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- A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West (Martz Summer Conference, June 6-8) (1)
- Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14) (1)
- Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9) (1)
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Agenda: A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint For The American West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Renewable And Sustainable Energy Institute, Western Resource Advocates, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Agenda: A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint For The American West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Colorado Boulder. Renewable And Sustainable Energy Institute, Western Resource Advocates, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
A Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for the American West (Martz Summer Conference, June 6-8)
The future of the planet may depend upon our ability to increase energy supplies even as we reduce carbon emissions. This conference will address how a low-carbon energy program might evolve with a particular focus on the American West. It will focus on the future of energy in the West--on a “managed transition” to a different energy mix, on the need to nest this effort in a framework that acknowledges interconnections, and on identifying the most salient opportunities to consider the legal, political, financial, and technical challenges.
The Patent Office Meets The Poison Pill: Why Legal Methods Cannot Be Patented, Andrew A. Schwartz
The Patent Office Meets The Poison Pill: Why Legal Methods Cannot Be Patented, Andrew A. Schwartz
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In 2003, for the first time in its 170-year history, the United States Patent Office began awarding patents for novel legal innovations, in addition to traditional inventions such as the telephone or airplane. Commentators have accepted the Patent Office's power to grant legal method patents, but at the same time have criticized this new type of patent on policy grounds. But no one has suggested that the Patent Office exceeded its authority by awarding patents for legal methods, until now.
In the Patent Act of 1952, which is still in effect today, Congress established certain requirements for patentability, including a …
Patents On Legal Methods? No Way!, Andrew A. Schwartz
Patents On Legal Methods? No Way!, Andrew A. Schwartz
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An “invention,” as used in the United States patent laws, refers to anything made by man that employs or harnesses a law of nature or a naturally occurring substance for human benefit. A watermill, for instance, harnesses the power of gravity to run machinery. But legal methods, such as tax strategies, are not inventions in this sense, because they employ “laws of man” — not laws of nature to produce a useful result.
Twenty Years After Chile’S Free Market Water Code: National And International Lessons About Water Law Reforms [Abstract], Carl J. Bauer
Twenty Years After Chile’S Free Market Water Code: National And International Lessons About Water Law Reforms [Abstract], Carl J. Bauer
Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World (Summer Conference, June 11-14)
2 pages.
Ogallala Ground Water, Morton W. Bittinger
Ogallala Ground Water, Morton W. Bittinger
Groundwater: Allocation, Development and Pollution (Summer Conference, June 6-9)
12 pages.