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Full-Text Articles in Law
Inventing Norms, William Hubbard
Inventing Norms, William Hubbard
All Faculty Scholarship
Patent law strives to promote the progress of technology by encouraging invention. Traditionally, scholars contend that patent law achieves this goal by creating financial incentives to invent in the form of exclusive rights to new technology. This traditional view of invention, however, fails to recognize that inventors are motivated by more than money. Like most people, inventors are also motivated by social norms, that is, shared normative beliefs favoring certain actions while disfavoring others. This Article argues that many Americans embrace social norms that favor and encourage successful invention. Because of these "inventing norms" inventors enjoy enhanced personal satisfaction and …
The Ethics Of Genetic Patenting And The Subsequent Implications On The Future Of Health Care, Suzanne Ratcliffe
The Ethics Of Genetic Patenting And The Subsequent Implications On The Future Of Health Care, Suzanne Ratcliffe
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Acting Like An Administrative Agency: The Federal Circuit En Banc, Ryan G. Vacca
Acting Like An Administrative Agency: The Federal Circuit En Banc, Ryan G. Vacca
Akron Law Faculty Publications
When Congress created the Federal Circuit in 1982, it thought it was creating a court of appeals. Little did it know that it was also creating a quasi-administrative agency that would engage in substantive rulemaking and set policy in a manner substantially similar to administrative agencies. In this Article, I examine the Federal Circuit's practices when it orders a case to be heard en banc and illustrate how these practices cause the Federal Circuit to look very much like an administrative agency engaging in substantive rulemaking. The number and breadth of questions the Federal Circuit agrees to hear en banc …
Harvesting Intellectual Property: "Inspired Beginnings" And "Work Makes Work," Two Stages In The Creative Processes Of Artists And Innovators, Jessica M. Silbey
Harvesting Intellectual Property: "Inspired Beginnings" And "Work Makes Work," Two Stages In The Creative Processes Of Artists And Innovators, Jessica M. Silbey
Jessica Silbey
This Article is part of a larger empirical study based on face-to-face interviews with artists, scientists, engineers, their lawyers, agents, and business partners. The book-length project involves the collecting and analysis of stories from artists, scientists, and engineers about how and why they create and innovate. It also collects stories from their employers, business partners, managers, and lawyers about their role in facilitating the process of creating and innovating. The book’s aim is to make sense of the intersection between intellectual property law and creative and innovative activity, specifically to discern how intellectual property intervenes in the careers of the …
Acting Like An Administrative Agency: The Federal Circuit En Banc, Ryan G. Vacca
Acting Like An Administrative Agency: The Federal Circuit En Banc, Ryan G. Vacca
Ryan G. Vacca
When Congress created the Federal Circuit in 1982, it thought it was creating a court of appeals. Little did it know that it was also creating a quasi-administrative agency that would engage in substantive rulemaking and set policy in a manner substantially similar to administrative agencies. In this Article, I examine the Federal Circuit's practices when it orders a case to be heard en banc and illustrate how these practices cause the Federal Circuit to look very much like an administrative agency engaging in substantive rulemaking. The number and breadth of questions the Federal Circuit agrees to hear en banc …
Association Of Molecular Pathology Meets Therasense: Analyzing The Unenforceability Of Isolated-Sequence-Related Patents For Upenn, Columbia, Nyu, Yale, And Emory, Sam S. Han Ph.D.
Association Of Molecular Pathology Meets Therasense: Analyzing The Unenforceability Of Isolated-Sequence-Related Patents For Upenn, Columbia, Nyu, Yale, And Emory, Sam S. Han Ph.D.
Sam Han
37 CFR 1.56 requires disclosure of material information to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "PTO") when applying for a patent. This duty is imposed on (1) each inventor; (2) each attorney or agent who prepares or prosecutes the application; and (3) every other person who is substantively involved in the preparation or prosecution of the application and who is associated with the inventor, with the assignee or with anyone to whom there is an obligation to assign the application. Thus, for academic institutions, those who handle patent prosecution for the institution are bound by this duty …
A Critique Of Mark Lemley’S “The Myth Of The Sole Inventor”, John Howells, Ron D. Katznelson
A Critique Of Mark Lemley’S “The Myth Of The Sole Inventor”, John Howells, Ron D. Katznelson
Ron D. Katznelson
In a forthcoming article in the Michigan Law Review, Professor Mark Lemley advances a thesis that “the canonical story of the lone genius inventor is largely a myth” and describes a selection of pioneer inventions to support his thesis. We show that Lemley has many of his facts wrong. We examine his assertions and set the record straight in the pioneer invention cases of Edison, the Wright brothers, the Selden automobile patent vis a vis Ford, Watt and the steam engine and Fleming and penicillin. We are concerned with the errors in alleged historical and legal facts in what Lemley …
Should Posts On Social Networking Websites Be Considered "Printed Publications" Under Patent Law?, Xiaojing Li
Should Posts On Social Networking Websites Be Considered "Printed Publications" Under Patent Law?, Xiaojing Li
Xiaojing Li
The emergence of social networking websites imposes a challenge to patent law. Courts should not make a blanket assumption that everything posted on social websites constitute a printed publication. Rather, courts should adopt a refined multiple factor test to help the analysis. This proposal would result in a balance between private and public interests in an invention, and therefore help achieve the ultimate goal of patent law.
