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Shepardizing Patents?, Jorge L. Contreras
Shepardizing Patents?, Jorge L. Contreras
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
In a world where patents play an increasingly important role in the technology development and innovation landscape, it is critical that reliable information about the status and history of patents be made available to the public. The USPTO has made a public commitment to the “discoverability, accessibility, and usability of public patent and trademark data”, and as such it can help to collect, organize and display contextual patent data in a simple and user-friendly fashion. A uniform “Shepardization” system for patents, which clearly flags issues for potential licensees, defendants and innovators and alerts the public to the potential investment and …
Patent Reality Checks Eliminating Patents On Fake, Impossible And Other Inoperative Inventions, Jorge L. Contreras
Patent Reality Checks Eliminating Patents On Fake, Impossible And Other Inoperative Inventions, Jorge L. Contreras
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
The recent assertion of patents originally held by Theranos, the defunct blood analysis company whose founders are under federal indictment for fraud, highlights the existence of patents that claim non-existent and inoperative inventions. While such patents may ultimately be subject to validity challenges in court, their issuance nevertheless has harmful effects on markets and innovation. I propose several modest administrative and legislative measures directed toward the elimination of patents on inoperative inventions including (1) increasing PTO efforts to detect potentially inoperable inventions, (2) heightening examination requirements, including a certification of enablement, for certain inventions, (3) enabling greater public input into …
Toleration Of Free Speech: Imposing Limits On Elected Officials, Amos N. Guiora
Toleration Of Free Speech: Imposing Limits On Elected Officials, Amos N. Guiora
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Tolerance is a nuanced issue, inevitably raising concerns regarding tolerant of what and whom. There is a sense of subjective judgment in the tolerance-intolerance debate; the terminology reflects particular norms, mores, customs, and traditions. What one might perceive as a healthy and tolerable challenging of existing acceptable “ways,” another would not tolerate because of the very challenge it poses to society. That split between tolerance-intolerance applies to both speech and conduct. It reflects everyday tensions, challenges, and conflict. In examining the tolerance-intolerance debate in the speech context there are a number of assumptions integral to a robust, liberal democracy: the …
Injunctions In Patent Law: A Trans-Atlantic Dialog On Flexibility And Tailoring, Jorge L. Contreras, Martin Husovec,
Injunctions In Patent Law: A Trans-Atlantic Dialog On Flexibility And Tailoring, Jorge L. Contreras, Martin Husovec,
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
This chapter is from the edited volume "Injunctions in Patent Law: A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue on Flexibility and Tailoring" (Jorge Contreras & Martin Husovec, eds., Cambridge Univ. Press, forthcoming). It offers a unique analytical synthesis of eleven national and two regional/international descriptions of flexibilities in patent remedies authored by leading scholars in the field. This synthesis identifies a range of similarities and differences among jurisdictions, explains the principal features of these different legal systems, provides an analytical framework for comparing them, and offers observations about trends and the outlook for the future. The countries studied include Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, …
Covid-19 As An Example Of Why Genomic Sequence Data Should Remain Patent Ineligible, Jorge L. Contreras
Covid-19 As An Example Of Why Genomic Sequence Data Should Remain Patent Ineligible, Jorge L. Contreras
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
The researchers who determined the genomic sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus did not seek to patent it, but instead released it in the publicly-accessible GenBank data repository. Their release of this critical data enabled the scientific community to mobilize rapidly and conduct research on a range of diagnostic, vaccine, and therapeutic applications based on the viral RNA sequence. Had the researchers sought patent protection for their discovery, as earlier research teams had during the SARS, H1N1 and H5N1 outbreaks, global research relating to COVID-19 would have been less efficient and more costly. One of the reasons that patents are no …
A Framework For Evaluating Willingness Of Frand Licensees, Jorge L. Contreras
A Framework For Evaluating Willingness Of Frand Licensees, Jorge L. Contreras
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
An increasing number of cases around the world turn on whether a manufacturer of a product – e.g., a smartphone, a tablet or a car -- (an “implementer”) is willing to pay a “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) royalty for patents that are essential to an industry standard embodied in that product (standards-essential patents or SEPs). This determination is important both to the analysis of the appropriateness of an injunction under the 4-factor eBay test in the U.S., and for assessing the appropriateness of injunctive relief under the Huawei v. ZTE competition law case in the EU. This essay explores …
Balance Requirements For Standards Development Organizations: A Historical, Legal And Institutional Assessment, Justus Baron, Jorge L. Contreras, Pierre Larouche
Balance Requirements For Standards Development Organizations: A Historical, Legal And Institutional Assessment, Justus Baron, Jorge L. Contreras, Pierre Larouche
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Most technical standards-development organizations (SDOs) have adopted internal policies embodying “due process” criteria such as openness, balance of interests, consensus decision making and appeals. These requirements arise from numerous sources including antitrust law, international trade law, public procurement requirements and institutional norms. Yet balance criteria lack a generally-accepted definition and the manner in which they are implemented varies, sometimes dramatically, among SDOs. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in the principle that SDOs should ensure a balance of interests among their stakeholders, including in the development of intellectual property rights policies. This article explores the origins and meaning of …
Ericsson Inc., And Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson V. Samsung Elecs. Co, Ltd., Samsung Elecs. America, Jorge L. Contreras, Ann Bartow, Michael A. Carrier, Crista Laser, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Peter K. Yu
Ericsson Inc., And Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson V. Samsung Elecs. Co, Ltd., Samsung Elecs. America, Jorge L. Contreras, Ann Bartow, Michael A. Carrier, Crista Laser, Joshua D. Sarnoff, Peter K. Yu
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Brief of International Intellectual Property Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party
The Open Covid Pledge: Design, Implementation And Preliminary Assessment Of An Intellectual Property Commons, Jorge L. Contreras
The Open Covid Pledge: Design, Implementation And Preliminary Assessment Of An Intellectual Property Commons, Jorge L. Contreras
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of widely-publicized incidents gave rise to concerns that holders of patents and other intellectual property (IP) rights could hinder the development, manufacture and distribution of essential medical devices, protective equipment and biomedical products. The global response to these concerns was swift and included the issuance of compulsory licensing orders by several national governments, as well as the proposal of a technology pool by the World Health Organization (WHO). Alongside these efforts, a group of scientific, engineering and legal experts created a lightweight, open framework under which IP holders could voluntarily pledge not to …