postdoctoral scholars contribute equally to patent activity or whether there is a differential effect depending upon visa status …. We find patent counts relate positively and significantly to the number of faculty, number of PhD students and number of …

Since the Federal Circuit’s 2007 In re Bilski decision and the Supreme Court’s 2008 Bilski v. Kappos decision, patent … law’s subject-matter eligibility standard under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been uncertain. This paper posits patent law's patent …. Somewhat analogous to copyright law, it also presents a Downward Patent-Eligibility Hand Abstractions Test from an alleged …

intellectual property coalitions that fought these battles have splintered with copyright and patent holders pursuing initiatives … cohesiveness of their coalition. Patent interests groups, which are splintered, have struggled to obtain comparatively modest … patent law reforms. However, with the failed push to implement ACTA and the success of the patent sector in getting the AIA …

on startup companies and the patent system. The study consisted of a survey, which led to primarily quantitative data, as … overriding characterization of how startups use and are affected by the patent system …

model patent system, this study illustrates that it is possible to create a useful legal, policy, and institutional …

This Article explores the practical consequences of an important shift that has recently taken place in patent theory … justify the patent system based on its role in facilitating information exchange and enabling technical coordination among … intense attention at the level of theory, little has been said about the consequences of this debate for patent policy itself …

The current approach for determining when courts should award injunctions in patent disputes involves a myopic focus on … sometimes could rely instead on a consideration far more relevant to the patent system's goal of promoting innovation: the …. v. FireFly Equipment, LLC, which held that injunctive relief may be appropriate when a defendant infringes a patent that …

Compulsory licensing allows governments to license patented inventions without the consent of patent owners. Intended …

Professor Sichelman’s article on “Purging Patent Law of Private Law Remedies” offers a welcome and useful perspective … on the reform of patent remedies. In this comment I critique some of his assumptions regarding the “private” nature of … patent and other remedies, then turn to discussing several examples of existing and underutilized tools, such as “reverse …

Whether behavior relating to a patent thicket presents an antitrust issue is a nuanced question. But a recent ruling … highlights its errors analyzing sham behavior, patent settlements, and antitrust injury …