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Innovators Beat The Climate Change Heat With Humanitarian Licensing And Patent Pools, Andrea Nocito
Innovators Beat The Climate Change Heat With Humanitarian Licensing And Patent Pools, Andrea Nocito
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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Abuse Of Supreme Court Precedent: The "Historic Kinship", David W. Barnes
Abuse Of Supreme Court Precedent: The "Historic Kinship", David W. Barnes
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
In Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, the Supreme Court applied a doctrine formulated for patent law to an issue arising in copyright law. The Court supplied a rationale for doing so by identifying a “historic kinship” between patent and copyright law based on fundamental goals of intellectual property law. The Court considered how the rationale applied in the particular factual context involved. The Court cautioned that the propriety of extending a doctrine developed in one intellectual property regime to another depends on the particular legal issue involved. Despite the importance of ensuring that new rules are …
Open Source Business Models And Synthetic Biology, Tej Singh
Open Source Business Models And Synthetic Biology, Tej Singh
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
The software industry has successfully utilized open source business models namely with software such as Android and Linux. Open source business models allow individuals to collaborate and share information without fear that the shared information will be commercially misused. Given the similarities between software source code and genetic sequences, innovators in the field of synthetic biology feel that open source business models can help further innovation for synthetic biology in a similar manner. However, when determining whether to join an open source project, practitioners must first identify if such a project will be beneficial to their goals. This Comment discuss …