Author(s): Jason Schultz Year: 2012 Abstract: The first sale doctrine has long provided that legitimate owners of non-infringing copies of copyrighted works may use and sell their copies as they […]
Brief of 25 Intellectual Property Law Professors in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, No. 11-697
Statutory Damages: A Rarity in Copyright Laws Internationally, But for How Long?
Author(s): Pamela Samuelson Year: 2013 Abstract: American copyright professionals may be so accustomed to the current domestic regime of statutory damages that it may come as a surprise to learn […]
Economics of IP Law
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2014 Abstract: This Chapter highlights two major differences between early or “first wave” scholarship in the field of intellectual property (IP) law, and the work […]
Research Handbooks on Intellectual Property Law Series, Edward Elgar Publishers (Series Editor)
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2013 Abstract: ‘The Handbook brings together a unique collection of world renowned experts providing detailed discussion in every chapter. The brilliance of this collective work […]
Back to the Shadows, or Onward and Upward? Current Trends in Patent Law
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2007 Abstract: N/A Keywords: patent, Supreme Court, Hal Wegner Link: https://patentlyo.com/jobs/2007/01/merges_back_to_.html
An Essay on the Legacy of Chisum on Patents
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2014 Abstract: Robert Merges originally wrote this essay, previously unpublished, on the thirtieth anniversary of Chisum on Patents: A Treatise on the Law of Patentability, Validity […]
IP Rights and Technological Platforms
Author(s): Robert P. Merges Year: 2008 Abstract: This paper is about intellectual property rights (IPRs) and platform technologies. After a brief introduction explaining some basics of networks, standards and platforms, […]
Bridging the Gap between Privacy and Design
Author(s): Deirdre K. Mulligan Year: 2012 Abstract: This article explores the gap between privacy and design in the context of “lateral privacy”— privacy issues arising among users of a service […]
Book Review: Is Copyright Reform Possible?
Author(s): Pamela Samuelson Year: 2012 Abstract: Copyright law has taken quite a beating in the legal literature in the past decade or so. Complaints have been legion that copyright industry […]
The Quest for a Sound Conception of Copyright’s Derivative Work Right
Author(s): Pamela Samuelson Year: 2012 Abstract: The Copyright Act of 1976 confers on authors an exclusive right to prepare derivative works. It defines this term as “a work based upon […]