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Non-Practicing Entities & Patent Reform, Nicholas Douglas
Non-Practicing Entities & Patent Reform, Nicholas Douglas
Pace Law Review
The patent system is designed to promote innovation and supply a blueprint for innovative minds to improve upon, but the behavior of some patent owners is contrary to these principles. Non-practicing entities obtain patent rights, and rather than produce the product claimed in the patent, they assert their exclusionary rights broadly and aggressively against businesses producing similar products in order to induce settlement or licensing payments. These assertions account for a significant percentage of infringement claims and threaten a potentially innocent business with expensive litigation. The actions of these entities have a substantial effect on the patent system and have …
Trade Secrets Registry, Chagai Vinizky
Trade Secrets Registry, Chagai Vinizky
Pace Law Review
The present article considers four aspects in which the trade secret method is less efficient than the patents method: litigation costs, transaction costs, financing costs, and employment costs. The main part of the article is devoted to the proposal of establishing a particular type of trade secrets registry, with the intention that it will reduce the above-mentioned costs and will improve the efficiency of the trade secret method. I propose a structure for the registration of trade secrets that is likely to solve most of the problems left unresolved by the escrow companies and the Indonesian legislation. A trade secret …
Standards, Patents, And The National Smart Grid, Jorge L. Contreras
Standards, Patents, And The National Smart Grid, Jorge L. Contreras
Pace Law Review
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