Since 1790, when two U.S. patent applicants have claimed the same invention, the patent has been awarded to the first inventor. Today, the United States stands alone in the industrialized world, and many argue that the United States should, in the interest of world patent harmony, change its system so as to award a contested patent to the first applicant. Of the arguments advanced to justify the change, the only ones that withstand scrutiny are that all the other countries are doing it and the hope that some concessions in other aspects of intellectual property or trade might be obtained in exchange. There are compelling reasons to resist the change, principally that (unless other fundamental aspects of U.S. patent law are changed as well...
The latest patent reform bill, the United States Patent Act of 2005, has rehashed one of the most ho...
The first known patent case in the United States courts did not enforce a patent. Instead, it sought...
The United States uses the first-to-invent patent system, which is a time-honored system not worth a...
Since 1790, when two U.S. patent applicants have claimed the same invention, the patent has been awa...
Today, one of the biggest obstacles facing inventors is the problem of patent harmonization. Invento...
How shall the United States decide whether to adopt the Patent Harmonization Treaty? What questions ...
Patent law today is a complex institution in most developed economies and the appropriate structure ...
Where there is a United States patent, there are also likely multiple foreign counterpart patents. A...
The following discussion begins with a historical analysis that outlines the boundaries and illustra...
In this Article, we contend that the World Intellectual Property Organization’s proposed Substantive...
Commentators have long recognized the need to coordinate questions at the patent-antitrust intersect...
This Note examines the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to determine if Congress in fact achieved its...
This essay raises questions about the Patent Harmonization Treaty. addressing the overall direction ...
Can U.S. patent law help American businesses compete in global markets? In early 2011, President Bar...
This paper challenges the traditional “modernist” view that incentive-centered patent protection is ...
The latest patent reform bill, the United States Patent Act of 2005, has rehashed one of the most ho...
The first known patent case in the United States courts did not enforce a patent. Instead, it sought...
The United States uses the first-to-invent patent system, which is a time-honored system not worth a...
Since 1790, when two U.S. patent applicants have claimed the same invention, the patent has been awa...
Today, one of the biggest obstacles facing inventors is the problem of patent harmonization. Invento...
How shall the United States decide whether to adopt the Patent Harmonization Treaty? What questions ...
Patent law today is a complex institution in most developed economies and the appropriate structure ...
Where there is a United States patent, there are also likely multiple foreign counterpart patents. A...
The following discussion begins with a historical analysis that outlines the boundaries and illustra...
In this Article, we contend that the World Intellectual Property Organization’s proposed Substantive...
Commentators have long recognized the need to coordinate questions at the patent-antitrust intersect...
This Note examines the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to determine if Congress in fact achieved its...
This essay raises questions about the Patent Harmonization Treaty. addressing the overall direction ...
Can U.S. patent law help American businesses compete in global markets? In early 2011, President Bar...
This paper challenges the traditional “modernist” view that incentive-centered patent protection is ...
The latest patent reform bill, the United States Patent Act of 2005, has rehashed one of the most ho...
The first known patent case in the United States courts did not enforce a patent. Instead, it sought...
The United States uses the first-to-invent patent system, which is a time-honored system not worth a...