Commentators, public officials, and scholars have sounded alarms over the smartphone patent wars — hundreds of cases asserting infringement of patents by makers of smartphones and tablet computers — often suggesting broad, categorical “fixes” to problems this litigation reveals. In...

The available evidence indicates that patent quality, particularly in the area of software, needs improvement. This Article, to be published in a Symposium on intellectual property and information law in the administrative state, argues that even an agency as institutionally constrained as the...

Hardware, Software and Underwear (Underware) - Emerging Technology Trends Globally as well as in Developed and Emerging Asia.The use of computers, the internet and related technologies has been increasing at an exponential rate and this will continue. Brick and Mortar businesses are being...

This thesis aims to provide clues on how software developers could use and distribute proprietary software and open source software to run their business smoothly.Proprietary software is protected by copyright and/or patent that confers the rightholders exclusive rights for the use of their...