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The Complicated Relationship Of Patent Examination And Invalidation, Gregory Reilly Jan 2020

The Complicated Relationship Of Patent Examination And Invalidation, Gregory Reilly

American University Law Review

The conventional view is that the Patent Office examines patent applications before issuance to assure compliance with the statutory criteria of patentability. Ex post invalidation in district court litigation or Patent Office cancellation proceedings then reviews the Patent Office’s work to correct errors that result from the Patent Office’s shortcomings, bias, or “rational ignorance” that limits resources spent on examination because of the irrelevance of most patents. Scholars, the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court have all endorsed this conventional view. However, it is wrong—or at least overly simplistic. The American patent system is only partially a system of ex …


2019 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Sanya Sukduang, Nicholas Doyle, Sydney Kestle, Yoonhee Kim, John Nappi Jan 2020

2019 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Sanya Sukduang, Nicholas Doyle, Sydney Kestle, Yoonhee Kim, John Nappi

American University Law Review

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2019 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Stephanie H. Bald, Sara Copeland Parker Jan 2020

2019 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Stephanie H. Bald, Sara Copeland Parker

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ships In The Night: Resolving Administrative Conflict Between Fda- And Patent-Related Legislation, Carlos Garcia, Jonathan Stroud Jan 2019

Ships In The Night: Resolving Administrative Conflict Between Fda- And Patent-Related Legislation, Carlos Garcia, Jonathan Stroud

American University Law Review

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Institutional Design For Innovation: A Radical Proposal For Addressing § 101 Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Kristen Osenga Jan 2019

Institutional Design For Innovation: A Radical Proposal For Addressing § 101 Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, Kristen Osenga

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2018 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Deborah A. Wilcox, Nancy Rubner Frandsen Jan 2019

2018 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Deborah A. Wilcox, Nancy Rubner Frandsen

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2018 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Lori Gordon Jan 2019

2018 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Lori Gordon

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Makeup Dupes And Fair Use, Samantha Primeaux Jan 2018

Makeup Dupes And Fair Use, Samantha Primeaux

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Landscape Of Modern Patent Appeals, Jason Rantaned Jan 2018

The Landscape Of Modern Patent Appeals, Jason Rantaned

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2017 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Laura C. Whitworth Jan 2018

2017 Patent Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Laura C. Whitworth

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2017 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Anita B. Polott, Rachel E. Fertig Jan 2018

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

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Circuit Jurisdiction: Looking Back And Thinking Forward, Timothy B. Dyk Jan 2018

Federal Circuit Jurisdiction: Looking Back And Thinking Forward, Timothy B. Dyk

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Half-Century Of Scholarship On The Chinese Intellectual Property System, Peter K. Yu Jan 2018

A Half-Century Of Scholarship On The Chinese Intellectual Property System, Peter K. Yu

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Not De Minimis: (Improper) Appropriation In Copyright, Oren Bracha Jan 2018

Not De Minimis: (Improper) Appropriation In Copyright, Oren Bracha

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


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

No abstract provided.


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

No abstract provided.


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.


2015 Patent Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Craig E. Countryman Jan 2016

2015 Patent Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Craig E. Countryman

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2015 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Linda K. Mcleod, Lindsay B. Allen Jan 2016

2015 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Linda K. Mcleod, Lindsay B. Allen

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nfc Technology Llc V. Htc America, Inc.: Judge Bryson's Sitting-By-Designation Guide To Securing Stays In Light Of Inter Partes Reviews, Jonathan Stroud Jan 2016

Nfc Technology Llc V. Htc America, Inc.: Judge Bryson's Sitting-By-Designation Guide To Securing Stays In Light Of Inter Partes Reviews, Jonathan Stroud

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


2014 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Jonathan M. Gelchinsky Jan 2015

2014 Trademark Law Decisions Of The Federal Circuit, Jonathan M. Gelchinsky

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.