The US case Akamai Technologies Inc v Limelight Networks Inc brought the patent world's attention to the issue of if … ‘divided performance' issue in the Australian context, finding that, contrary to an earlier article, no patent infringement …, thereby, generate certainty for the myriad stakeholders who use the patent system …

create substantial tensions for the patent system to assure low-cost access to patented technologies at the back end of … technology transfer needs. This article first describes the uncertain case for relying on the patent system, the tensions that … needs, and the measures that have been proposed to limit the effect of the patent system on development of and access to …

five factors describe the phenomena largely responsible for the current mass extinction event, and patent law offers … valuable assistance in combating each one. Though it cannot offer a complete solution to the biodiversity crisis, the patent … system can offer powerful tools to help save biodiversity. On first inspection, patent law might appear an unlikely ally for …

patent law operates generally with an emphasis on how it may impact the environment in particular. In so doing, the essay … addresses from a patent perspective some representative concerns relating to patents that appear to be prevalent in the … environmental literature and shows how the patent system may provide substantial benefit for those favoring the environment …

How does patent enforcement affect subsequent innovation? I exploit patent infringement litigation in the United States … to analyze the effect of patent enforcement on cumulative innovation. The results imply that subsequent innovation … patent and reductions in asymmetric information are particular driver of the increase in follow-on innovation. Although there …

An “invention,” as used in the United States patent laws, refers to anything made by man that employs or harnesses a …

property rules, using the patent system as an experimental model. Expressed in the nomenclature of Calabresi and Melamed, the … United States’ patent law has recently witnessed a shift away from property rules and towards liability rules. This Article … utility vary across patent systems that tend to emphasize either property rules or liability rules. The results of our …

other types of mechanisms in regulatory laws that provide patent-like protection or further strengthen existing patent … drug companies: data exclusivity and patent linkage. As noted in earlier chapters (separately posted on SSRN), not all … competition, a thorough understanding of these requirements (as well as how they intersect with patent protection) is important to …