discusses how patent-like rights (such as "data exclusivity") prevent lower-cost generic medicines from entering into the …

creates a shock for the patent holder but also its competitors who cite that patent: invalidation wipes out portfolio … synergies and the necessity to have defensive patents. This paper shows that Federal Circuit patent litigations affect the … invalidated patent. This observation supports that many patents are renewed for defensive purposes. The portfolio size also …

Corporate officer liability doctrines under both the Patent Act and the Copyright Act diverge markedly from traditional … corporate, agency, and tort law doctrines. This manuscript explores why the case law in federal patent and copyright cases … articulations of individual officer liability found in both patent and copyright law can be attributed to two factors: (1) the …

Patent Court (UPC) that the UPC Committee conducted between June and September 2013. The focus is put on constitutional …

five factors describe the phenomena largely responsible for the current mass extinction event, and patent law offers … valuable assistance in combating each one. Though it cannot offer a complete solution to the biodiversity crisis, the patent … system can offer powerful tools to help save biodiversity. On first inspection, patent law might appear an unlikely ally for …

An “invention,” as used in the United States patent laws, refers to anything made by man that employs or harnesses a …

a party to the Unified Patent System regardless of Brexit, the British government arguably shaped (il … the judicial protection of the forthcoming Unified Patent Court as much as of the European institutions (and market) as a … anticipate possible scenarios in the event of both domestic court and international arbitral claims lodged by patent investors …

exposed population to these products. Agricultural biotechnology patents spur and support innovation. Accordingly, patent law … the scientific knowledge relating to the effects of genetically modified foods on human health and the environment. Patent … law perpetuates that void by allowing patent holders to control and restrict independent research in the area. This …