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About the “Current Patent Legal Literature” website: The "Current Patent Legal Literature" website is a resource for keeping informed of current articles related to U.S. patent law. This service is edited by Jane O'Connell, Associate director for patron services, instruction & research at the Tarlton Law Library. Law Library staff reviews law journals and law reviews (and a great many other legal periodicals) as they are received in the library. We examine the table of contents of all of these publications and identify any article concerning U.S. patent law. We then input the basic bibliographic information about each article into this database, and scan the first page of the article. The availability of the first page of the article should better enable readers to know if they are interested in reading the whole article. Articles will be added two to three times a week, depending on the volume of cites. This page is RSS-enabled. Subscribe to the RSS feed using a feed reader, or RSS-enabled browser (Firefox, Safari, or IE 7) to receive automatic notices of updates. The RSS feed address is http://tarlton.webhost.utexas.edu/patent/rss.cfm. The Library provides this service under the “fair use” provision of U.S. patent law. Only the first page of an article will be scanned, and images will be deleted after 60 days. This service is for non-commercial, educational purposes only. If you have any comments about this service, please contact Jane O'Connell, .

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Articles are listed in reverse chronological order:

February 3, 2010

Author: Tun-Jen Chiang Title: Fixing Patent Boundaries Citation: 108 Michigan Law Review 523 (2010) Author: Seth Shulman Title: Upstream without a Paddle: Gene Patenting and the Protection of teh "Infostructure" Citation: 84 Chicago-Kent Law Review 91 (2009) Author: John M. Conley Title: Gene Patents and the Product of Nature Doctrine Citation: 84 Chicago-Kent Law Review 109 (2009) Author: Timothy Caulfield Title: Human Gene Patents: Proof of Problems? Citation: 84 Chicago-Kent Law Review 133 (2009)

January 20, 2010

Author: Katherine Strandberg, Lisa M. Ferri, John M. Griem, Jr. and Jonathan Putnam Title: SYMPOSIUM, Panel I: Cross-Licensing and Injunctions - the Interplay Between Big Business, Small Business, and Non-Practicing Inventors Citation: 19 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 925 (2009)

January 19, 2010

Author: Margo A. Bagley Title: The New Invention Creation Activity Boundary in Patent Law Citation: 51 William and Mary Law Review 577 (2009) Author: John F. Duffy Title: Rules and Standards on the Forefront of Patentability Citation: 51 William and Mary Law Review 609 (2009) Author: Mark A. Lemley Title: Distinguishing Lost Profits from Reasonable Royalties Citation: 51 William and Mary Law Review 655 (2009) Author: Michael J. Meurer Title: Patent Examination Priorities Citation: 51 William and Mary Law Review 675 (2009) Author: Christopher A. Cotropia Title: The Folly of Early Filing in Patent Law Citation: 61 Hastings Law Journal 65 (2009) Author: Mark Chandler Title: The Patent System's Relationship to Digital Entrepreneurship Citation: 112 West Virginia Law Review 199 (2009) Author: Asha S. Geire Title: COMMENT, Price Wars and Patent Law: Reducing the Cost of Health Care Through Medical Device Price Transparency Citation: 12 Tulsa Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 239 (2009) Author: Martin W. Regehr Title: ESSAY, Combating Applications for Patents on Obvious Inventions Using a System of Defensive Disclosure Citation: 2009 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 465 (2009) Author: Jeremy J. Carney Title: NOTE, Retreat From the Brink of Clarity: Why the Federal Circuit Got In re Bilski Wrong, and What Can be Done About It Citation: 2009 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 473 (2009)

January 8, 2010

Author: Jon Sievers Title: NOTE, Not so Fast My Friend: What the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine Means to the Seed Industry After Quanta v. LG Electronics Citation: 14 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 355 (2009)

