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A Proposed Defense To Patent Infringement, Alfonso Garcia Chan

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

The American patent system is a major catalyst for technological progress and economic growth. In most cases, the system works well to achieve those ends. In rare but significant circumstances, however, the patent system can be manipulated to suppress technological progress. Unlike patent rights in other nations, the American patent grant is a negative right to exclude others. Thus, the patent owner need not practice or license others to practice the invention. Indeed, a patent owner has the right to do nothing for the lifetime of the patent. A patent owner's lack of action, however, could prevent progress in a …

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The Domain Name Game: Applying Trademark Law To An Internet Tug Of War, Deanna L. Kendall

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

This article focuses on the unique problems that the domain name registration system creates for traditional trademark law. First, the article discusses the Internet and explains how the domain name system works. Next, it identifies the trademark law that is implicated by the domain name system, paying particular attention to the FTDA. Then, it discusses nonjudicial remedies that may be used by trademark owners and domain name holders to resolve disputes. Finally, it analyzes the current caselaw in the area of domain name disputes and predicts what courts will do when faced with these novel and complex issues.

Saving Trees And Saving Time: Researching Environmental Law On The Internet, Jennifer Hodgkins

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Conducting research on environmental law typically involves using federal and state statutes, administrative regulations, caselaw, law reviews, journals, and other resources in highly technical and scientific areas. Many of these resources are now available on the Internet, enabling lawyers to take advantage of free and convenient access to information. This paper focuses on sites specifically pertaining to environmental law; it will not address more general sites that provide statutes, administrative regulations, and caselaw. Internet sites that may be useful to environmental lawyers are grouped into the following twelve categories:

(1) Federal Government Agencies (page 38)

(2) Texas Government Agencies (page …

Dickinson V. Zurko: Limits On The Federal Circuit's Standard Of Review, Sue Ann Mota

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Standards ofreview matter -or at least we think they do. After receiving an unfavorable decision from an administrative agency, a party faces a high hurdle on appeal if the standard of review is quite deferential. In Dickinson v. Zurko, the Supreme Court recently held that decisions of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) must be reviewed under the relatively lax scrutiny required by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). In contrast, the Federal Circuit had claimed the right to use the tougher "clearly erroneous" standard in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a).

Rejecting the historical, statutory, and policy reasons of …

Courting Cyberspace, Al Harrison

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

Having the ability to practice law in cyberspace has virtually metamorphosed the legal landscape into an amorphous mass. In this murky region, trying to apply well-established legal principles creates a colloidal covering of uncertainty. Besides compelling changes in the way legal services are delivered, this metamorphosis has introduced numerous practical and ethical concerns for lawyers and law firms. For example, consider the following questions:

• With whom are you communicating by sending e-mail?
• Are you inadvertently providing free legal advice to an unknown person in an unknown venue?
• Have you inadvertently established an attorney-client relationship?
• Are you licensed in the state …

Two-Photon Excitation Of Rhenium Metal-Ligand Complexes, Joseph R. Lakowicz, Felix N. Castellano, Ignacy Gryczynski, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Jonathan D. Dattelbaum

Chemistry Faculty Publications

We describe the emission spectral properties of two rhenium metal-ligand complexes with one and two-photon excitation, Re(bpy)₂(CO)₃Cl and [Re(bpy)(CO)₃CH₃CN]⁺, where bpy is 2,2’-bipyridyl and CH₃CN is acetonitrile. Similar emission spectra and intensity decay times characteristic of the metal-to-ligand charge transfer state were observed for one- and two-photon excitation. The lifetime and quantum yield of the acetonitrile complex are approximately 14-fold higher than that of the chloride complex. Both complexes display high anisotropies near 0.33 in frozen solution with one-photon excitation. Two-photon excitation results in anisotropies about 40% larger, …

Statistical Physics, Neural Networks, Brain Studies, Gerard Toulouse

Turkish Journal of Physics

An overview of some aspects of a vast domain, located at the crossroads of physics, biology and computer science is presented: 1) During the last fifteen years, physicists advancing along various pathways have come into contact with biology (computational neurosciences) and engineering (formal neural nets). 2) This move may actually be viewed as one component in a larger picture. A prominent trend of recent years, observable over many countries, has been the establishment of interdisciplinary centers devoted to the study of: cognitive sciences; natural and artificial intelligence; brain, mind and behaviour; perception and action; learning and memory; robotics; man-machine communication, …

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Novel Detectors And Lasers For Telecommunications, Anthony J. Vickers, Hamid R. Mashayekhi, Pattara Aiyarak, Diego Oriato

Turkish Journal of Physics

For the most part the field of optoelectronics has been dominated by the pn junction for both detector and laser applications. This domination will probably hold true for laser applications for many more years although the simple forward biased junction may be challenged by other novel approaches as increased complexity is required such as multi-wavelength emission, wavelength conversion, and Thz operation. The first real novel use of the pn junction was developed by Balkan et al. [1]. Their HELLISH device paved the way for novel approaches in the use of the pn junction. In this paper I shall introduce another …

Silicon-Based Optoelectronics: Progress And Challenges, Tamim P. Sidiki, Clivia M. Sotomayor Torres

Turkish Journal of Physics

We review the status of silicon-based optoelectronics with emphasis on light emitting diodes. Erbium-doped Si, por-Si and silicon-based superlattices and nanostructures are discussed. The origin behind light emission in silicon with feature sizes below about 60 nm still remains poorly understood.

