Patents and the Wealth of Nations

S Haber - Geo. Mason L. Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
There is abundant evidence from economics and history that the world's wealthy countries
grew rich because they had well-developed systems of private property. Clearly defined and …

Patents as promoters of competition: the guild origins of patent law in the Venetian Republic

T Sichelman, S O'Connor - San Diego L. Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
The standard view of patents is that-while they incentivize innovationthey tend to dampen
competition.! Specifically, by providing their holders with the possibility of market power over …

Disguised Patent Policymaking

S Vishnubhakat - Wash. & Lee L. Rev., 2019 - HeinOnline
Patent Office power has grown immensely in this decade, and the agency is wielding its
power in predictably troubling ways. Like other agencies, it injects politics into its decisions …

Administrating Patent Litigation

JS Sherkow - Wash. L. Rev., 2015 - HeinOnline
Recent patent litigation reform efforts have focused on every branch of govemment-
Congress, the President, and the federal courts-save the fourth: administrative agencies …

Crowdfunding's impact on start-up IP strategy

SM O'Connor - Geo. Mason L. Rev., 2013 - HeinOnline
" Crowdfunding" has been heralded as a revolutionary and democratic way to connect
ordinary individuals with innovative projects they would like to support. Congress endorsed …

Breaking patents

DR Cahoy - Mich. J. Int'l L., 2010 - HeinOnline
BREAKING PATENTS Page 1 BREAKING PATENTS Daniel R. Cahoy* INTRODUCTION ...............................................
461 1. THREE STORIES OF POLICY FAILURE...........................464 A. The Access to Medicines …

Administrative Patent Levers

D Orozco - Penn St. L. Rev., 2012 - HeinOnline
This article describes the processes involving the US Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO's)
implementation of administrative patent levers related to business methods. Administrative …

Case for Preferring Patent-Validity Litigation over Second-Window Review and Gold-Plated Patents: When One Size Doesn't Fit All, How Could Two Do the Trick

FS Kieff - U. Pa. L. Rev., 2008 - HeinOnline
Complaints about frivolous patent suits abound in academic, business, and policy circles.
The focus of the problem is the tendency of businesses, both large and small, to find …

Removing property from intellectual property and (intended?) pernicious impacts on innovation and competition

FS Kieff - Supreme Court Economic Review, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
Commentators have poured forth a loud and sustained outcry over the past few years that
sees property rule treatment of intellectual property (IP) as a cause of excessive transaction …

Pragmatism, Perspectives, and Trade: AD/CVD, Patents, and Antitrust as Mostly Private Law

FS Kieff - Harv. JL & Tech., 2016 - HeinOnline
This Article explores some common themes across three fields within the broader domain of
trade law: international trade's antidumping and countervailing duty (" AD/CVD"), intellectual …