December 16, 2009

Author: Jay Erstling Title: Using Patents to Protect Traditional Knowledge Citation: 15 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 295 (2009) Author: Dovid A. Kanarfogel Title: NOTE, Rectifying the Missing Costs of University Patent Practices: Addressing Bayh-Dole Criticisms Through Faculty Involvement Citation: 27 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 533 (2009) Author: Anna Mayergoyz Title: NOTE, Lessons from Europe on How to Tame U.S. Patent Trolls Citation: 42 Cornell International Law Journal 241 (2009)

December 10, 2009

Author: Gregory d'Incelli Title: Has eBay Spelled the End of Patent Troll Abuses? Paying the Toll: The Rise (And Fall?) of the Patent Troll Citation: 17 University of Miami Business Law Review 343 (2009) Author: Adam Crane Title: Of Mice and "Man": Patentability of Genetic Material and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Citation: 18 Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies 93 (2009) Author: Ben McEniery Title: COMMENT, 'Storyline Patents': Are Plots Patentable? Citation: 33 Melbourne University Law Review 292

November 23, 2009

Author: Aleksandar Nikolic Title: Securitization of Patents and its Continued Viability in Light of the Current Economic Conditions Citation: 19 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 393 (2009) Author: Theresa R. Stadheim Title: COMMENT, Rambus, N-Data, and the FTC: Creating Efficient Incentives in Patent Holders and Optimizing Consumer Welfare in Standards-Setting Organizations Citation: 19 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 482 (2009) Author: Vivian J. Fong Title: COMMENTS, Are We Making Progress?: The Constitution as a Touchstone for Creating Consistent Patent Law and Policy Citation: 11 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 1163 (2009)

November 18, 2009

Author: Jacob A. Schroeder Title: So Long As You Live Under My Roof, You'll Live By . . . Whose Rules? Ending the Extraterritorial Application of Patent Law Citation: 18 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 55 (2009) Author: Audrey R. Chapman Title: The Ethics of Patent Human Embryonic Stem Cells Citation: 19 Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 261 (2009) Author: James Ernstmeyer Title: NOTE, Does Strict Territoriality Toll the End of Software Patents? Citation: 89 Boston University Law Review 1267 (2009) Author: Etan S. Chatlynne Title: NOTE, The Burden of Establishing Patent Invalidity: Maintaining a Heightened Evidentiary Standard Despite Increasing "Verbal Variances" Citation: 31 Cardozo Law Review 297 (2009)

November 4, 2009

Author: Christopher A. Cotopia Title: Modernizing Patent Law's Inequitable Conduct Doctrine Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 723 (2009) Author: Davida H. Isaacs and Robert M. Farley Title: Privilege-Wise and Patent (and Trade Secret) Foolish? How the Courts' Misapplication of the Military and State Secrets Privilege Violates the Constitution and Endangers National Security Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 785 (2009) Author: Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Lawrence S. Pope Title: Dethroning Lear? Incentives to Innovate after MedImmune Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 971 (2009) Author: Adam J. Sibley and Rodney L. Sparks, J.D., Ph.D. Title: The Difficulty of Determining Joint Inventorship, Especially with Regard to Novel Chemical Compounds and Their Applications Citation: 8 Loyola Law and Technology Annual 44 (2009) Author: Christopher C. Anderson Title: NOTE, Patents on Tax Strategies: Just Another Harmless Subject Citation: 2009 University of Illinois Law Review 1591 (2009) Author: Yuichi Watanabe Title: NOTE, Patent Licensing and the Emergence of a New Patent Market Citation: 9 Houston Business and Tax Law Journal 445 (2009)

