Much recent scholarship focuses on the problems posed by uncertainty regarding intellectual property rights. In patent law, this uncertainty relates primarily to the scope and validity of patents, which plays an important role in litigation decisions. With assessment of the likelihood of...

Patentees sometimes license their inventions through field-of-use licenses, which permit licensees to use the inventions, but only in specified ways. Field-of-use licensing is often procompetitive, because the ability to provide different licensing terms for different users can encourage broader...