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Articles 121 - 150 of 212
Full-Text Articles in Intellectual Property Law
The Roman Law Roots Of Copyright, Russ Ver Steeg
The Roman Law Roots Of Copyright, Russ Ver Steeg
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Deluxe Editions And The Copyright Monopoly, Robert Spoo
Deluxe Editions And The Copyright Monopoly, Robert Spoo
Articles, Chapters in Books and Other Contributions to Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
State Ownership Of Copyrights In Primary Law Materials, Irina Y. Dmitrieva
State Ownership Of Copyrights In Primary Law Materials, Irina Y. Dmitrieva
UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Although the Copyright Act of 1976 provides no protection for works of the United States government, no similar prohibition exists for works of state or local governments. Similarly, under principles of international copyright law, works of state governments in the United States are not considered to be within the public domain unless explicitly provided by state statute or through statutory interpretation. Nevertheless, many states post their statutory and legislative materials on the Internet. This article demonstrates that over half of the fifty states provide for state copyright of official statutory compilations, court reports or administrative compilations. The author reviews the …
Financing Intellectual Property Under Revised Article 9: National And International Conflicts, Lorin Brennan
Financing Intellectual Property Under Revised Article 9: National And International Conflicts, Lorin Brennan
UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
The policies underlying the creation and exploitation of intangible intellectual property differ sharply from those for manufacture and sale of tangible goods. Intellectual property law seeks to protect the creditor's ability to benefit by his endeavors; in contrast, laws governing tangible goods are concerned with the transferability and availability of such goods in the interest of efficiency. This paper argues that current laws, such as the recent revision of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("Revised 9"), ignores the concept that effective financing of intellectual property could and should operate in conjunction with state personal property financing laws. The …
Anticipating Technology: A Statute Bytes The Dust In Recording Industry Ass'n Of America V. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., Stephanie Skasko Rosenberg
Anticipating Technology: A Statute Bytes The Dust In Recording Industry Ass'n Of America V. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., Stephanie Skasko Rosenberg
Villanova Law Review (1956 - )
No abstract provided.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act And Library Liability, Fred H. Cate
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act And Library Liability, Fred H. Cate
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Resolving The Dissonant Constitutional Chords Inherent In The Federal Anti-Bootlegging Statute In United States V. Moghadam, Keith V. Lee
Resolving The Dissonant Constitutional Chords Inherent In The Federal Anti-Bootlegging Statute In United States V. Moghadam, Keith V. Lee
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )
No abstract provided.
Copyright And The Perfect Curve, Julie E. Cohen
Copyright And The Perfect Curve, Julie E. Cohen
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This essay argues that the assumption that “progress” is qualitatively independent of the underlying entitlement structure is wrong. In particular, I shall argue that a shift to a copyright rule structure based on highly granular, contractually enforced “price discrimination” would work a fundamental shift, as well, in the nature of the progress produced. The critique of the contractual price discrimination model, moreover, exposes deep defects in the use of neoclassical “law and economics” methodology to solve problems relating to the incentive structure of copyright law. What is needed, instead, is an economic model of copyright that acknowledges the central role …
Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights And The Impact Of Trips, Sowmiya R.K. Sikal
Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights And The Impact Of Trips, Sowmiya R.K. Sikal
LLM Theses and Essays
This thesis focuses on the importance of intellectual property rights and its protection in the international arena. Coming from a developing country - India, I have always been fascinated with the area of international intellectual property rights protection because of its severe ramification on the economy and the social structure of developing countries. The impact of heightened protection of intellectual property rights has been a controversial issue between developed and developing countries for many years. In this paper, I have examined intellectual property rights, need for its protection, conventions, treaties and agreements present for the protection of intellectual property including …
Patent Rights And Licensing, Michael S. Baram, Ashley Stevens, Thomas Meyers, Michael J. Meurer
Patent Rights And Licensing, Michael S. Baram, Ashley Stevens, Thomas Meyers, Michael J. Meurer
Faculty Scholarship
This panel will discuss intellectual property - the patent incentive, patentability issues, licensing, and litigation-related matters. It will be moderated by Dr. Ashley Stevens, the Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at Boston University. Ashley has multiple degrees, including a doctorate in physical chemistry from Oxford University. He has worked in the biotech industry for a number of years, mostly with startup companies and academic research organizations such as the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where he was also Director of Technology Transfer. Ashley was instrumental in the startup and operations of firms such as Biotechnica International, and started his …
The Constitutionality Of Copyright Term Extension: How Long Is Too Long?, Jane C. Ginsburg, Wendy J. Gordon, Arthur R. Miller, William F. Patry
The Constitutionality Of Copyright Term Extension: How Long Is Too Long?, Jane C. Ginsburg, Wendy J. Gordon, Arthur R. Miller, William F. Patry
Faculty Scholarship
I am Professor William Patry of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. I will be the moderator of this star-studded debate on the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
Toward A Doctrine Of Fair Use In Patent Law, Maureen A. O'Rourke
Toward A Doctrine Of Fair Use In Patent Law, Maureen A. O'Rourke