October 21, 2009

Author: Luigi Palombi Title: Beyond Recombinant Technology: Synthetic Biology and Patentable Subject Matter Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 371 (2009) Author: Megan Richardson Title: Patents and Exhibitions Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 402 (2009) Author: Ann L. Monotti Title: The Australian Experimental Use Exemption: A Current Overview Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 422 (2009) Author: Susy Frankel Title: An Experimental Use Exception from Patent Infringement for New Zealand Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 446 (2009) Author: Fiona Rotstein and Chris Dent Title: Third-Party Patent Challenges in Europe, the United States and Australia: A Comparative Analysis Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 467 (2009) Author: Kimberlee Weatherall Title: It's Not Just Competitors: Acknowledging and Accommodating "Interfering Busybodies" and their Challenges to Patent Validity Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 500 (2009) Author: Susan Glazebrook Title: A Specialist Patent or Intellectual Property Court for New Zealand? Citation: 12 Journal of World Intellectual Property 524 (2009) Author: Bruce H. Kobayashi and Joshua D. Wright Title: Federalism, Substantive Preemption, and Limits on Antitrust: An Application to Patent Holdup Citation: 5 Journal of Competition Law and Economics 469 (2009) Author: David A. Haynes Title: The Patentee and the Infringer Battlefront Worsens as Courts Sharpen the Infringer's Sword Citation: 29 Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review 407 (2009)

October 13, 2009

Author: Andrew T. Dufresne Title: NOTE, The Exhaustion Doctrine Revived? Assessing the Scope and Possible Effects of the Supreme Court's Quanta Decision Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 11 (2009) Author: Justin M. Lee Title: NOTE, The Board Bites Back: Bilski and the B.P.A.I. Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 49 (2009) Author: Stephen M. Ullmer Title: NOTE, Paice Yourselves: A Basic Framework for Ongoing Royalty Determinations in Patent Law Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 75 (2009) Author: Tolga S. Gulmen Title: NOTE, Model Jury Instructions on Nonobviousness in the Wake of KSR: The Northern District of California's Approach Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 99 (2009) Author: Miles J. Sweet Title: NOTE, The Patentability of Chiral Drugs Post-KSR: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 129 (2009) Author: Alice Juwon Ahn Title: NOTE, Finding Vicarious Liability in U.S. Patent Law: The "Control or Direction" Standard for Joint Infringement Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 149 (2009) Author: Reed C. McBride Title: NOTE, City of Hope v. Genentech: Keeping Fiduciary Duties Where They Belong Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 179 (2009) Author: Andrew S. Robertson Title: NOTE, Taking Responsiblity: Regulations and Protections in Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Citation: 24 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 213 (2009) Author: Matthew Herder Title: Patents and The Progress of Personalized Medicine: Biomarkers Research as Lens Citation: 18 Annals of Health Law 187 (2009) Author: Alice O. Martin and Sendil K. Devadas Title: NOTE, Patents with an "I" = Patients Citation: 18 Annals of Health Law 261 (2009)

September 28, 2009

Author: Michael A. Carrier Title: Unsettling Drug Patent Settlements: A Framework for Presumptive Illegality Citation: 108 Michigan Law Review 37 (2009) Author: Kevin Emerson Collins Title: Enabling After-Arising Technology Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1083 (2009) Author: Christopher A. Cotropia Title: Describing Patents as Real Options Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1127 (2009) Author: Thomas F. Cotter Title: Patent Holdup, Patent Remedies, and Antitrust Responses Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1151 (2009) Author: Shubha Ghosh Title: Carte Blanche, Quanta, and Competition Policy Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1209 (2009) Author: Herbert Hovenkamp Title: Patents, Property, and Competition Policy Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1243 (2009) Author: Christopher R. Leslie Title: Antitrust and Patent Law as Component Parts of Innovation Policy Citation: 34 Journal of Corporation Law 1259 (2009) Author: Jeffrey S. Boone Title: Patent term extensions for human drugs under the US Hatch-Waxman Act Citation: 4 Journal of Intellectual Property and Practice 658(2009) Author: Md. Rizwanul Islam Title: Should Singapore follow the EU in creating sui generis protection for databases? Citation: 4 Journal of Intellectual Property and Practice 665 (2009)

