A work of ambitious interdisciplinary scholarship that explores the ways that law and
technology interact. Our current legal system is to a great extent the product of an earlier …

The consumer technology products business is big. In 2018, the Consumer Technology
Association reported that the industry generated $351 billion in retail revenue. 1 A …

In recent decades, companies around the world have deployed an arsenal of tools-including
IP law, hardware design, software restrictions, pricing strategies, and marketing messages …

When designers obtain exclusive intellectual property (IP) rights in the. functional aspects of
their creations, they can wield these rights to increase both the costs to their competitors and …

Design stands out among intellectual property subject matter in terms of the extent of
overlapping protection available. Different forms of intellectual property usually protect …

Among intellectual property (" IP") doctrines, only utility patents should protect function. Utility
patents offer strong rights that place constraints on competition, but they only arise when …

The benefits of an IP strategy for an innovative project that combines both patenting and
trademarking are compared to those of patenting alone. The results of the proposed …

Section 289 of the Patent Act provides that, for certain acts of design patent infringement, the
infringer" shall be liable to the owner to the extent of his total profit, but not less than $250."'In …

One of the most important questions in contemporary design patent law is how to interpret
the phrase “article of manufacture” in 35 USC § 289. While there has been much discussion …

Independent creation is the foundation of US copyright law. A work is only original and, thus,
copyrightable to the extent that it is independently created by its author and not copied from …