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Historical Kinship And Categorical Mischief: The Use And Misuse Of Doctrinal Borrowing In Intellectual Property Law, Mark Bartholomew, John Tehranian Nov 2023

Historical Kinship And Categorical Mischief: The Use And Misuse Of Doctrinal Borrowing In Intellectual Property Law, Mark Bartholomew, John Tehranian

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Analogies are ubiquitous in legal reasoning, and, in copyright jurisprudence, courts frequently turn to patent law for guidance. From introducing doctrines meant to regulate online intermediaries to evaluating the constitutionality of resurrecting copyrights to works from the public domain, judges turn to patent law analogies to lend ballast to their decisions. At other times, however, patent analogies with copyright law are quickly discarded and differences between the two regimes highlighted. Why? In examining the transplantation of doctrinal frameworks from one intellectual property field to another, this Article assesses the circumstances in which courts engage in doctrinal borrowing, discerns their rationale …


Statutory Interpretation And Chevron Deference In The Appellate Courts: An Empirical Analysis, Amy Semet Feb 2022

Statutory Interpretation And Chevron Deference In The Appellate Courts: An Empirical Analysis, Amy Semet

Journal Articles

What statutory methods does an appellate court use in reviewing decisions of an administrative agency? Further, in doing this review, are appellate judges more likely to use certain statutory methods when they expressly cite the Chevron two-step framework than if they do not? This Article explores the answers to these questions using an original database of over 200 statutory interpretation cases culled from more than 2,500 cases decided in appellate courts reviewing National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) adjudications from 1994 through 2020. In particular, the study examined the use of text, language canons, substantive canons, legislative history, …


Truth And Hierarchy: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, David Fraser Oct 1984

Truth And Hierarchy: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, David Fraser

Buffalo Law Review

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Beyond Cases: Reconsidering Judicial Review, Janet S. Lindgren Jan 1983

Beyond Cases: Reconsidering Judicial Review, Janet S. Lindgren

Journal Articles

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The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court 1873-1903, Richard S. Kay Oct 1980

The Equal Protection Clause In The Supreme Court 1873-1903, Richard S. Kay

Buffalo Law Review

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The Decline Of The Adversary System: How The Rhetoric Of Swift And Certain Justice Has Affected Adjudication In American Courts, Stephan Landsman Jul 1980

The Decline Of The Adversary System: How The Rhetoric Of Swift And Certain Justice Has Affected Adjudication In American Courts, Stephan Landsman

Buffalo Law Review

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Justiciability And Theories Of Judicial Review: A Remote Relationship, Lee A. Albert Sep 1977

Justiciability And Theories Of Judicial Review: A Remote Relationship, Lee A. Albert

Journal Articles

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The Uniqueness Of The Warren And Burger Courts In American Constitutional History, P. Allan Dionisopoulos Apr 1973

The Uniqueness Of The Warren And Burger Courts In American Constitutional History, P. Allan Dionisopoulos

Buffalo Law Review

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Ethics Of Advocacy, Alexander Holtzoff Apr 1967

Ethics Of Advocacy, Alexander Holtzoff

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Law And Common Law Influences On The Developing Law Of Ethiopia, J. Vanderlinden Oct 1966

Civil Law And Common Law Influences On The Developing Law Of Ethiopia, J. Vanderlinden

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.