This study examines the reliability of Altman's Z-score model to predict the financial failure of
the ICT sector in Pakistan. Data for 11 PSE-listed (Pakistan Stock Exchange) ICT companies …

Patent-assertion entities, or" patent trolls," use the threat of injunction to hold up product-
producing companies in patent suits. The Supreme Court's 2006 decision in eBay Inc. v …

Despite experiencing a period of fiscal adjustment, worldwide investment remains a
lynchpin of global economic activity and involves trillions of dollars.'Governments across the …

ABSTRACT The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction over
patent appeals and, as a consequence, the last word on many legal issues important to …

For years, commentators and legislators have criticized the structure and quality of patent
litigation. They have three principal complaints. First, they demonstrate that plaintiffs …

While many believe the patent system has hit a historic and unprecedented low, discontent
with patents is nothing new. In 1966, a Presidential Commission recommended prohibiting …

In his influential article Contracting into Liability Rules: Intellectual Property Rights and
Collective Rights Organizations, Robert Merges made the case that intellectual property (IP) …

In contrast with quotas and tariffs, it is theoretically ambiguous whether fewer (or 'weaker')
rules over intellectual property rights will increase or decrease trade in patentable goods …

In patent law, as in most areas of law, Congress, courts, and administrative agencies are the
key institutions with the potential to shape policy.'In practice, though, courts have generally …

Abstract The United States International Trade Commission has recently experienced a
dramatic increase in patent infringement investigations under § 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 …