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Patent Markets: A Framework For Evaluation, Michael J. Burstein Oct 2015

Patent Markets: A Framework For Evaluation, Michael J. Burstein

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Patents have become financial assets, in both practice and theory. A nascent market for patents routinely produces headline-grabbing transactions in patent portfolios, and patent assertion entities frequently defend themselves as sources of liquidity essential for a patent market to function. Much of the discourse surrounding these developments assumes that a robust, liquid market for patents would improve the operation of the patent system. In this Essay, I challenge that assumption and systematically assess the cases for and against patent markets. I do so by taking seriously both the underlying innovation promotion goal of the patent system and the lessons of …


Rethinking Standing In Patent Challenges, Michael J. Burstein Jan 2015

Rethinking Standing In Patent Challenges, Michael J. Burstein

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