute, Paul R. Gugliuzza, Megan M. La Belle

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Patents V. Antitrust: Preempting Conflict, Matthew G. Sipe Jan 2017

Patents V. Antitrust: Preempting Conflict, Matthew G. Sipe

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Circular Logic Of Actavis, Joshua B. Fischman Jan 2017

The Circular Logic Of Actavis, Joshua B. Fischman

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Redefining Reality: Why Design Patent Protection Should Expand To The Virtual World, John R. Boulé Iii Jan 2017

Redefining Reality: Why Design Patent Protection Should Expand To The Virtual World, John R. Boulé Iii

American University Law Review

Virtual reality (“VR”) and augmented reality (“AR”) technologies are rapidly maturing. Companies like Facebook and Microsoft are capitalizing on these technologies and actively releasing products to consumers. Both companies’ products blur the line between the real world and the virtual world. The blurring of this line presents novel questions regarding the protection of digital intellectual property that exists solely within the virtual world.

One such question is whether design patent protection will be available to three-dimensional digital models, models of real-world items that are digitally reproduced in the virtual world. To receive design patent protection, 35 U.S.C. § 171 requires, …


The Federal Circuit's Acquiescence (?), Timothy R. Holbrook Jan 2017

The Federal Circuit's Acquiescence (?), Timothy R. Holbrook

American University Law Review

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Citizen Petitions: Long, Late-Filed, And At-Last Denied, Michael A. Carrier, Carl Minniti Jan 2017

Citizen Petitions: Long, Late-Filed, And At-Last Denied, Michael A. Carrier, Carl Minniti

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.