International agreements do not generally address issues of secondary liability for infringement of intellectual property law rights, and there is little international consensus on this topic, even among the major industrialized nations. National laws tend to vary considerably regarding the...

Congress created the Federal Circuit as a specialized appellate court with the goals of fostering uniformity in outcomes, coherent evolution of patent law doctrine and policy, and the development of judicial expertise and competency. However, the creation of this specialized appellate court has...

Corporate officer liability doctrines under both the Patent Act and the Copyright Act diverge markedly from traditional corporate, agency, and tort law doctrines. This manuscript explores why the case law in federal patent and copyright cases differs so markedly not only from traditional legal...