In 2009, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit changed the landscape for trademark parties involved in claims of fraud on the PTO. With the issuance of its decision in the case In re Bose, the Court neatly upped the ante for plaintiffs to show “knowledge” and “willful intent.”...

Courts, commentators and practitioners have for too long viewed intellectual property law as a discrete discipline, without putting it into the proper theoretical context of general jurisprudence. Intellectual property law cannot and must not exist on its own, outside the normative framework of...

Universities have a reputation for being isolated ivory towers, but that is changing as universities become large-scale technology owners. As a result, universities today interface more actively with industry. At the same time, they take a strong role in affirmatively influencing the path of...

Copyright law has a clearly-established doctrine of "fair use." While its parameters and applications are frequently debated, the existence of the doctrine is statutory and undisputed. Patent and copyright law are closely related and they freely borrow from each other, yet this important area of...

Copyright law has a clearly-established doctrine of "fair use." While its parameters and applications are frequently debated, the existence of the doctrine is statutory and undisputed. Patent and copyright law are closely related and they freely borrow from each other, yet this important area of...