Author: Dan Burk Abstract: Patent law has long harbored the concept of “inventing around,” under which competitors to a patent holder may be expected, and even encouraged, to design their technologies so as to skirt the boundaries defined by patent…
Author: Catherine Tucker Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the statistical relation between levels of patent litigation and venture capital (“VC”) investment in the U.S. We find that VC investment, a major funding source for entrepreneurial activity, initially increases with the…
Key data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation World Health Organization, Link Peter Beyer and Joseph Perriëns This paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and paediatric formulations of antiretroviral…
Author: Brian Love, Santa Clara University School of Law Abstract: Studies of the costs and benefits of university patent ownership have, to date, focused on life sciences technology. Increasingly, however, many of the most lucrative university-owned patents relate to computing…
Key data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation [World Health Organization] OVERVIEW: The paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and paediatric formulations of antiretroviral treatments recommended by WHO. It…
Reposted description from the CREATe launch announcement CREATe Working Paper 5/14 Steven James Watson, Daniel John Zizzo and Piers Fleming (2014) Using systematic reviewing techniques drawn from the medical sciences, a team of behavioural economists and psychologists from the University…
Author: Christopher Jon Sprigman Abstract: Not too long ago, conventional wisdom in the copyright field condemned copyright formalities as unnecessary and pernicious, and celebrated their removal from American law. Recently, however, an increasingly prominent strand of copyright scholarship has begun…
Joe McNamee European Digital Rights Our latest booklet is now online! The document looks at the extent to which “voluntary” law enforcement measures by online companies are serving to undermine long-established fundamental rights principles and much of the democratic…