Characterization Of Inas/Gaas Qd Structures By Hrem And Pl Spectroscopy, Y. Ati̇ci̇, D. Cherns, A. Polimeni, M. Henini, L. Eaves

Turkish Journal of Physics

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An Investigation Of Electrical Properties Of Porous Silicon, G. Algün, M. Ç. Arikan

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this work, electrical properties of porous silicon structures, formed with electrochemical anodization in HF acid solution under two different current densities, were investigated. In these experiments, Sb doped (111)-oriented n-type silicon samples with 0.006-0.015 \Omega cm resistivity was used. Samples were anodized in a solution of 38% HF and 99% C_2H_2OH at 1:1 ratio for 15 minutes. After anodization, the structures that formed at low current density (J = 5 mA/cm^2) was compared with structures that formed at high current density (J = 30 mA/cm^2). Both structures and electrical properties were investigated.

Carrier Transport And Band Offsets In Two Dimensional Heterostructures, Hi̇lmi̇ Ünlü

Turkish Journal of Physics

Advances in the low dimensional heterojunction device technology cannot be complete without adequate and reliable analytic model for determining interface properties such as band offsets needed to study the carrier transport and to evaluate the device performance at high temperatures and pressures. In this article, using the extended universal tight binding model of semiconductors, a new way of determining the band offsets in heterostructures is presented. In this model the band offsets are first determined by aligning the vacuum level, defined relative to valence band maximum which is screened by optical dielectric constant of semiconductors, at the interface at absolute …

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Quantum Mechanics Of The Electric Charge, Andrzej Staruszkiewicz

Turkish Journal of Physics

The Author summarizes the evidence that his quantum theory of the electric charge depends in a nontrivial way on the numerical value of the fine structure constant.

Gauge Theory Of Phase And Scale, Marek Pawlowski

Turkish Journal of Physics

Old Weyl's the idea of scale recalibration freedom and Infeld's and van der Waerden's (IW) ideas concerning geometrical interpretation of natural spinor phase gauge symmetry are discussed in the context of modern models of fundamental particle interactions. It is argued that (IW) gauge symmetry can be naturaly identified with the U(1) symmetry of the Weinberg-Salam model. It is also argued that there are no serious reasons to reject Weyl's gauge theory from consideration. Its inclusion enriches the original Weinberg-Salam theory and leads to prediction of new phenomena that do not contradict experiments.

The Wigner Problem In Electrodynamics, Andrzej Horzela

Turkish Journal of Physics

The relation between canonical commutation rules and a shape of acting force is analysed. It is shown that canonical commutation relations and Newtonian equations of motion for a single particle dynamics do imply the force to be of the Lorentz type but the inverse is not true. The example of a single particle motion in a constant magnetic field shows that equations of motion allow an alternative to canonical commutation relations to exist and it is a Lie algebra. The algebra found is of the type of algebras found in studies leading towards noncommutative geometry approaches to physical problems.

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Canonical Treatment Of Regular Lagrangians With Holonomic Constraints As Singular Systems, Eqab M. Rabei

Turkish Journal of Physics

Regular Lagrangians with holomonic constraints are treated as singular systems using the canonical method. The Lagrange multipliers are introduced as generalized coordinates. The regular Lagrangians are extended to be singular and the Hamiltonian formulation is obtained. The equations of motion are written as total differential equations in terms of the time t and the Lagrange multipliers. It is also shown that Lagrange multipliers can be determined from the integrability conditions.

Magnetisation In Two-Dimensions, Bengü Kaplan

Turkish Journal of Physics

We discuss the magnetisation deviation in two-dimensions (2d) for an iron film for which the anisotropy is much smaller and hence the magnetisation is a stronger function of temperature. The magnetisation deviation can be adequately described by an RPA (random phase approximation) approach. Our results fit the experimental data at high fields and hence can be used to estimate the value of the effective exchange interaction (J_{2d}) for monolayer (ML) films.

Low-Magnetic Field Microwave Absorption In Superconductors And Conducting Polymers, I. L. Khairullin, P. K. Khabibullaev, V. Yu. Sokolov, A. A. Zakhidov

Turkish Journal of Physics

Low-magnetic field microwave absorption (MA) in superconductors and conducting polymers is analysed in a low-field signal (LFS) version of the MA detecting method. The temperature dependences, hysteretic benavior and other properties of a LFS are compared in superconducting versus non-superonducting systems. Spin selective hopping processes between polarons and bipolarons is proposed to be one of the possible mechanisms of a LFS in non-degenarate conducting polymers.

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The Constitution And Encryption Regulation: Do We Need A "New Privacy"?, A. Michael Froomkin

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Of Governments And Governance, A. Michael Froomkin

Articles

The Magaziner Report focuses on achieving short-term goals without giving sufficient consideration to long-term consequences affecting the structure of Internet governance and democracy in general. This overly pragmatic approach creates a paradoxical climate: overly-friendly to government intervention (in e-commerce regulation) while also overly willing to defer to privatized governance structures (in other areas). As the recent World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") domain name/trademark process demonstrates, certain Internet governance processes raise several questions, not least discerning whether such processes include adequate notice and consultation. More traditional democratic processes, such as legislation and regulation, have routinized means of giving affected parties notice …

Sub-Regional, Regional And International Co-Operation In Responding To And Deterring Transboundary Marine Pollution, Bernard H. Oxman

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Urban Growth: A Global Challenge, Janet Stearns

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