More than 2.5 million United States patents have been issued in the last 20 years. 1 While
these patents are spread across all industries, a large percentage is concentrated in the …

The academic literature on the prize system describes prizes as a radical alternative to
intellectual property. The debate over which system is preferable has existed for centuries …

Ever since Alexander Bickel published The Least Dangerous Branch in 1962, American
constitutional theorists have agonized over the supposedly" countermajoritarian" character …

The Sewing Machine Combination was the commercial trust that was responsible for the
mass production of the sewing machine in the nineteenth century-a commodity that was …

The prospect of an injunction-induced blackout of handheld e-mail, 1 a jury verdict awarding
over a billion dollars in damages 2-these are two of the specters that have haunted current …

One of the hallmarks of our patent system is that it provides a one-size-fits-all reward for
innovation. The uniform patent laws offer insufficient incentives to develop some socially …

Articles Exchanging Information Without Intellectual Property Michael J. Burstein* Page 1
Articles Exchanging Information Without Intellectual Property Michael J. Burstein* Contracting …

The legal literature concerning intellectual property rights has grown in recent years to
advance our understanding of the history of copyright law and the patent system, the …

* Briggs and Morgan Professor of Law, Solly Robins Distinguished Research Fellow,
University of Minnesota Law School. I would like to thank, for their comments and criticism of …

The power and ubiquity of personal computing and the Internet have enabled individuals-
even impecunious amateurs-to create and communicate in ways that were previously …