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What If?: Human Experience And Supreme Court Decision Making On Criminal Justice, Christopher E. Smith
What If?: Human Experience And Supreme Court Decision Making On Criminal Justice, Christopher E. Smith
Marquette Law Review
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No Trade Dress Protection For Anything Disclosed In A Patent: A Defense Of The Supreme Court's Per Se Restriction, Glen A. Weitzer
No Trade Dress Protection For Anything Disclosed In A Patent: A Defense Of The Supreme Court's Per Se Restriction, Glen A. Weitzer
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Conflicts between patent and trademark law arise when the owner of a patent seeks to protect the physical configuration disclosed in a patent. Patent law requires that information in a patent be dedicated to the public upon expiration of the patent; however, trademark law can be used upon expiration of the patent to continue to exclude certain aspects of the art disclosed in the patent. This note explores existing jurisprudence on the conflict between patent and trademark law and proposes a remedy to this conflict.
The Supreme Court And Patent Law: Does Shallow Reasoning Lead To Thin Law, Donald S. Chisum
The Supreme Court And Patent Law: Does Shallow Reasoning Lead To Thin Law, Donald S. Chisum
Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review
Professor Chisum explains that the role of the Federal Circuit Court as the "Supreme Court" of patent law may be changing. He notes the significance of recent United States Supreme Court cases addressing patent law issues. In addition, Professor Chisum evaluates the quality of recent landmark decisions in which the Court has examined patent issues. Chisum first notes that the general attitude of the Court reflects skepticism and hostility toward the patent system. In addition, Chisum considers the quality of reasoning undertaken by the Supreme Court and argues that, as opposed to the Federal Circuit, it is often weak, illogical, …