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Intellectual Property Law

Selected Works

2008

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Korean Patent No. Kr1020067027478, Adam R. Stephenson Dec 2008

Korean Patent No. Kr1020067027478, Adam R. Stephenson

Adam Stephenson

No abstract provided.

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Un Código Modelo En Lenguaje Claro, Maximiliano Marzetti Nov 2008

Un Código Modelo En Lenguaje Claro, Maximiliano Marzetti

Maximiliano Marzetti

La presentación del Dr. Maximiliano Marzetti refiere a un proyecto de la Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Derecho y Economía (ALACDE) para impulsar una nueva generación de codificación civil y comercial para Latino América y el Caribe desde un enfoque integrado del análisis económico del Derecho para hacer que el derecho funcione mejor y sea más eficiente. Se trata de innovar tanto en el fondo (law and economics) como en la forma (plain legal language). La redacción en lenguaje jurídico claro ayuda a disminuir los "costos de transacción" de los lectores.

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Bits, Ippas, Trips And Icsid: Justice For Some, Alphabet Soup For All, Christopher Wadlow Oct 2008

Bits, Ippas, Trips And Icsid: Justice For Some, Alphabet Soup For All, Christopher Wadlow

Christopher Wadlow

Examines the possibility that ICSID (the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) might be a more favourable forum than the WTO for private party complaints of violations of the TRIPs Agreement, if the state conduct alleged to violate TRIPs amounted to expropriation or breach of the principle of fair and equitable treatment.

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Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod Oct 2008

Creative License: A Conversation About Music, Sampling And Fair Use, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod Jul 2008

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: A Conversation With Public Enemy., Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

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Reforma De La Ley De Defensa Del Consumidor. Ley 26.361., Gabriel Martinez Medrano May 2008

Reforma De La Ley De Defensa Del Consumidor. Ley 26.361., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

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Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton Apr 2008

Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton

Lori B. Andrews

A number of advances have recently taken place in influenza virus genomics research, due largely to an extensive genome sequencing project and widespread access to these sequences. If a pandemic virus emerges, whether it is a reassorted A/H5N1 strain or another zoonosis, it is essential that access to information about its genetic sequence is not restricted through intellectual property claims. Products of nature are not patentable inventions, according to US code and the US Supreme Court, and naturally occurring genetic sequences should not be eligible for patenting. Viral genetic sequences represent natural information upon which diagnostics and preventions are necessarily …

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India’S Patent Path, Srividhya Ragavan Apr 2008

India’S Patent Path, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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The Story Of Ip Coming To India, Srividhya Ragavan Apr 2008

The Story Of Ip Coming To India, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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India’S Plant Protection Issues, Srividhya Ragavan Mar 2008

India’S Plant Protection Issues, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu Feb 2008

Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph Liu

Joseph P. Liu

This Article engages in a thought experiment. It asks whether fair use would be improved if courts gave exclusive consideration to only two of the four statutory factors: (1) the purpose and character of the use; and (2) the impact of the use on the market.6 In other words, fair use under this proposal would be converted from a contextual multi-factor test into a two-factor balancing test in which courts would expressly and directly weigh one consideration against another. The remaining two factors, i.e., the nature of the work and the amount used, would be eliminated from consideration or, alternatively, …

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Freedom Of The Press 2.0, Edward Lee Dec 2007

Freedom Of The Press 2.0, Edward Lee

Edward Lee

No abstract provided.

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Freedom Of Expression® Als Eingetragenes Markenzeichen/Trademarking Freedom Of Expression®, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2007

Freedom Of Expression® Als Eingetragenes Markenzeichen/Trademarking Freedom Of Expression®, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Introduction: The Future Of Patent Reform (Symposium), Edward Lee Dec 2007

Introduction: The Future Of Patent Reform (Symposium), Edward Lee

Edward Lee

No abstract provided.

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Trademarking Nanotechnology: Nano-Lies & Federal Trademark Registration, Jason Du Mont Dec 2007

Trademarking Nanotechnology: Nano-Lies & Federal Trademark Registration, Jason Du Mont

Jason John Du Mont

No abstract provided.

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Freedom Of The Press 2.0, Edward Lee Dec 2007

Freedom Of The Press 2.0, Edward Lee

Edward Lee

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Practice Makes Perfect? An Empirical Study Of Claim Construction Reversal Rates In Patent Cases, David Schwartz Dec 2007

Practice Makes Perfect? An Empirical Study Of Claim Construction Reversal Rates In Patent Cases, David Schwartz

David L. Schwartz

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Humor In Music, Kembrew Mcleod Dec 2007

Humor In Music, Kembrew Mcleod

Kembrew McLeod

No abstract provided.

