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Level Of Skill And Long-Felt Need: Notes On A Forgotten Future, Joe Miller Apr 2008

Level Of Skill And Long-Felt Need: Notes On A Forgotten Future, Joe Miller

Scholarly Works

The Supreme Court's KSR decision transforms the way we think about patent law's ordinary artisan. The ordinary artisan, the Supreme Court states, is also a person of ordinary creativity, not an automaton. This transformation, which sweeps aside a contrary precept that had informed the Federal Circuit's nonobviousness jurisprudence for a generation, raises a key question: How do we fill out the rest of our conception, in a given case, of the ordinary artisan's level of skill at the time the invention was made? Reaching back to a large vein of case law typified by Judge Learned Hand's decisions about nonobviousness, …


Current Patent Laws Cannot Claim The Backing Of Human Rights - 2008, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2008

Current Patent Laws Cannot Claim The Backing Of Human Rights - 2008, Wendy J. Gordon

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The majority of the world's countries (one exception being the United States) have undertaken a commitment at the level of human rights to protect the interests of persons who author 'scientific ... production[s]'. This commitment is embodied in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which recognizes in Article 15.1.(c) the rights of everyone 'to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.'


Meddimmune, Microsoft, And Ksr: The United States Supreme Court In 2007 Tips The Balance In Favor Of Innovation In Patent Cases, And Thrice Reverses The Federal Circuit, Sue Ann Mota Jan 2008

Meddimmune, Microsoft, And Ksr: The United States Supreme Court In 2007 Tips The Balance In Favor Of Innovation In Patent Cases, And Thrice Reverses The Federal Circuit, Sue Ann Mota

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

In 2007 the Supreme Court reversed three patent cases from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The three cases were MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (holding a patent licensee does not have to breach a license agreement before seeking declaratory judgment that the underlying patent is invalid, unenforceable, or not infringed), Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (holding Microsoft did not supply a component of an invention from the United States that had the possibility of infringing under the Patent Act), and KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (holding the requirement of non-obviousness under the Patent Act is analyzed …


Speaking Words Of Wisdom: Let It Be: The Reexamination Of The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents, Julia Vom Wege Dovi Jan 2008

Speaking Words Of Wisdom: Let It Be: The Reexamination Of The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents, Julia Vom Wege Dovi

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

Embryonic stem cell research represents an area of scientific inquiry that bears great promise, and patent law ensures that stem cell technology is both protected and utilized to its fullest potential. This article analyzes why the USPTO should not invalidate or narrow three challenged stem cell patents owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) through the Public Patent Foundation. The author outlines the science behind stem cells, explains the applicable law, and articulates the policy considerations relevant to patent law and stem cells. Ultimately, the author argues that that the challenged patents should remain valid because they have not …


In Re Seagate: Did It Really Fix The Waiver Issue? A Short Review And Analysis Of Waiver Resulting From The Use Of A Counsel's Opinion Letter As A Defense To Willful Infringement, Dov Greenbaum Jan 2008

In Re Seagate: Did It Really Fix The Waiver Issue? A Short Review And Analysis Of Waiver Resulting From The Use Of A Counsel's Opinion Letter As A Defense To Willful Infringement, Dov Greenbaum

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

The Federal Circuit, through its decision in Seagate, sought to clarify and definitively establish various consequences of an assertion of willful infringement by a patentee. This comment discusses the history and potential outcomes of the Seagate decision; first, by outlining basic issues of privilege and immunity and examining the history of uncertainty regarding waiver leading up to the Seagate decision. The remainder of the comment examines the potential outcomes of the decision, and presents possible resolutions to further resolve the issue and more fully repair attorney-client privilege and immunity.


