Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Intellectual Property Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Discipline
Keyword
Publication Year
Publication
Publication Type
File Type

Articles 61 - 90 of 252

Full-Text Articles in Intellectual Property Law

See No Evil: How The Supreme Court’S Decision In Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. V. Seb S.A. Further Muddles The Intent Element Of Induced Infringement, Jeremy Adler Aug 2013

See No Evil: How The Supreme Court’S Decision In Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. V. Seb S.A. Further Muddles The Intent Element Of Induced Infringement, Jeremy Adler

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The Supreme Court in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A. clarified the requisite intent for induced patent infringement when it applied the concept of willful blindness. This Article argues that the Court’s decision was misguided and complicates an already confused doctrine. The Article first explores inducement jurisprudence up to and including the Global-Tech decision, and then reviews the doctrine of willful blindness and its application in the criminal context. The Author then argues that using willful blindness in the patent context creates practical and theoretical difficulties that only deepen uncertainty for innovators who seek to avoid infringement liability.


Patent Claims Revisited, Dargaye Churnet Aug 2013

Patent Claims Revisited, Dargaye Churnet

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

This paper proposes that the most beneficial patent reform begins with claim drafting regulations. Part I serves as an introduction. Part II highlights the problems with the nation’s current patent system. This section discusses how each of these problems is caused in part by the current claim drafting regulations. Part III reviews the changes made by the America Invents Act. Part IV proposes new regulations for claim drafting that will offer more significant benefits than those provided by the America Invents Act. Specifically, this paper argues that by requiring applicants to include a claim chart defining each claim limitation, examiners …


Heavyweight Bots In The Clouds: The Wrong Incentives And Poorly Crafted Balances That Lead To The Blocking Of Information Online, Anjanette H. Raymond Aug 2013

Heavyweight Bots In The Clouds: The Wrong Incentives And Poorly Crafted Balances That Lead To The Blocking Of Information Online, Anjanette H. Raymond

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The United States and the European Union have long recognized the need to protect ISPs from potential liability from customers using their services to infringe intellectual property rights. These protections arise from a long-standing belief that intellectual property right holders should bear the burden of protecting their property, even in the quick moving Internet environment. However, a recent series of cases has called into question the ISPs’ liability protections as their technology is often the only real means to prevent wide scale infringing activity. This series has caused courts to revisit ISPs’ liability and to impose a ‘cooperative burden’ requiring …


The Orphan Drug Act: How The Fda Unlawfully Usurped Market Exclusivity, Sumin Kim Aug 2013

The Orphan Drug Act: How The Fda Unlawfully Usurped Market Exclusivity, Sumin Kim

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The Board of KV Pharmaceutical bet the company on the success of Makena®, a pre-term birth drug. However, in the midst of a public outcry over the excessive pricing of Makena®, the FDA declared that it would not honor the market exclusivity that KV Pharmaceutical had obtained for Makena® under the Orphan Drug Act. As a result, KV Pharmaceutical filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This Note analyzes the situation under the lens of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Specifically, I argue that market exclusivity for Makena® was private property and thus, the FDA unlawfully usurped KV Pharmaceutical’s private …


Moderating Mayo, Bernard Chao Jul 2012

Moderating Mayo, Bernard Chao

NULR Online

No abstract provided.


Check-In, Attendees Of The Symposium Feb 2012

Check-In, Attendees Of The Symposium

NJTIP Annual Symposium

Check-in for the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property's 7th Annual Symposium


Strategies For Trade Secrets Protection In China, J. Benjamin Bai, Guoping Da May 2011

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 May 2011

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 May 2011

Timing The Choice Of Law By Contract, Dolly Wu

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Cardiac Pacemakers V. St. Jude Medical: The Federal Circuit Correctly Reins In The Reach Of U.S. Patent Law, Eric Hamp May 2011

Cardiac Pacemakers V. St. Jude Medical: The Federal Circuit Correctly Reins In The Reach Of U.S. Patent Law, Eric Hamp

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


“I’M Litigatin’ It”: Infringement, Dilution, And Parody Under The Lanham Act, Patrick Emerson May 2011

“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 May 2011

P2p File-Sharing And The Making Available War, Diana Sterk

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 May 2011

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.


Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke Apr 2011

Patent Marking Estoppel And The Patent Licensee, Scott D. Locke

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Liability Of Online Markets For Counterfeit Goods: A Comparative Analysis Of Secondary Trademark Infringement In The United States And Europe, Kurt M. Saunders, Gerlinde Berger-Walliser Jan 2011

The Liability Of Online Markets For Counterfeit Goods: A Comparative Analysis Of Secondary Trademark Infringement In The United States And Europe, Kurt M. Saunders, Gerlinde Berger-Walliser

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Online trademark infringement and counterfeiting is a growing problem for luxury brands. In recent years, trademark owners have taken aim at the operators of online marketplaces and auction websites, asserting that these defendants are liable for contributory infringement due to sales of counterfeit goods on their sites. In addressing the scope of secondary liability for trademark infringement, the courts of the United States and European nations, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, have applied differing standards and reached inconsistent results. This article considers the question of secondary liability for trademark infringement from a comparative perspective and contrasts the rationales …


Toward A Regulatory Model Of Internet Intermediary Liability: File-Sharing And Copyright Enforcement, Christopher M. Swartout Jan 2011

Toward A Regulatory Model Of Internet Intermediary Liability: File-Sharing And Copyright Enforcement, Christopher M. Swartout