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Warming Up To User-Generated Content, Edward Lee Dec 2007

Warming Up To User-Generated Content, Edward Lee

Edward Lee

The most significant copyright development of the twenty first century has not arisen through any law enacted by Congress or opinion rendered by the Supreme Court. Instead, it has come from the unorganized, informal practices of various, unrelated users of copyrighted works, many of whom probably know next to nothing about copyright law. In order to comprehend this paradox, one must look at what is popularly known as "Web 2.0," and the growth of user-generated content in blogs, wikis, podcasts, "mashup" videos, and social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. Although users often create new works of their own, sometimes …

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Everything Is Patentable, Michael Risch Dec 2007

Everything Is Patentable, Michael Risch

Michael Risch

The currently confused and inconsistent jurisprudence of patentable subject matter can be clarified by implementing a single rule - that which is otherwise patentable under the Patent Act is patentable subject matter. In other words, if a discovery otherwise meets the requirements of patentability - namely category, utility, novelty, non-obviousness, and specification - then the discovery will be properly patentable without need to consider traditional non-statutory subject matter issues such as mathematical algorithms, products of nature, or natural phenomena. The primary virtue of the proposed rule is that it provides a more rigorous and consistent doctrinal framework for determining patentability. …

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Debunking The Top Three Myths Of Digital Sampling: An Endorsement Of The Bridgeport Music Court's Attempt To Afford "Sound" Copyright Protection To Sound Recordings, Tracy Reilly Dec 2007

Debunking The Top Three Myths Of Digital Sampling: An Endorsement Of The Bridgeport Music Court's Attempt To Afford "Sound" Copyright Protection To Sound Recordings, Tracy Reilly

Tracy Reilly

In sharp contrast with the majority of legal scholarship on the subject matter, this article asserts that, since the emergence of digital sampling technology in the 1970’s, courts and legal scholars alike have failed to fully appreciate the true nature and consequences of allowing legally unchecked digital sampling—that is, until the Sixth Circuit decision in Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, holding that defendants’ unlicensed sampling of three notes of a copyrighted sound recording constituted a per se infringement. This decision marked the first time a court hearing a sampling case truly discerned the subtle but existent differences between sampling …

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Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph P. Liu Dec 2007

Two-Factor Fair Use?, Joseph P. Liu

Joseph P. Liu

This Article engages in a thought experiment. It asks whether fair use would be improved if courts gave exclusive consideration to only two of the four statutory factors: (1) the purpose and character of the use; and (2) the impact of the use on the market.6 In other words, fair use under this proposal would be converted from a contextual multi-factor test into a two-factor balancing test in which courts would expressly and directly weigh one consideration against another. The remaining two factors, i.e., the nature of the work and the amount used, would be eliminated from consideration or, alternatively, …

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El Sistema De Solución De Controversias Entre Estados, Pierino Stucchi, Luis García-Corrochano Dec 2007

El Sistema De Solución De Controversias Entre Estados, Pierino Stucchi, Luis García-Corrochano

Pierino Stucchi

No abstract provided.

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Private Copy Levies And Technical Protection Of Copyright : The Uneasy Accomodation Of Two Conflicting Logics, Severine Dusollier, Caroline Ker Dec 2007

Private Copy Levies And Technical Protection Of Copyright : The Uneasy Accomodation Of Two Conflicting Logics, Severine Dusollier, Caroline Ker

Severine Dusollier

No abstract provided.

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Enough Is Enough: Time To Eliminate Design Patents And Rely On More Appropriate Copyright And Trademark Protection For Product Designs, Daniel Harris Brean Dec 2007

Enough Is Enough: Time To Eliminate Design Patents And Rely On More Appropriate Copyright And Trademark Protection For Product Designs, Daniel Harris Brean

Daniel Harris Brean

Product designs can be protected under all three of the patent, trademark, and copyright laws. This is because product designs comprise original ornamentation, can serve as indicators of source in the marketplace, and constitute works of art in their own right. This paper juxtaposes the three options for protecting product designs and shows that the requirements for protection and scope of protection under each statutory framework are in many respects strikingly similar, though each has some important unique limitations. Looking back to the historical origin of design patents, it appears that the core purposes of the design patent system – …

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New Paradigms For Protection Of Biodiversity, Srividhya Ragavan Dec 2007

New Paradigms For Protection Of Biodiversity, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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