This chapter provides a comprehensive survey of the burgeoning literature on the law and
economics of intellectual property. It is organized around the two principal objectives of …

Patents have proven to be important to the growth and financing of the American
biotechnology industry, but it remains unclear whether current patent standards are well …

In recent years, business leaders, policymakers, and inventors have complained to the
media and to Congress that today's patent system stifles innovation instead of fostering it …

135 USC?? 100-376 (2000). 2See, eg, id.? 103 (b)(2000)(special nonobviousness provision
for biotechnology).'Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 US 303, 309 (1980)(citing S. Rep. No. 82 …

Software patents have grown rapidly in number and now comprise 15% of all patents. They
are acquired primarily by large manufacturing firms in industries known for strategic …

Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation. But as the patent system
currently stands, diverse industries from pharmaceuticals to software to semiconductors are …

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The administrative state is leveraging algorithms to influence individuals' private decisions.
Agencies have begun to write rules to shape for-profit websites such as Expedia and have …

One of the most revolutionary legal changes in the past generation has been the"
propertization" of intellectual property (IP). The duration and scope of rights expand without …

Commentators have observed for years that patents do less good and cause more harm in
the software industry than in other industries such as pharmaceuticals. 1 Software patents …