The Evolving Role Of Opinions Of Patent Counsel In Federal Circuit Cases, Lynda J. Oswald
The Evolving Role Of Opinions Of Patent Counsel In Federal Circuit Cases, Lynda J. Oswald
Lynda J Oswald
In recent years, an unexpected intersection has emerged in U.S. patent law in two types of cases addressing the roles of opinions of counsel: (1) those addressing willful infringement and enhanced damages; and (2) those addressing inducement of infringement. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit appears to be weakening the role of patent opinions for willfulness determinations, but strengthening the role of such opinions in inducement cases. In light of these developments, companies doing business in the U.S., whether U.S.- or foreign-based, would do well as a strategic matter to err on the side of caution and …
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship. For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing … Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing … Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Tonya M. Evans
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship.
For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
Patent Law's Unpredictability Doctrine And The Software Arts, Greg R. Vetter
Patent Law's Unpredictability Doctrine And The Software Arts, Greg R. Vetter
Missouri Law Review
Part II reviews these insights from the Norden model generally. Part III brings these insights to the disclosure doctrines for software patents, with particular emphasis on the unpredictability factor for undue experimentation within enablement. The model corresponds well with enablement and best mode but does not correspond as well with other disclosure-prompting doctrines whose role is related to defining the claim. Thus, the review in Part III of written description, definiteness, and means-plus-function (§ 112 T 6) claim limitations helps establish the contours of applicability for the Norden model. The discussion of Part III also reviews the current state of …
To Construe Or Not To Construe: At The Interface Between Claim Construction And Infringement In Patent Cases, Jason R. Mudd
To Construe Or Not To Construe: At The Interface Between Claim Construction And Infringement In Patent Cases, Jason R. Mudd
Missouri Law Review
This Article examines the blurring of this interface in both the "procedural" and "substantive" contexts. Part I discusses the background and modem legal framework for classifying claim construction as a pure question of law that is answered prior to and separate from the issue of infringement. Part II analyzes the claim construction-infringement boundary in a procedural context by examining the stages of a case at which these inquiries are typically performed and the degree to which courts construe claims "in a vacuum," without reference to the accused product. This Part explains that courts are becoming increasingly accepting of and often …
Forward: Symposium On Evolving The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit And Its Patent Law Jurisprudence, Dennis D. Crouch
Forward: Symposium On Evolving The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit And Its Patent Law Jurisprudence, Dennis D. Crouch
Missouri Law Review
As I discuss below, conditions on the ground have changed in the few short months following the Symposium. Congress has now acted, and the Patent Office will soon have additional authority. These changes play directly into the arguments of our Symposium authors and make their results even more important.
