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Software Patents, Incumbents, And Entry, Ronald Mann
Software Patents, Incumbents, And Entry, Ronald Mann
Ronald Mann
Software patents have been controversial since the days when “software” referred to the crude programs that came free with an IBM mainframe. Different perspectives have been presented in judicial, legislative, and administrative fora over the years, and the press has paid as much attention to this issue as it has to any other intellectual property topic during this time. Meanwhile, a software industry developed and has grown to a remarkable size, whether measured by revenues or profitability, number of firms or employees, or research expenditures. The scope of software innovation has become even broader, as an increasing number of devices …
Just Until Payday, Ronald Mann, James Hawkins
Just Until Payday, Ronald Mann, James Hawkins
Ronald Mann
Abstract The growth of payday lending markets during the last 15 years has been the focus of substantial regulatory attention both here and abroad, producing a dizzying array of initiatives by federal and state policymakers. Those initiatives have conflicting purposes – some seek to remove barriers to entry and others seek to impose limits on the business. As is often the case in banking markets, the resulting patchwork of federal and state laws poses a problem when one state is able to dictate the practices of a national industry. For most of this industry’s life, just that has happened – …
The Supreme Court, The Solicitor General, And Bankruptcy: Bfp V. Resolution Trust Corporation, Ronald Mann
The Supreme Court, The Solicitor General, And Bankruptcy: Bfp V. Resolution Trust Corporation, Ronald Mann
Ronald Mann
Using information from Justice Blackmun's files and the case, and a dataset matching Supreme Court bankruptcy decisions with information about participation by the Solicitor General, the paper argues that the SG's participation in secured creditor disputes in the mid-1990's is a big part of the explanation of this counter-textual case. The paper introduces a broader theory of bankruptcy interpretation that I call "bankruptcy skepticism," rejecting claims that bankruptcy interpretation by the Supreme Court has been literalist.
Patents, Venture Capital, And Software Start-Ups, Ronald Mann, Tom Sager
Patents, Venture Capital, And Software Start-Ups, Ronald Mann, Tom Sager
Ronald Mann
No abstract provided.
Disputed Quality Of Software Patents, Ronald J. Mann, John R. Allison
Disputed Quality Of Software Patents, Ronald J. Mann, John R. Allison
Ronald Mann
No abstract provided.
Bankruptcy Reform And The "Sweat Box" Of Credit Card Debt, Ronald Mann
Bankruptcy Reform And The "Sweat Box" Of Credit Card Debt, Ronald Mann
Ronald Mann
An outgrowth of Part V of Charging Ahead, this paper discusses the relation between the credit card business model and BAPCPA, using post-BAPCPA data on bankruptcy filings to explore the effects of BAPCPA.