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Saving The Federal Circuit, Paul R. Gugliuzza
Saving The Federal Circuit, Paul R. Gugliuzza
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
In a recent, attention-grabbing speech, the Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit, Diane Wood, argued that Congress should abolish the Federal Circuit’s exclusive jurisdiction over patent cases. Exclusive jurisdiction, she said, provides too much legal uniformity, which harms the patent system. In this response to Judge Wood’s thoughtful speech, I seek to highlight two important premises underlying her argument, neither of which is indisputably true.
The first premise is that the Federal Circuit actually provides legal uniformity. Judge Wood suggests that, due to the Federal Circuit’s exclusive jurisdiction, patent doctrine is insufficiently “percolated,” meaning that it lacks mechanisms through which …
Federal Circuit Exclusive Appellate Patent Jurisdiction: A Response To Chief Judge Wood, Harold C. Wegner
Federal Circuit Exclusive Appellate Patent Jurisdiction: A Response To Chief Judge Wood, Harold C. Wegner
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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It’S Blonder-Tongue All Over Again, Alex Kozinski, Daniel Mandell
It’S Blonder-Tongue All Over Again, Alex Kozinski, Daniel Mandell
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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