Faculty Scholarship
The intellectual property laws are becoming increasingly stressed as their largely time-worn doctrines grapple with problems posed by new technology. In this Article, Dean O'Rourke argues that this pressure has become particularly acute in patent law where policymakers have expanded protection without concomitantly evaluating the impact of that move on follow-on innovation. The traditional assumption that patentees will efficiently license their inventions is breaking down as market failures are becoming endemic. Dean O'Rourke argues that to ensure that patent law achieves its constitutional goals, it shuld, like copyright law, use a fair use defense to address problems of market failure. …
Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon, Robert G. Bone
Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon, Robert G. Bone
Faculty Scholarship
Copyright is the branch of Intellectual Property Law that governs works of expression such as books, paintings and songs, and the expressive aspects of computer programs. Intellectual products such as these have a partially public goods character: they are largely inexhaustible and nonexcludable. Intellectual Property Law responds to inexcludability by giving producers legal rights to exclude nonpayers from certain usages of their intellectual products. The goal is to provide incentives for new production at fairly low transaction costs. However, the copyright owner will charge a price above marginal cost and this, coupled with the inexhaustibility of most copyrighted products, creates …
Fine-Tuning Tasini: Privileges Of Electronic Distribution And Reproduction, Wendy J. Gordon
Fine-Tuning Tasini: Privileges Of Electronic Distribution And Reproduction, Wendy J. Gordon
Faculty Scholarship
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is arguably the soundest copyright court in the nation. In Tasini v. New York Times, it handled a challenge brought by a group of freelance writers against publishers and database proprietors. The controversy, now pending in the United States Supreme Court, has wide importance because it will determine what entitlements attach to a publisher who purchases a privilege to include a freelancer's story in the publisher's magazine or newspaper. Essentially, the issue is whether a publisher, who has not purchased the story's copyright and has not obtained an explicit …
The United States' Doctrine Of Exhaustion: Parallel Imports Of Patented Goods, Margreth Barrett
The United States' Doctrine Of Exhaustion: Parallel Imports Of Patented Goods, Margreth Barrett
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
"I See What You're Saying": Trademarked Terms And Symbols As Protected Consumer Commentary In Consumer Opinion Websites, Leslie C. Rochat
"I See What You're Saying": Trademarked Terms And Symbols As Protected Consumer Commentary In Consumer Opinion Websites, Leslie C. Rochat
Seattle University Law Review
Although there are a wide array of unresolved trademark issues with regard to the Internet, this Comment will not address disputes involving anything beyond the visible content of an individual's website. Domain name and meta-tag issues, though often referenced in order to demonstrate trends in analysis, are not the subjects of this inquiry. Rather, this Comment will focus on the triumvirate of claims most frequently asserted against individual web masters in the battle over the propriety of consumer commentary: trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trademark dilution. A recent court decision, Bally Total Fitness v. Faber, provides an example of the …
State Street: Leading The Way To Consistency For Patentability Of Computer Software, Christopher S. Cantzler
State Street: Leading The Way To Consistency For Patentability Of Computer Software, Christopher S. Cantzler
University of Colorado Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Public Choice Of Choice Of Law In Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition And The Dim Prospects For Uniformity, Edward J. Janger
The Public Choice Of Choice Of Law In Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition And The Dim Prospects For Uniformity, Edward J. Janger
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Extending Copyright And The Constitution: "Have I Stayed Too Long", Michael H. Davis
Extending Copyright And The Constitution: "Have I Stayed Too Long", Michael H. Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
On October 27, 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-298, 112 Stat. 2827 (hereinafter the “Bono Law”). The Bono Law extended the term of copyright protection by an additional twenty years, both prospectively and retrospectively. The former is probably constitutionally proper; the latter is almost certainly forbidden by the Constitution's copyright clause. But most criticism5 has not forcefully distinguished between retrospective as opposed to prospective extension and so far has failed to convince either Congress or the courts of any constitutional infirmity. This is because most critics agree-or …
The Screenwriter's Indestructible Right To Terminate Her Assignment Of Copyright: Once A Story Is 'Pitched' A Studio Can Never Obtain All Copyrights In The Story, Michael Henry Davis
The Screenwriter's Indestructible Right To Terminate Her Assignment Of Copyright: Once A Story Is 'Pitched' A Studio Can Never Obtain All Copyrights In The Story, Michael Henry Davis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
It is probably not quite fraud, though it comes terribly close to it, when motion picture and television production companies convince their writers to part with the rights to their stories when they sign with the companies. Despite contracts that claim the writer has no rights to the resulting script (either because the author has assigned his rights “in perpetuity” or because he has agreed to produce a “workfor hire”), U.S. copyright law provides many authors, perhaps the vast majority of them, with a future right that cannot be lost and can always be regained, irrespective of any written contract …
The Desirability Of Agreeing To Disagree: The Wto, Trips, International Ipr Exhaustion And A Few Other Things, Vincent Chiappetta
The Desirability Of Agreeing To Disagree: The Wto, Trips, International Ipr Exhaustion And A Few Other Things, Vincent Chiappetta
