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The Experimental Purpose Doctrine And Biomedical Research, Tao Huang Oct 2004

The Experimental Purpose Doctrine And Biomedical Research, Tao Huang

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

The experimental use doctrine is a common law rule in patent law that until a few years ago excused accused infringers who made and used patented products or processes on the basis of an experimental, educational, or nonprofit purpose when there was de minimis economic injury to the patent owner and de minimis economic gain to the infringer. While the application of the experimental purpose doctrine was always narrow, two recent Federal Circuit decisions indicate that there is not much left under its aegis. In Madey v. Duke University, the Federal Circuit strictly limited the application of the experimental purpose …


Diamond V. Chakrabarty: Gauging Congress’ Response To Dynamic Statutory Interpretation By The Supreme Court , Anna E. Lumelsky Jun 2004

Diamond V. Chakrabarty: Gauging Congress’ Response To Dynamic Statutory Interpretation By The Supreme Court , Anna E. Lumelsky

ExpressO

In this article, I consider the 1980 Supreme Court decision, Diamond v. Chakrabarty, and Congress’ response to it in light of several contemporary views on statutory interpretation. I conclude that in science and technology-related cases in which delay could significantly hamper the advancement of the field, the Supreme Court should interpret federal statutes dynamically in response to a changing social context, but should also attempt to conform its interpretations to legislative preferences in order to avoid a legislative override.


Gaining Momentum: A Review Of Recent Developments Surrounding The Expansion Of The Copyright Misuse Doctrine And Analylsis Of The Doctrine In Its Current Form, Neal Hartzog Apr 2004

Gaining Momentum: A Review Of Recent Developments Surrounding The Expansion Of The Copyright Misuse Doctrine And Analylsis Of The Doctrine In Its Current Form, Neal Hartzog

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

The United States intellectual property ("IP") system is the foundation for incentives for authors and inventors to create and invent so that their work will be distributed to the public for the betterment of society. These incentives, in the form of limited monopolies over creations via patents, copyrights, and trademarks, are becoming increasingly important as the United States depends upon intellectual property to sustain its economy. As the intellectual property industry grows, it becomes vital to preserve the impetus behind its creation: the public good, or more specifically, the public's ability to make use of and enjoy new ideas and …


Actualidad En Derecho De La Competencia 2003, Gabriel Martinez Medrano Apr 2004

Actualidad En Derecho De La Competencia 2003, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Are You Experienced?: Examining The Need For Specialized Ethics Rules In Patent Litigation, Benjamin J. Sodey Mar 2004

Are You Experienced?: Examining The Need For Specialized Ethics Rules In Patent Litigation, Benjamin J. Sodey

ExpressO

Any attorney licensed to practice before a federal district court, regardless or his or her area of specialization, may file a patent infringement suit on behalf of a client in that court. The possibility exists, therefore, for an attorney having little or no intellectual property experience to represent clients in complex patent litigation matters. Due to this, infringement defendants and their counsel may find themselves on the receiving end of a dubious patent claim brought by attorneys lacking patent law experience. This article discusses whether the existing rules governing attorney conduct, such as professional responsibility, procedural, or statutory rules, are …


Adrift On A Sea Of Uncertainty: Preserving Uniformity In Patent Law Post-Vornado Through Deference To The Federal Circuit, Larry D. Thompson Mar 2004

Adrift On A Sea Of Uncertainty: Preserving Uniformity In Patent Law Post-Vornado Through Deference To The Federal Circuit, Larry D. Thompson

Scholarly Works

Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1982, and granted that court exclusive appellate jurisdiction over civil actions arising under patent law. Congress's primary goals in creating the Federal Circuit were to produce a more uniform patent jurisprudence and to reduce forum shopping based on favorable patent law. But in the 2002 decision of Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, the Supreme Court held that patent counterclaims alone could not create Federal Circuit jurisdiction. This decision not only overruled the Federal Circuit's longstanding jurisdictional rule, but also opened the door for Regional …


Is The Federal Circuit Succeeding? An Empirical Assessment Of Judicial Performance, Polk Wagner, Lee Petherbridge Mar 2004

Is The Federal Circuit Succeeding? An Empirical Assessment Of Judicial Performance, Polk Wagner, Lee Petherbridge

All Faculty Scholarship

As an appellate body jurisdictionally demarcated by subject matter rather than geography, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit occupies a unique role in the federal judiciary. This controversial institutional design has had profound effects on the jurisprudential development of the legal regimes within its purview - especially the patent law, which the Federal Circuit has come to thoroughly dominate in its two decades of existence. In this Article, we assess the court's performance against its basic premise: that, as compared to prior regional circuit involvement, centralization of legal authority will yield a clearer, more coherent, and …


