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Brief Of Public Knowledge, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Engine Advocacy, And The R Street Institute As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondents, Charles Duan
Amicus Briefs
Where Congress places conditions upon the patent grant in furtherance of the public interest in individual liberty, Congress acts at the apex of its powers under the Constitution. Inter partes review is a legislative condition on the patent grant, designed for an innovative modern world, specifically crafted to dispose of erroneously issued patents that burden the public. It is the traditional place of Congress to make these balanced political judgments, and Article III poses no barrier to Congress executing its Article I obligation to protect the public by limiting patents.
Protecting Fashion Designs: Not Only "What?" But "Who?", Julie Zerbo
Protecting Fashion Designs: Not Only "What?" But "Who?", Julie Zerbo
American University Business Law Review
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Confining Cultural Expression: How The Historical Principles Behind Modern Copyright Law Perpetuate Cultural Exclusion, April M. Hathcock
Confining Cultural Expression: How The Historical Principles Behind Modern Copyright Law Perpetuate Cultural Exclusion, April M. Hathcock
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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At&T V. Microsoft: A District Judge's Perspective, William H. Pauley Iii
At&T V. Microsoft: A District Judge's Perspective, William H. Pauley Iii
American University Law Review
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Citizen Petitions: Long, Late-Filed, And At-Last Denied, Michael A. Carrier, Carl Minniti
Citizen Petitions: Long, Late-Filed, And At-Last Denied, Michael A. Carrier, Carl Minniti
American University Law Review
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The Commercial Appropriation Of Frame: A Cultural Analysis Of Right Of Publicity And Passing Off, Peter Jaszi
The Commercial Appropriation Of Frame: A Cultural Analysis Of Right Of Publicity And Passing Off, Peter Jaszi
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
Over several centuries, the rhetoric of 'gap filling' has often been invoked to naturalise expansions of intellectual property ("IP") rights-copyright term extension, the patenting of life forms, trademark disparagement, and so forth. The ready pragmatism of the phrase has definite audience appeal, making big changes sound like straightforward responses to external conditions-rather than choices about how to draw the line between private ownership and public discourse. We know, however, that once filled, 'gaps' tend to stay filled. Retrospective debates about the wisdom of such decisions tend to be (both literally and figuratively) of merely academic interest. So what is most …