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Strict liability

2007

Intellectual Property Law

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Submission: Draft Guidelines On The Infringement Notices And Forfeiture Of Infringing Copies And Devices Scheme, Copyright Amendment Regulations 2006, Kimberlee G. Weatherall Sep 2007

Submission: Draft Guidelines On The Infringement Notices And Forfeiture Of Infringing Copies And Devices Scheme, Copyright Amendment Regulations 2006, Kimberlee G. Weatherall

Kimberlee G Weatherall

Submission on the Draft Guidelines for the infringement Notices and Forfeiture of Infringing Copies and Devices Scheme produced by the Australian Attorney-General's Department. The submission deals with the scope of the scheme, the need for more case studies, issues of forfeiture, multiple offences, record-keeping, the appropriate individuals against whom notices should be issued, defences, factors relevant to the exercise of officers' discretion or the withdrawal of notices, and the standard of information provided to the public.

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Should Patent Infringement Require Proof Of Copying?, Mark A. Lemley May 2007

Should Patent Infringement Require Proof Of Copying?, Mark A. Lemley

Michigan Law Review

Patent infringement is a strict liability offense. Patent law gives patent owners not just the right to prevent others from copying their ideas, but the power to control the use of their idea--even by those who independently develop a technology with no knowledge of the patent or the patentee. This is a power that exists nowhere else in intellectual property (IP) or real property law, but it is a one that patentees have had, with rare exceptions, since the inception of the Republic. In an important paper in the Michigan Law Review, Samson Vermont seeks to change this, arguing …

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