What If Seeds Were Not Patentable?, Elizabeth I. Winston Jan 2008

What If Seeds Were Not Patentable?, Elizabeth I. Winston

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In 2001, the United States Supreme Court held that seeds were patentable subject matter - a decision, I assert, of much discussion and little impact. Protection of agricultural intellectual property through private ordering, used both to expand the protection available through public ordering and to circumvent the restrictions public ordering places on owners of intellectual property, has provided the incentives necessary to promote investment and innovation in seeds. It has not been the patentability of seeds that has led to agricultural advances, but rather the profitability of licensing agricultural intellectual property. What if seeds were not patentable? So what if …


The Enablement Pendulum Swings Back, Sean B. Seymore Jan 2008

The Enablement Pendulum Swings Back, Sean B. Seymore

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Ip Litigation In The 21st Century, Michael H. Baniak, Daniel A. Boehnen, Jeanne Gills, Binal J. Patel Jan 2008

Ip Litigation In The 21st Century, Michael H. Baniak, Daniel A. Boehnen, Jeanne Gills, Binal J. Patel

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Pendulum Swings Back: The Impact Of Recent Scotus And Federal Circuit Cases, Troy A. Groetken, Timothy R. Holbrook, Sean Seymore, Donald L. Zuhn, Jr. Jan 2008

The Pendulum Swings Back: The Impact Of Recent Scotus And Federal Circuit Cases, Troy A. Groetken, Timothy R. Holbrook, Sean Seymore, Donald L. Zuhn, Jr.

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Famous For Fifteen Minutes: Ip And Internet Social Networking, Patricia S. Abril, Jonathan Darrow, Peter Ludlow, J. Michael Monahan Jan 2008

Famous For Fifteen Minutes: Ip And Internet Social Networking, Patricia S. Abril, Jonathan Darrow, Peter Ludlow, J. Michael Monahan

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Enablement Issues Concerning Aggressively Broad Generic Claims, J. Benjamin Bai Jan 2008

Enablement Issues Concerning Aggressively Broad Generic Claims, J. Benjamin Bai

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Open Source, Open Access, And Open Transfer: Market Approaches To Research Bottlenecks, Robin Feldman, Kris Nelson Jan 2008

Open Source, Open Access, And Open Transfer: Market Approaches To Research Bottlenecks, Robin Feldman, Kris Nelson

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Should Only Technical Inventions Be Patentable, Following The European Example?, Reinier B. Bakels Jan 2008

Should Only Technical Inventions Be Patentable, Following The European Example?, Reinier B. Bakels

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Legal Turbulence After : New Possibilities For Patent Licensing At Research Institutions, Jonathan Hillel Jan 2008

Legal Turbulence After : New Possibilities For Patent Licensing At Research Institutions, Jonathan Hillel

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Regulating Virtual Realms Optimally: The Model End User License Agreement, Jason T. Kunze Jan 2008

Regulating Virtual Realms Optimally: The Model End User License Agreement, Jason T. Kunze

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Ethical Considerations For Attorneys Responding To A Data-Security Breach, Robert J. Scott, Julie Machal-Fulks Jan 2008

Ethical Considerations For Attorneys Responding To A Data-Security Breach, Robert J. Scott, Julie Machal-Fulks

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

Attorneys increasingly are confronting the significant ethical issues raised when a data-security breach occurs. Many traps exist for the unwary in this evolving area of the law, especially in light of concerns regarding e-discovery and a lack of judicial interpretation of applicable statutes. This article provides a legal framework in this area of the law and explores ethical considerations arising when an attorney represents a client who has suffered a data-security breach.


Questioning The Justifiability Of Innovation Protection In Antimicrobial Drugs: A Law And Economics Perspective, Ankur Sood, Vardaan Ahluwalia Jan 2008

Questioning The Justifiability Of Innovation Protection In Antimicrobial Drugs: A Law And Economics Perspective, Ankur Sood, Vardaan Ahluwalia

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Ksr International Co. V. Teleflex Inc.: Patentability Clarity Or Confusion?, Stephen J. Schanz Jan 2008

Ksr International Co. V. Teleflex Inc.: Patentability Clarity Or Confusion?, Stephen J. Schanz

