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Non-Practicing Entities & Patent Reform, Nicholas Douglas
Non-Practicing Entities & Patent Reform, Nicholas Douglas
Pace Law Review
The patent system is designed to promote innovation and supply a blueprint for innovative minds to improve upon, but the behavior of some patent owners is contrary to these principles. Non-practicing entities obtain patent rights, and rather than produce the product claimed in the patent, they assert their exclusionary rights broadly and aggressively against businesses producing similar products in order to induce settlement or licensing payments. These assertions account for a significant percentage of infringement claims and threaten a potentially innocent business with expensive litigation. The actions of these entities have a substantial effect on the patent system and have …
Mechanical Timepieces & Intellectual Property Protection, Nicholas Douglas
Mechanical Timepieces & Intellectual Property Protection, Nicholas Douglas
Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum
This article is meant to give you a basic understanding of mechanical timepieces—not just what they are, but how they are different from one another and why that difference is significant. Watches themselves do not need an introduction; they are ubiquitous and have withstood the peaks and troughs of social inequality and have persisted as a commonality between the rich, the poor and the middleclass since the beginning of their mass production in the 19th century. I focus here on the history of watches within the United States because, ultimately, this is a discussion of their legal protection under United …