September 18, 2009

Author: Bus de Blank and Bing Cheng Title: Where is the ITC Going After Kyocera? Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 701 (2009) Author: Bohrer, Lynde and Morris Title: The Shifting Sands of Price Erosion: Price Erosion Damages Shift by Tens of Millions of Dollars Depending Upon the Admissibility of Pre-Notice Eroded Prices Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 723 (2009) Author: F. Scott Kieff, Robert G. Kramer and Robert M. Kunstadt Title: It's Your Turn, but It's My Move: Intellectual Property Protection for Sports "Moves" Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 765 (2009) Author: Lily Lim and Sarah E. Craven Title: Injunctions Enjoined; Remedis Restructured Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 787 (2009) Author: Michael J. Lyons, Andrew J. Wu and Harry F. Doscher Title: Exclusion of Downstream Products after Kyocera: A Revised Framework for General Exclusion Orders Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 839 (2009) Author: Erik R. Puknys and Jared D. Schuettenhelm Title: Application of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine after Kingsdown Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 839 (2009) Author: James Ware and Brian Davy Title: The History, Content, Application and Influence of the Northern District of California's Patent Local Rules Citation: 25 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 965 (2009) Author: Gail E. Evans Title: University Patent Licensing for the Research and Development of Pharmaceuticals in Developing Countries Citation: 3 Intellectual Property Quarterly 311 (2009)

September 9, 2009

Author: Tom Irving, Lauren L. Stevens, Ph.D., and Scott M. K. Lee, Ph.D. Title: Nonobviousness in the U.S. Post-KSR for Innovative Drug Companies Citation: 34 University of Dayton Law Review 157 (2009) Author: Kathryn T. Ng Title: COMMENT, Tax Strategy Patents: Close Pandora's Box on Patenting Criminal Defense Strategies Citation: 34 University of Dayton Law Review 253 (2009) Author: Christopher M. Holman Title: Learning from Litigation: What Can Lawsuits Teach Us About the Role of Human Gene Patents in Research and Innovation? Citation: 18 Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 215 (2009) Author: Courtney C. Scala Title: NOTE, Making the Jump from Gene Pools to Patent Pools: How Patent Pools Can Facilitate the Development of Pharmacogenomics Citation: 41 Connecticut Law Review 1631 (2009) Author: Erin Julia Daida Austin Title: NOTE, Reconciling the Patent Exhaustion and Conditional Sale Doctrines in Light of Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics Citation: 30 Cardozo Law Review 2947 (2009) Author: Aaron J. Zakem Title: NOTE, Rethinking Patentable Subject Matter: Are Statutory Categories Useful? Citation: 30 Cardozo Law Review 2983 (2009) Author: Christopher M. Jackson Title: COMMENT, The War on Drugs: How KSR v. Teleflex and Merck v. Integra Continue the Erosion of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection Citation: 36 Capital University Law Review 1029 (2009)

August 21, 2009

Author: James D. Clements Title: Improving Bayh-Dole: A Case for Inventor Ownership of Federally Sponsored Research Patents Citation: 49 IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review 469 (2009) Author: Thomas G. Hungar Title: Observations Regarding the Supreme Court's Decision in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. Citation: 49 IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review 517 (2009) Author: Robert A. Matthews, Jr. Title: Legal Nuances When a Patent-Holding Company Seeks to Enforce a U.S. Patent Citation: 49 IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review 549 (2009) Author: Dariush Keyhani Title: Patent Law in the Global Economy: A Modest Proposal for U.S. Patent Law and Infringement Without Borders Citation: 54 Villanova Law Review 291 (2009) Author: Ryan Crockett Title: NOTE, Balancing Burdens for Accused Infringers: How In re Seagate Got it Right Citation: 58 DePaul Law Review 1047 (2009) Author: Jun Wu Title: NOTE, Rewinding Time: Advances in Mitigating Hindsight Bias in Patent Obviousness Analysis Citation: 97 Kentucky Law Journal 565 (2009) Author: Ho-Sung Chung Title: The Supreme Court Unjustly Declares Open Season on Patent Dealers Citation: 2009 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 227 (2009) Author: Joseph M. Barich Title: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, In re Bilski - Recent Developments in Method Claiming Citation: 2009 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 251 (2009) Author: Benton C. Martin Title: COMMENT, The American Models of Technology Transfer: Contextualized Emulation by Developing Countries? Citation: 18 Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal 104 (2009) Author: Meng Ouyang Title: NOTE, The Procedural Impact of KSR on Patent Litigation Citation: 18 Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal 158 (2009)