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Raising The Dead: How The Ninth Circuit Avoided The Supreme Court's Guidelines Concerning Aesthetic Functionality And Still Got Away With It In Au-Tomotive Gold, Yevgeniy Markov Jan 2008

Raising The Dead: How The Ninth Circuit Avoided The Supreme Court's Guidelines Concerning Aesthetic Functionality And Still Got Away With It In Au-Tomotive Gold, Yevgeniy Markov

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Statistical Analysis Of The United States’ Accession To The Madrid Protocol, Ash Nagdev Jan 2008

Statistical Analysis Of The United States’ Accession To The Madrid Protocol, Ash Nagdev

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Massively Multiplayer Online Fraud: Why The Introduction Of Real World Law In A Virtual Context Is Good For Everyone, Ethan E. White Jan 2008

Massively Multiplayer Online Fraud: Why The Introduction Of Real World Law In A Virtual Context Is Good For Everyone, Ethan E. White

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Do Patents Perform Like Property?, Michael J. Meurer, James Bessen Jan 2008

Do Patents Perform Like Property?, Michael J. Meurer, James Bessen

Faculty Scholarship

Do patents provide critical incentives to encourage investment in innovation? Or, instead, do patents impose legal risks and burdens on innovators that discourage innovation, as some critics now claim? This paper reviews empirical economic evidence on how well patents perform as a property system.


Indirect Infringement From A Tort Law Perspective, Charles W. Adams Jan 2008

Indirect Infringement From A Tort Law Perspective, Charles W. Adams

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sandisk Corp. V. Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Patrick R. Colsher Jan 2008

Sandisk Corp. V. Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Patrick R. Colsher

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck Jan 2008

New Research Uses For Patent And Trademark Data, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

In this article, I examine alternative uses for information found in patent and trademark filing databases, suggesting ways to locate a law firm's clients, perform competitive intelligence, and locate or investigate expert witnesses. Finally, I talk about an interesting non-law use of patent data, i.e., historical research.


The "Reasonable Plant" Test: When Progress Outruns The Constitution, Max Oppenheimer Jan 2008

The "Reasonable Plant" Test: When Progress Outruns The Constitution, Max Oppenheimer

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Patents, Taxes And The Nuclear Option: Do We Need A “Tax Strategy Patent” Ban?, Max Oppenheimer Jan 2008

Patents, Taxes And The Nuclear Option: Do We Need A “Tax Strategy Patent” Ban?, Max Oppenheimer

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Remixing Obviousness, Joseph S. Miller Jan 2008

Remixing Obviousness, Joseph S. Miller

Scholarly Works

In April 2007, the Supreme Court, for the first time in 41 years, decided a case about the basic contours of patent law's nonobviousness standard. The case, KSR, upends 25 years of Federal Circuit jurisprudence, and on a legal requirement that every patent must satisfy. In this essay, I show how KSR dismantles two predicates that have long shaped Federal Circuit nonobviousness cases - namely, the intertwined premises that hindsight-driven distortion is the gravest risk to an accurate nonobviousness requirement, and that the person of ordinary skill in the art (from whose perspective nonobviousness is judge) is singularly uncreative. In …


Moral Philosophy, Information Technology, And Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2008

Moral Philosophy, Information Technology, And Copyright, Wendy J. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

A plethora of philosophical issues arise where copyright and patent laws intersect with information technology. Given the necessary brevity of the chapter, my strategy will be to make general observations that can be applied to illuminate one particular issue. I have chosen the issue considered in MGM v. Grokster,2 a recent copyright case from the U.S. Supreme Court Grokster, Ltd., provided a decentralized peer-to-peer technology that many people, typically students, used to copy and distribute music in ways that violated copyright law. The Supreme Court addressed the extent to which Grokster and other technology providers should be held …


A Constitutional Idea-Expression Doctrine: Qualifying Congress’ Commerce Power When Protecting Intellectual Property Rights., Yavar Bathaee Dec 2007

A Constitutional Idea-Expression Doctrine: Qualifying Congress’ Commerce Power When Protecting Intellectual Property Rights., Yavar Bathaee

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.