I propose a partial defense of patent law's absolute liability rule. This rule makes it irrelevant
whether an infringement defendant copied from the patentee or independently invented the …

I propose a partial defense of patent law's absolute liability rule. This rule makes it irrelevant
whether an infringement defendant copied from the patentee or independently invented the …

The goal of this Article is to partially defend patent law's absolute liability rule. Most scholars
question the utility of absolute liability, which makes it irrelevant whether an infringement …

Patent law is virtually alone in intellectual property (IP) in punishing independent
development. To infringe a copyright or trade secret, defendants must copy the protected IP …

Patent law is virtually alone in intellectual property (" IP") law in punishing independent
development. To infringe a copyright or trade secret, defendants must copy the protected IP …

Patent law doesn't look kindly on patent owners who engage in wrongdoing involving the
patent. The US Supreme Court and lower courts have refused to enforce patents tainted with …

This essay, which builds on my recent work on the law and economics of comparative patent
remedies, presents three proposals relating to the enforcement of domestic patent rights …

To obtain a substantial patent damage award a patentee need not commercialize the
patented invention; the patentee need only show that its patent was infringed. This surely …

It is quite likely that you, the reader, have infringed a patent today. There are millions of in-
force US patents, and many cover routine, everyday behaviors. Perhaps you used a …

In patent law, there is a property right, defined by the claims at the end of every patent. And
then there is the list of things others are prevented from doing with respect to the property …