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Surviving The America Invents Act’S Overhaul Of U.S. Patent Law - Startup And Small Business Perspectives, Ron D. Katznelson
Surviving The America Invents Act’S Overhaul Of U.S. Patent Law - Startup And Small Business Perspectives, Ron D. Katznelson
Ron D. Katznelson
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Policy Tailors And The Rookie Regulator, Sarah Tran
Policy Tailors And The Rookie Regulator, Sarah Tran
Sarah Tran
Commentators have long lamented the lack of policy tailoring in the patent system. But unlike other administrative agencies, who regularly tailor regulatory policies to the needs of specific industries, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) was widely believed to lack the authority and institutional competence for such policymaking. This Article provides the first comprehensive analysis of recent legislative reforms to the PTO’s policymaking authority. It shows the reforms empower the PTO to have a larger say in patent policy than ever before. The big question is thus: to what extent is it good policy for a rookie regulator to …