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The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In Continental Paper Bag Co. v. Eastern Paper Bag Co., the Supreme Court held (1) that patent owners have an absolute right not to practice their patent and (2) that even these nonpracticing patent owners are entitled to the liberal use of injunctive relief against infringers. Both of these holdings have been very important to the viability of patent assertion entities, the so-called patent trolls. In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., the Supreme Court softened the injunction rule. In this Article, we argue that Congress or the Court should reconsider Continental Paper Bag’s embrace of an absolute right …
Establishing An Island Of Patent Sanity, Oskar Liivak
Establishing An Island Of Patent Sanity, Oskar Liivak
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
There is a growing, inescapable sense that something has gone terribly wrong with the patent system. The patent system is described as a failure, broken, and dysfunctional. Yet, despite the fact that much of today’s headline-grabbing patent activity appears facially unproductive, we really can’t be sure that the system has failed in its mission. Current patent theory is so indeterminate that it is hard to decisively criticize these activities. In fact, the current narrative cannot conclusively show that patent trolls or any other patent-related activities are or are not economically justified. Though depressing and perhaps embarrassing, this patent indeterminacy is …
How To Kill Copyright: A Brute-Force Approach To Content Creation, Kirk Sigmon
How To Kill Copyright: A Brute-Force Approach To Content Creation, Kirk Sigmon
Cornell Law Library Prize for Exemplary Student Research Papers
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Rebalancing Intellectual Property In The Information Society: The Human Rights Approach, Ana Eduarda Santos
Rebalancing Intellectual Property In The Information Society: The Human Rights Approach, Ana Eduarda Santos
Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers
In today's Information Society, one of the most salient paradoxes is the fact that the law of intellectual property has been systematically used in ways that erect barriers around the very building blocks that lie at its foundation. As intellectual property law stretches to cover all kinds of information-intensive goods at an atomic level, access to raw data and educational materials is hindered, creative inputs shrink and scientific research becomes harder, costlier and, in some cases, virtually impossible.
The set of limitations and exceptions offered by intellectual property laws around the world tends to be either too frail or too …
The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
The Right Not To Use In Property And Patent Law, Oskar Liivak, Eduardo M. Peñalver
Cornell Law Review
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