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Digital Patent Infringement In An Era Of 3d Printing, Lucas S. Osborn, Timothy R. Holbrook
Digital Patent Infringement In An Era Of 3d Printing, Lucas S. Osborn, Timothy R. Holbrook
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The digital revolution has now moved beyond music and video files. A person can now translate three-dimensional objects into digital files and, at the press of a button, recreate those items via a 3D printer or similar device. Just as digitization placed pressure on the copyright system, so will these digital computer-aided design (“CAD”) files stress the patent system. Patents directed to physical objects can now have their value appropriated not only by the transfer of physical embodiments but also by the transferring of CAD files designed to print the invention. We term this phenomenon digital patent infringement.
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Making Space For Good Things To Happen: A Restorative Approach To The School To Prison Pipeline, Jon Powell
Making Space For Good Things To Happen: A Restorative Approach To The School To Prison Pipeline, Jon Powell
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Redefining Attention (And Revamping The Legal Profession?) For The Digital Generation, Lauren A. Newell
Redefining Attention (And Revamping The Legal Profession?) For The Digital Generation, Lauren A. Newell
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North Carolina's Reincarnated Joint Tenancy: Oh Intent, Where Art Thou, Daniel R. Tilly, Patrick K. Hetrick
North Carolina's Reincarnated Joint Tenancy: Oh Intent, Where Art Thou, Daniel R. Tilly, Patrick K. Hetrick
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A mother, her daughter, and her son-in-law received title to a North Carolina home as joint tenants with right of survivorship. Little did the mother know that she was almost instantly destroying the newborn joint tenancy when, in order to finance the purchase price, she alone executed a mortgage note and deed of trust at the closing. When she died several years later with that mortgage loan in default, a legal dispute arose centered on whether "severance" of the joint tenancy had occurred. Following traditional joint tenancy law theory, the Court of Appeals decided somewhat reluctantly that the joint tenancy …
Re-Examining Reasonableness: Negligence Liability In Adult Defendants With Cognitive Disabilities, Johnny Chriscoe, Lisa Lukasik
Re-Examining Reasonableness: Negligence Liability In Adult Defendants With Cognitive Disabilities, Johnny Chriscoe, Lisa Lukasik
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A Case For Weakening Patent Rights, Lucas S. Osborn, Joshua M. Pearce, Amberlee Haselhuhn
A Case For Weakening Patent Rights, Lucas S. Osborn, Joshua M. Pearce, Amberlee Haselhuhn
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This Article contributes to the patent debate by observing that new and emerging technologies are radically altering the relative costs and benefits of the patent system. Although analysts cannot measure the patent system's numerous absolute costs and benefits, this Article demonstrates that new and emerging technologies are significantly reducing the research, development, and commercialization costs ("innovation costs") that are used by adherents to the incentive and prospect theories to justify the patent system's existence. All things being equal, if significantly, the relative need for the patent system has decreased and will continue to decrease. Thus, this Article argues that patents …