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article proposes a procedural and substantive approach specifically designed to achieve this result. Concerning process, interim national and regional decisionmaking and the multilateral debate must expressly broaden and clarify the values and interests at stake. Three basic operational principles advance this objective. First, comparisons based on IPR labels (patent, copyright, and the like) confuse rather than illuminate. Instead, focus must be on the actual underlying policy justifications and objectives. Second, the full range of implicated justifications (economic and otherwise), including those outside the decision-makers' own norms, must be expressly identified and considered. Finally, any position taken or decision reached …
On Courts Herding Cats: Contending With The "Written Description" Requirement (And Other Unruly Patent Disclosure Doctrines), Mark D. Janis
On Courts Herding Cats: Contending With The "Written Description" Requirement (And Other Unruly Patent Disclosure Doctrines), Mark D. Janis
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Inter Partes Patent Reexamination, Mark D. Janis
Inter Partes Patent Reexamination, Mark D. Janis
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
Sweeping The E-Commerce Patent Minefield: The Need For A Workable Business Method Exception, William Krause
Sweeping The E-Commerce Patent Minefield: The Need For A Workable Business Method Exception, William Krause
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment will trace the history of patent protection for methods of doing business over the past two decades, then it will inspect the problems that this protection has wrought: litigation, increased barriers to e-commerce entrepreneurs, and the threat of a less vibrant electronic marketplace. Because each traditional method of protecting intellectual property -- patent, copyright, and trade secret -- has strengths and limitations in protecting advancements in software technology, this Comment will examine the relative benefits of each method. Finally, this Comment will suggest a simple, easily applied test that will offer patent protection to true innovations while reserving …
Is The Use Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Fix Mistakes A Mistake?, Martin Adelman
Is The Use Of The Doctrine Of Equivalents To Fix Mistakes A Mistake?, Martin Adelman
Law Faculty Research Publications
No abstract provided.
Cultivating The Genetic Commons: Imperfect Patent Protection And The Network Model Of Innovation, Jonathan M. Barnett
Cultivating The Genetic Commons: Imperfect Patent Protection And The Network Model Of Innovation, Jonathan M. Barnett
San Diego Law Review
This Article enters this debate and argues the following position. Assuming that antitrust authorities persist in certain strategies to impede patent consolidation, the recent introduction of patent rights for certain biotechnological innovations is likely to encourage private investment in the genetic commons and reduce (or, at least, not enhance) the accessibility costs that could stunt technological advance. To reach this conclusion, this Article shows that the two leading theories of patent protection, the "incentive" theory7 and the "prospect" theory,8 do not explain private industry's willingness to sink significant investment capital into highly uncertain biopharmaceutical projects. These theories offer insufficient explanations …
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Implications Of Pfaff V. Wells Electronics, Inc. And The Quest For Predictability In The On-Sale Bar, Timothy R. Holbrook
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Implications Of Pfaff V. Wells Electronics, Inc. And The Quest For Predictability In The On-Sale Bar, Timothy R. Holbrook
Faculty Articles
This Article posits a two prong approach to the on-sale bar. First, for the anticipatory version, the courts should expressly incorporate the law of enablement under 35 U.S.C. § 112 and of utility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 into the on-sale bar, thus providing a well-known body of law to promote predictability. Procedurally, the courts should establish a hierarchy of evidence, similar to the approach used in claim construction, that considers certain, more readily available information as the most pertinent while eschewing the use of expert testimony and other litigation based evidence. Second, for the obviousness version of the on-sale …
Letter From The Editor, Dharmesh Vashee
Letter From The Editor, Dharmesh Vashee
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Welcome to the second issue of The Richmond Journal of Law and Technology's seventh publication term. As we near the halfway point of this term, the Journal is stronger than ever. Our continued growth and success is due in large part to the dedication of our staff and Editorial Board. This year we will publish four issues and will hold a symposium on the soon-to-be-enacted Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act ("UCITA"). The symposium will be held on March 2, 2001. Registration for and information on the symposium will be available on our website soon.
Business Method Patents, John J. Love
Business Method Patents, John J. Love
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Good morning, it's a pleasure to be here alive. We just participated in the daily road race from Washington to Richmond that many of you do every day. The first question I've been asked to deal with is why do we have patents? Of course we're very proud of fact that the PTO's origins date back the Constitution itself. In Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, the framers specifically gave Congress the power to grant inventors, for a limited time, the exclusive right to their inventions. So this is not a product of the industrial revolution but dates back …
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Ucita): Still Not Ready For Prime Time, James S. Heller
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (Ucita): Still Not Ready For Prime Time, James S. Heller
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
In July, 1999, the General Counsels, Vice Presidents, and other senior officers of major information industry technology companies (including Adobe Systems, Intuit, Silver Platter, Lotus, and Microsoft) wrote to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) urging adoption of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) at the then imminent NCCUSL meeting in Denver. The executives supported the adoption of UCITA because it is true to three commercial principles: commerce should be free to flourish in the electronic age, rules should support use of new (in this case electronic) technologies, and marketplace forces should determine the form …