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 …

The standard justification for intellectual property is ex ante: the goal of intellectual property
is to influence behavior that occurs before the right comes into being. It is the prospect of the …

Hold-up is a primary component of patent litigation and patent licensing today. Universities
are engaged in an unprecedented surge in patenting. At the confluence of these seemingly …

When anthrax attacks recently led to a run on the patented antibiotic drug Cipro, 1 politicians
and commentators suggested that the government consider purchasing generic alternatives …

A half-century ago, author and physicist CP Snow warned of a" gulf of mutual
incomprehension" between the liberal arts and sciences. Snow's" Two Cultures" thesis is …

Critics of the patent system suggest the rules for determining patentability should be stricter,
subjecting patents to more scrutiny during Patent Office examination. This Article offers a …

The metaphor of the patent bargain-that a patent represents the grant of the right of
exclusivity in exchange for the disclosure of a novel invention-is generally accepted in the …

In this paper I use the fiction of a Nobel Prize in Legal Science to discuss what I believe to be
the predominant direction of change in legal scholarship and specifically, the role of theory …

Countless high profile cases like the recent patent litigation threatening to shut down the
BlackBerry service have long drawn sharp criticism. In response, most of the intellectual …

This Article examines the intersection of patent law and academic science. It advances two
novel claims about the internalization of academic science within the patent system and the …