Limitación Contractual A La Libertad De Competir (Transferencia De Activos Comerciales Y Clausulas De No Competencia), Gabriel Martinez Medrano Jan 2004

Limitación Contractual A La Libertad De Competir (Transferencia De Activos Comerciales Y Clausulas De No Competencia), Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Daños A La Reputacion De La Marca En Los Procesos De Transaccion Economica, Gabriel Martinez Medrano, Gabriela Soucasse Jan 2004

Daños A La Reputacion De La Marca En Los Procesos De Transaccion Economica, Gabriel Martinez Medrano, Gabriela Soucasse

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Boicot Empresarial Y Defensa De La Competencia, Gabriel Martinez Medrano Jan 2004

Boicot Empresarial Y Defensa De La Competencia, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Daños A La Reputacion De La Marca En Los Procesos De Transaccion Economica, Gabriel Martinez Medrano, Gabriela Soucasse Jan 2004

Daños A La Reputacion De La Marca En Los Procesos De Transaccion Economica, Gabriel Martinez Medrano, Gabriela Soucasse

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Protección Contra La Dilución Marcaria En El Derecho Argentino., Gabriel Martinez Medrano Jan 2004

Protección Contra La Dilución Marcaria En El Derecho Argentino., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

El autor examina la proteccion de las marcas notorias y renombradas en el sistema de argentino de protección de marcas, con especial hincapie en la jurisprudencia de ese pais. En particular estudia como la jurisprudencia argentina trata los casos de dilución y de confusión indirecta (riesgo de asociación). Author expounds how the Well known and Famous marks are protected in the Argentine’s Trademarks system, with special emphazis in case law. The article developes how the argentine’s case law deals with dilution and likelihood of association cases involving well known marks.


Life After Eldred: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Copyright, Marshall Leaffer Jan 2004

Life After Eldred: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Copyright, Marshall Leaffer

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Introduction: The Law, Technology & The Arts Symposium: The Past, Present And Future Of The Federal Circuit, Craig Allen Nard Jan 2004

Introduction: The Law, Technology & The Arts Symposium: The Past, Present And Future Of The Federal Circuit, Craig Allen Nard

Faculty Publications

Introduction to The Law, Technology & the Arts Symposium: The Past, Present and Future of the Federal Circuit, Cleveland, Ohio.


Albert Einstein, Esq., Steven Goldberg Jan 2004

Albert Einstein, Esq., Steven Goldberg

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper setting forth the special theory of relativity is one of the most famous scientific articles ever written. Peter Galison’s influential book, Einstein’s Clocks, Poincaré’s Maps: Empires of Time (2003), demonstrates that Einstein’s paper was fundamentally shaped by his work as a patent examiner by showing that arguments previously seen as abstract thought experiments were instead derived from Einstein’s work on patent applications for devices that coordinate clocks. Moving beyond Galison’s insights, we can see portions of Einstein’s paper as reflecting the quasi-judicial role of a patent examiner. Like trial judges, patent examiners must apply settled legal …


Obvious To Whom? Evaluating Inventions From The Perspective Of Phosita, Rebecca S. Eisenberg Jan 2004

Obvious To Whom? Evaluating Inventions From The Perspective Of Phosita, Rebecca S. Eisenberg

Articles

In this Article, I consider the possibility of giving the USPTO input from currently active technological practitioners in evaluating the obviousness of claimed inventions. Such input could potentially serve three useful functions. First, it could improve the accuracy of USPTO decisionmaking by providing access to the perspective of actual practitioners as to the obviousness of inventions from the perspective of the hypothetical PHOSITA. Second, it could help the USPTO document the evidentiary basis for rejections that rest in part upon tacit knowledge within technological communities. Third, it could provide a quality control mechanism that would improve the credibility of USPTO …


Avances De La Jurisprudencia En La Protección De Las Marcas Notorias., Gabriel Martinez Medrano Dec 2003

Avances De La Jurisprudencia En La Protección De Las Marcas Notorias., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.


Actualización Sobre La Protección De Marcas Notorias Y Renombradas En La Jurisprudencia. Comentario Al Fallo Calas Rolando D. C. Raul V. Batalles S.A. Causa 5110/97. Sala Ii Camara Nacional Civil Y Comercial Federal., Gabriel Martinez Medrano Dec 2003

Actualización Sobre La Protección De Marcas Notorias Y Renombradas En La Jurisprudencia. Comentario Al Fallo Calas Rolando D. C. Raul V. Batalles S.A. Causa 5110/97. Sala Ii Camara Nacional Civil Y Comercial Federal., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.