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Rising Temperatures: Rising Tides, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson Jan 1996

Rising Temperatures: Rising Tides, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson

Prof. Elizabeth Burleson

Transboundary environmental problems do not distinguish between political boundaries. Global warming is expected to cause thermal expansion of water and melt glaciers. Both are predicted to lead to a rise in sea level. We must enlarge our paradigms to encompass a global reality and reliance upon global participation.


If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte Jan 1996

If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte

UIC Law Review

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Conflicts And The Federal Circuit, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 835 (1996), Glenn L. Archer Jr. Jan 1996

Conflicts And The Federal Circuit, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 835 (1996), Glenn L. Archer Jr.

UIC Law Review

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Trade Secrets And Roman Law: The Myth Exploded, Alan Watson Jan 1996

Trade Secrets And Roman Law: The Myth Exploded, Alan Watson

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In 1929 A. Arthur Schiller published a celebrated article, Trade Secrets and the Roman Law; the Actio Servi Corrupti. His main conclusions are that the Roman owner of a mark or firm name was legally protected against unfair usage by a competitor through the actio servi corrupti, “action for making a slave worse,” which the Roman jurists used to grant commercial relief under the guise of private law actions. “If, as the writer believes [writes Schiller], various private causes of action were available in satisfying commercial needs, the state was acting in exactly the same fashion as it …


Is There Life After Forty: The John Marshall Law School's Fortieth Annual Conference On Intellectual Property, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 841 (1996), Donald W. Banner Jan 1996

Is There Life After Forty: The John Marshall Law School's Fortieth Annual Conference On Intellectual Property, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 841 (1996), Donald W. Banner

UIC Law Review

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Public Research And Private Development: Patents And Technology Transfer In Government-Sponsored Research, Rebecca S. Eisenberg Jan 1996

Public Research And Private Development: Patents And Technology Transfer In Government-Sponsored Research, Rebecca S. Eisenberg

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This article revisits the logical and empirical basis for current government patent policy in order to shed light on the competing interests at stake and to begin to assess how the system is operating in practice. Such an inquiry is justified in part by the significance of federally-sponsored research and development to the overall U.S. research effort. Although the share of national expenditures for research and development borne by the federal government has declined since 1980, federal funding in 1995 still accounted for approximately thirty-six percent of total national outlays for research and development' and nearly fifty-eight percent of outlays …