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Full-Text Articles in Social Welfare Law
Patent Accidents: Questioning Strict Liability In Patent Law, Patrick R. Goold
Patent Accidents: Questioning Strict Liability In Patent Law, Patrick R. Goold
Indiana Law Journal
Accidental infringement of patent rights is a pervasive and growing problem in the Information Age. As IP rights proliferate and expand in scope, it is becoming increasingly easy for companies and individuals to inadvertently infringe patents. When such accidental infringement occurs, patent law holds the infringer strictly liable. This contrasts with many areas of tort law where defendants are only liable if they act negligently.
This Article questions the normative desirability of strict liability in patent law. Assuming the primary value of patent law is utilitarian, this Article poses the research question: what liability rule will maximize social welfare? This …
The Social Security Administration's Policy Of Nonacquiescence, Angela M. Johnson
The Social Security Administration's Policy Of Nonacquiescence, Angela M. Johnson
Indiana Law Journal
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