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Printing The Impossible Triangle: The Copyright Implications Of Three-Dimensional Printing, Brian Rideout
Printing The Impossible Triangle: The Copyright Implications Of Three-Dimensional Printing, Brian Rideout
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Three-dimensional printing (3D printing), which allows users to digitize and replicate objects, is emerging as the next potentially disruptive technology. It is now possible to “print” intricate objects from furniture to food to human organs. Because 3D printing relies on computer-based blueprints in order to create physical objects, digital copyright infringement can now impact the physical world. The first example occurred in February 2011, when the world's first Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice for a 3D printed object was sent. This article describes how 3D printing works in relation to copyright law, first by discussing this DMCA takedown …
Leveraging The Dialectical Theory In Case Study Analysis: Genzyme's Ethical Dilemma, Andrei Duta
Leveraging The Dialectical Theory In Case Study Analysis: Genzyme's Ethical Dilemma, Andrei Duta
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
This paper provides the theoretical framework for a case study that I share with students in my courses. The dialectical theory is used to analyze ethical conundrums pertaining to Genzyme, a successful bio-tech corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts that manufactures treatments for serious diseases such as kidney problems, immune diseases, and cancer. We discuss questions such as: is Genzyme acting unethically when averaging extremely high profit margins on drugs for rare diseases? Is the company taking advantage of the lack of pharmaceutical choices that patients have when addressing their ailments? The dialectical theory provides the framework and vocabulary for discussing, …
Managing The Impact Of New Media On The Employment Relationship, Susan A. O'Sullivan-Gavin, John H. Shannon
Managing The Impact Of New Media On The Employment Relationship, Susan A. O'Sullivan-Gavin, John H. Shannon
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Attention to privacy issues in the workplace has increased over the past two decades as use of electronic mail and text messages has made these means of communication commonplace. Beyond text messages and emails, employees can access the internet at their place of employment at many different entry points. This access can be through company issued desktops or laptops, mobile phones, mobile internet devices (MIDs), Smartphone technology (photography; video and voice recording capabilities; file transfer and storage), off-site internet connections, Wi-Fi access or hot spots. Employees can access and/or post information on various sites including blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, instant …
Duck, Duck, Bilski: Searching For A Law-Progress Equipoise, Eric Golas Salbert
Duck, Duck, Bilski: Searching For A Law-Progress Equipoise, Eric Golas Salbert
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Moore's Law generally asserts that the transistor capacity on a computer processing unit increases exponentially over time. To exemplify, in 1971, Intel's first microprocessor contained 2,300 transistors and was used in simple electronic pocket calculators and by 2007 Intel was manufacturing microprocessors containing 820,000,000 transistors used in personal computers capable of near-instantaneous worldwide communication over the Internet. When the framers of the Constitution drafted the empowering words, “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,” could they foresee such a blistering pace of innovation? Have courts been able to maintain the balance between progress and limited monopolies? The history …
Limits On Utility In The Face Of 21st Century Invention: The Problem With Limiting Patent Claims On Est Sequences, Kyle Strache
Limits On Utility In The Face Of 21st Century Invention: The Problem With Limiting Patent Claims On Est Sequences, Kyle Strache
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
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The "Evolving Written Description Doctrine" And The Search For Specificity (A.K.A. Adequacy Is The Matter Of Invention.), Gerald R. Prettyman Jr.
The "Evolving Written Description Doctrine" And The Search For Specificity (A.K.A. Adequacy Is The Matter Of Invention.), Gerald R. Prettyman Jr.
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
In 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Markman that claim construction was a matter of law for the judge to decide. There was hope in the patent bar that Markman would bring uniformity to claim construction and a reduction to the lengthy process of patent litigation. Some authors report instead that the claim construction reversal rate is increasing. Other authors question the consistency of the rulings from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Circuit Judge Rader of the Federal Circuit recently named this controversy the “Evolving Written Description Doctrine.” Behind this controversy primarily lies judicial interpretation of …