Unpredictability In Patent Law And Its Effect On Pharmaceutical Innovation, Christopher M. Holman
Unpredictability In Patent Law And Its Effect On Pharmaceutical Innovation, Christopher M. Holman
Missouri Law Review
Part II of this Article summarizes the current R&D crisis confronting the pharmaceutical industry and the accompanying drop-off in innovative output from this important technological sector. Part III explains Mr. Armitage's "view from industry," which attributes a significant causative effect to unpredictability in the patent system. Part IV provides two Lilly case studies involving generic challenges to two of the company's important drugs, Gemzar and Strattera, in which the company has suffered as a result of this unpredictability. Part V identifies three distinct forms of unpredictability in patent law: unpredictability caused by the proliferation of loosely defined standards rather than …
Ongoing Confusion Over Ongoing Royalties, The, Mark A. Lemley
Ongoing Confusion Over Ongoing Royalties, The, Mark A. Lemley
Missouri Law Review
In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., the United States Supreme Court correctly concluded that courts had both the power and the responsibility to decide whether a successful patent owner needed injunctive relief and whether the imposition of that relief would unduly harm either the defendant or the public. The Court's application of the traditional four-factor equity test led, for the first time, to a significant number of cases in which courts found patent infringement but refused to enjoin continued infringement. That, in turn, has raised the question "what happens then?" As a matter of policy, the basic answer seems clear: …
Promoting The Progress: Three Decades Of Patent Jurisprudence In The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, Damon C. Andrews
Promoting The Progress: Three Decades Of Patent Jurisprudence In The Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, Damon C. Andrews
Missouri Law Review
In the nearly thirty years since the Federal Circuit's first published decision, the court has decided numerous cases that have produced a rich patent jurisprudence. This Article seeks to evaluate that jurisprudence from several perspectives. Part II summarizes the Federal Circuit's patent history in terms of the court's judges, the external factors that have shaped its patent jurisprudence, and the overall success of the court in light of Congress's intent. Part III then evaluates the Federal Circuit's general stance on whether to uphold the PTO's grant or denial of a patent, or a district court's decision to invalidate a patent, …
Protecting Domestic Industries At The Itc, Colleen Chien
Protecting Domestic Industries At The Itc, Colleen Chien
Faculty Publications
The International Trade Commission (ITC) provides injunctive relief from imports that infringe intellectual property to “domestic industries.” Differences in opinion about what this term means have divided those who do and those who don’t practice their patents. Should they both have access to the ITC? This article reviews the statute, its history, and its application to this question. It agrees with the Commission’s finding in Coaxial Cable that the design and history of the statute favor activity that furthers the development and commercialization of technology. It suggests two changes to more closely align ITC practice with the statute. The ITC …
Crafting A 21st Century United States Patent And Trademark Office, David Kappos
Crafting A 21st Century United States Patent And Trademark Office, David Kappos
Missouri Law Review
Good morning. It is a privilege to be here representing the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). I want to thank the Missouri Law Review for the invitation and for hosting me here today. Moreover, I want to commend the University of Missouri for convening this important conference. These are critical topics, and today I want to focus on the key role the USPTO will play in shaping patent protections in the future. But let me first congratulate the members from the Federal Circuit who are present today for thirty years of excellence in addressing the most fundamental of …
Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells And The Strange Effects Of Property And Intellectual Property Law, Robin C. Feldman
Whose Body Is It Anyway? Human Cells And The Strange Effects Of Property And Intellectual Property Law, Robin C. Feldman
Robin C Feldman
Strategies For Trade Secrets Protection In China, J. Benjamin Bai, Guoping Da
Strategies For Trade Secrets Protection In China, J. Benjamin Bai, Guoping Da
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Dna Patents In Genetic Test Innovation And Access, Andrew S. Robertson
The Role Of Dna Patents In Genetic Test Innovation And Access, Andrew S. Robertson
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
Timing The Choice Of Law By Contract, Dolly Wu
Timing The Choice Of Law By Contract, Dolly Wu
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
Prometheus Laboratories V. Mayo Clinic’S Gift To The Biotech Industry: A Study Of Patent-Eligibility Of Medical Treatment And Diagnostic Methods After Bilski, Dan Hoang
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
“I’M Litigatin’ It”: Infringement, Dilution, And Parody Under The Lanham Act, Patrick Emerson
“I’M Litigatin’ It”: Infringement, Dilution, And Parody Under The Lanham Act, Patrick Emerson
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
P2p File-Sharing And The Making Available War, Diana Sterk
P2p File-Sharing And The Making Available War, Diana Sterk
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle
Causing Infringement, Mark Bartholomew, Patrick F. Mcardle
Journal Articles
Recent appellate decisions reveal a chaotic contributory infringement doctrine that offers little direction to entrepreneurs trying to balance digital innovation with legal strictures. Aware of the problem, both the Supreme Court and legal scholars urge a modeling of contributory infringement on common law tort rules. But common law tort is an enormous subject. Without further instruction, the subject area is too vast and contradictory to offer a realistic template for reform. Even when the narrower body of tort law for secondary actors is consulted, there is still too much variation in the existing precedent to provide the necessary guidance. Instead …
Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke
Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
Patently Obvious: Why The District Court's Ruling In Association For Molecular Pathology V. Uspto Is Incomplete, Kristin Wall
Patently Obvious: Why The District Court's Ruling In Association For Molecular Pathology V. Uspto Is Incomplete, Kristin Wall
Kristin Wall
In March of 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Southern District of New York invalidated Myriad Genetics’ patents on the BRCA1/2 genes, which predict susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. Prior to this decision, the USPTO and the legal system at large accepted patents relating to human genes as patentable subject matter. In opposition to this standard, the District Court found that human DNA sequences are inherently products of nature and thus fail under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
The Court should not have stopped there, however. The Intellectual Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution creates a standard …
Brief Of Amicus Curiae In Support Of Affirmance, Ron D. Katznelson
Brief Of Amicus Curiae In Support Of Affirmance, Ron D. Katznelson
Ron D. Katznelson
No abstract provided.