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Restoring The Balancing Test: A Better Approach To Fair Use In Copyright, Charlie Penrod
Restoring The Balancing Test: A Better Approach To Fair Use In Copyright, Charlie Penrod
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
Fair use analyses are overly vague and abstract. While the Copyright Act established four factors for courts to consider when determining if an alleged infringer’s use of copyrighted work is “fair”, these factors are not susceptible to easy interpretation. More importantly, once these factors have been interpreted, a trier of fact is instructed to balance these factors against each other. No effective method currently exists in guiding courts as to how to balance inherently disparate factors against each other, either in terms of intensity of the factors or how one factor might balance against another totally different factor. This article …
Federal Circuit Exclusive Appellate Patent Jurisdiction: A Response To Chief Judge Wood, Harold C. Wegner
Federal Circuit Exclusive Appellate Patent Jurisdiction: A Response To Chief Judge Wood, Harold C. Wegner
Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property
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