Over the past several decades an expansion of coverage has evolved in individual intellectual property rights, especially copyright and patent. This expansion has caused overlap to occur between rights, thus allowing for an inefficient intellectual property regime that permits overreaching...

Introduction -- Framing the boundaries of the glocal space in the international intellectual property system -- The glocal space in International Copyright Law -- The glocal space In International Patent Law -- The glocal space in International Trademark Law -- The glocal space in International...

This article presents liberal feminist, essentialist feminist, communitarian feminist, and humanist feminist critiques of the gendered scope of United States intellectual property protection. Different feminist perspectives lead to different conclusions regarding intellectual property. However,...

Setting aside various foundational moral entanglements, I will offer an argument for the protection of intellectual property based on individual self-interest and prudence. In large part, this argument will parallel considerations that arise in a prisoner's dilemma game. After sketching the...

In eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. (2006), the Supreme Court held that traditional equitable factors apply to injunctions in patent and copyright cases, and that therefore the mere fact a defendant has infringed a patent or a copyright does not necessarily mean a final injunction must issue....

Economic theory has struggled to produce a coherent narrative justifying the implementation of intellectual property regimes, although a variety of rationales have been advanced as explanations. The most prevalent justification characterizes the subject matter of intellectual property in terms...

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 differs so markedly not only from traditional legal...