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

One of the major problems presented by digital content and the internet has been the failure of traditional copyright enforcement mechanisms to adequately address infringement that takes place via online file-sharing. Recently, laws that would introduce a new copyright enforcement paradigm have been proposed in numerous countries and have received strong support from content industries seeking a more effective enforcement regime. These laws are often referred to as "graduated response" policies. Although there is some variation, graduated response laws typically impose requirements on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to cooperate with rightsholders and government in policing illegal file-sharing. ISPs are required …


Top Tens In 2010: Patent And Trademark Cases, Stephen Mcjohn Jan 2011

Top Tens In 2010: Patent And Trademark Cases, Stephen Mcjohn

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Top Tens In 2010: Copyright And Trade Secret Cases, Stephen Mcjohn Jan 2011

Top Tens In 2010: Copyright And Trade Secret Cases, Stephen Mcjohn

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Riddle Underlying Refusal-To-Deal Theory, Michael Jacobs, Alan Devlin Jun 2010

The Riddle Underlying Refusal-To-Deal Theory, Michael Jacobs, Alan Devlin

NULR Online

May a dominant firm refuse to share its intellectual property (IP) with its rivals? This question lies at the heart of a highly divisive, international debate concerning the proper application of the antitrust laws. In this short Essay, we consider a profound, yet previously unaddressed, incongruity underlying the controversy. Specifically, why is it that monopolists refuse to share their IP, even at monopoly prices? To resolve this issue, some have recommended compulsory licensing, which would require monopolists to license their IP in certain circumstances. This proposal, however, entails an inescapable contradiction, one rooted in the issue of monopolists’ seemingly inexplicable …


Can The Law Track Scientific Risk And Technological Innovation?: The Problem Of Regulatory Definitions And Nanotechnology, David A. Dana Jan 2010

Can The Law Track Scientific Risk And Technological Innovation?: The Problem Of Regulatory Definitions And Nanotechnology, David A. Dana

Faculty Working Papers

The functioning of a regulatory regime often turns on what is defined to be included in the scope of regulation and what is defined to be outside. In constructing the definitions of what is regulated, two key challenges are to align the defintions with the risks that motivated the establishment of the regulatory regime and to build in dynamism into the defintions so that they adapt to changes in scientific understanding and technology. This Chapter of a forthcoming book from Cambridge University Press (David Dana, ed., The Nanotechnology Challenge), explores these challnegs in the context of nanotechnology.


Sequential Musical Creation And Sample Licensing, Peter Dicola Jan 2010

Sequential Musical Creation And Sample Licensing, Peter Dicola

Faculty Working Papers

All musical creation builds on previous works. But using fragments of existing musical works in a new work can often constitute copyright infringement. Copyright law, in cases like Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films (6th Cir. 2005), has recently increased its restrictions on musicians who wish to engage in sampling, defined as the practice of using other creators' sound recordings to create new music. The paper describes a model of copyright holders' and samplers' incentives to create in light of the need to negotiate licenses for sample-based works to avoid violating copyright law. Even in the absence of traditional transaction costs …


Federal Circuit Patent Precedent: An Empirical Study Of Institutional Authority And Ip Ideology, David Pekarek-Krohn, Emerson H. Tiller Jan 2010

Federal Circuit Patent Precedent: An Empirical Study Of Institutional Authority And Ip Ideology, David Pekarek-Krohn, Emerson H. Tiller

Faculty Working Papers

In this paper, we aim to better understand the institutional authority of the Federal Circuit as a source of law as well as the influence of pro-patent and anti-patent ideological forces at play between the Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, and the district courts. Our specific focus is on the district courts and how they cite Federal Circuit precedent relative to Supreme Court precedent to support their decisions, whether they be pro-patent or anti-patent. Using a variety of citation approaches and statistical tests, we find that federal district courts treat the Federal Circuit as more authoritative (compared to the Supreme Court) …


Empirical Analysis Of Drug Approval-Drug Patenting Linkage For High Value Pharmaceuticals, Ron A. Bouchard, Richard W. Hawkins, Robert Clark, Reider Hagtvedt, Jamil Sawani Jan 2010

Empirical Analysis Of Drug Approval-Drug Patenting Linkage For High Value Pharmaceuticals, Ron A. Bouchard, Richard W. Hawkins, Robert Clark, Reider Hagtvedt, Jamil Sawani

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Network Transparency: Seeing The Neutral Network, Adam Candeub Jan 2010

Network Transparency: Seeing The Neutral Network, Adam Candeub

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Machines And Transformations: The Past, Present, And Future Patentability Of Software, Andrei Iancu, Peter Gratzinger Jan 2010

Machines And Transformations: The Past, Present, And Future Patentability Of Software, Andrei Iancu, Peter Gratzinger

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Microsoft Case 10 Years Later: Antitrust And New Leading "New Economy" Firms, Chris Butts Jan 2010

The Microsoft Case 10 Years Later: Antitrust And New Leading "New Economy" Firms, Chris Butts

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Genomic Research And Accessibility Act: More Science Fiction Than Fact, James Degiulio Jan 2010

The Genomic Research And Accessibility Act: More Science Fiction Than Fact, James Degiulio

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Is Patent Hold-Up Anticompetitive?, Vishesh Narayen Jan 2010

Is Patent Hold-Up Anticompetitive?, Vishesh Narayen

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


To Be Fixed Or Not To Be: The Seemingly Never-Ending Question Of Copyrighted Material, Karl O. Riley Jan 2010

To Be Fixed Or Not To Be: The Seemingly Never-Ending Question Of Copyrighted Material, Karl O. Riley

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Acquiring A Flavor For Trademarks: There's No Common Taste In The World, Amanda E. Compton Jan 2010

Acquiring A Flavor For Trademarks: There's No Common Taste In The World, Amanda E. Compton

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.