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Note On The Problem Of Flexible Standards - 1983, Wendy J. Gordon Dec 1983

Note On The Problem Of Flexible Standards - 1983, Wendy J. Gordon

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My basic contention is that courts have been giving plaintiffs tort and property rights in intangible without any greater justification than that those persons had “created” the intangible.


Sony Corporation Of America V. Universal City Studios, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1983

Sony Corporation Of America V. Universal City Studios, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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An Economic Analysis Of Royalty Terms In Patent Licenses, Michael J. Meurer Jul 1983

An Economic Analysis Of Royalty Terms In Patent Licenses, Michael J. Meurer

Faculty Scholarship

Efficient exploitation of a patent often requires patentees to license users of their inventions. The courts, on the other hand, have proscribed many forms of license agreements and discouraged patent licensing in general, thereby diminishing the efficacy of the patent system as a stimulus to R & D. This negative attitude is attributable to fears that licensing will be used to protect invalid patents and secure illegitimate extensions of monopoly power. Part I of this Note reviews judicial treatment of certain royalty terms in patent licenses, describing the restraints the courts have imposed on the freedom of patentees to license …


Fifth Report On Jurisdictional Immunities Of States And Their Property, Sompong Sucharitkul Jan 1983

Fifth Report On Jurisdictional Immunities Of States And Their Property, Sompong Sucharitkul

Publications

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Draft Of The Misappropriation Explosion: Thoughts On The Development Of Property Rights - 1983, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 1983

Draft Of The Misappropriation Explosion: Thoughts On The Development Of Property Rights - 1983, Wendy J. Gordon

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The piece on which I am currently working explores courts' growing willingness to create tort and property rights in the intellectual property area, and their insensitivity to any danger of paralysis which a large degree of exclusivity may impose on an interdependent society. The following will summarize the directions the article is taking at this preliminary stage of research and thinking.


Why Copyright Law Should Not Protect Advertising, Douglas O. Linder, James W. Howard Jan 1983

Why Copyright Law Should Not Protect Advertising, Douglas O. Linder, James W. Howard

Faculty Works

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