Although all should be treated equally under the law, patent law has long been known to
favor some less than others. Patentable technology is highly heterogeneous, covering …

This essay analyzes how various patent rules, viewed together, indirectly cause a distorted
historical record of technological development. Part II of this essay looks at a recent book …

There is a growing, inescapable sense that something has gone terribly wrong with the
patent system. Though it was founded with the laudable constitutional goal of" promot …

For some time patent law has been criticized for a flood of bad patents. Patents of
questionable validity are being issued with overly broad, oftennebulous boundaries. A …

About half, probably more, of all patented inventions in the United States are never
commercially exploited.'Many of these undeveloped inventions are commercially worthless …

Recent commentators have observed, and sometimes lamented, significant gaps between
the formal reach of the patent system and the practical exclusionary effect of patent law. It is …

Patent law seeks to promote innovation by guaranteeing inventors a limited monopoly on
the creation and use of their inventions. But patent law must walk a fine line in pursuit of this …

The patent system is designed to promote innovation. Patents give their owners a right to
exclude others from making, selling, or using an invention for a period of twenty …

Modem patent law challenges judicial competence in a very serious way. Our federal
judiciary enjoys a wonderful reputation for experience and the right motivation, but no one …

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office or USPTO)" has recently come
under increasing scrutiny for the quality of the examinations to which patent applications are …