of reforms that led up to the Innovation Act, with a particular focus on critiques of patent enforcement in general and … effects of patent litigation. The article concludes that current efforts may not be as beneficial to innovation as has been …This article analyzes the Innovation Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a promise to deal with the …

primary substance of vital functions'. Thus I hold, that the 'water' for the Patent Law is the legal definition of the term … ‘invention' as the primary substance for “vital functions” of the Patent Law. The definitions are important enough in traditional … reality that unfortunately in majority Patent Laws (Acts) worldwide as well as in international agreements are lacking the …

this paper, using a unique natural experiment that relates to the recently enacted patent reforms in India, we contribute …

Web developed by Tim Burney-Lee is another of these examples. If the Web had been patented, innovation and the development … of technology would have been inevitably compromised. Instead of patent protection, the United States legislator could …

of patented inventions in a way that infringes a patent holder's exclusive rights.This article examines the obligations …

Patent scope is probably one of the most debated issues in patent law generally and it has recently gained new contours … patent application. This is surely one of the most remarkable provision contained in the Directive. Interestingly, at a first … sequence be concretely disclosed in the patent application but, differently from national laws, the Directive does not …

profit maximalisation through patents. Public patents, open access patents and two-tiered patent license strategies are …

be considerable confusion about the implications of the decision. Some authors, concerned over patent holdup and …-manufacturing patent owners. Using an error cost framework, we examine the theory and evidence behind patent holdup concerns as they relate …, where patent holders with no designs of patent holdup are nonetheless denied injunctive relief. Instead of advocating …