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Current patent literature

About the “Current patent literature” website: The "Current patent 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, Director of faculty and student services 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://web.austin.utexas.edu/law_library/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, joconnell@law.utexas.edu.

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Articles are listed in reverse chronological order:

May 13, 2008

Author: Raj Bawa Title: Nanotechnology Patent Proliferation and the Crisis at the U.S. Patent Office Citation: 17 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 699 (2007) Author: Ted Sabety Title: The Doctrine of Inherency and the Carbon Nanotube Patents: Experimental Measurement vs. Documentary Inference Citation: 17 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 737 (2007) Author: William J. Simmons Title: Nanotechnology as a Nascent Technological Model for Immediate Substantive United States and Japan Patent Law Harmonization Citation: 17 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 753 (2007) Author: G. Nagesh Rao Title: NOTE, Nanotechnology: A Look Into the Future of Arising Legal Dilemnas Citation: 17 Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology 835 (2007) Author: Dean L. Fanelli et al. Title: 2007 Patent Law Decisions of the Federal Circuit Citation: 57 American University Law Review 821 (2008)

May 12, 2008

Author: Amir H. Khoury Title: The "Public Health" of the Conventional International Patent Regime and the Ethics of "Ethicals:" Access to Patented Medicines Citation: 26 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 25 (2008)

May 5, 2008

Author: Judge James Holderman in collaboration with Halley Guren Title: The Patent Litigation Predicament in the United States Citation: 2007 University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology and Policy 1 (2007 Author: Johanna G. Roth Title: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, Voda v. Cordis Corp.: No Supplemental Jurisdiction over Foreign Patent Infringement Claims . . . for Now Citation: 16 Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law 523 (2008)

April 28, 2008

Author: William A. Drennan Title: The Patent Office is Promoting Shocking New Tax Loopholes - Should the Empire Strike Back? Citation: 60 Oklahoma Law Review 491 (2007) Author: Jean Carlos Lopez Title: NOTE, Weapons of Mass Coercion: How eBay v. MercExchange, L.L.C. Eliminated the Threat of Coercive Automatic Permanent Injunctive Relief and Restored Balance to the American Patent System Citation: 60 Oklahoma Law Review 605 (2007) Author: Davd McGowan Title: COLLOQUY ESSAY, What Tool Works Tells Us About Tailoring Patent Misuse Remedies Citation: 102 Northwestern University Law Review 421 (2008) Author: Charles T. Collins-Chase Title: COMMENT, The Case Against TRIPS-Plus Protection in Developing Countries Facing AIDS Epidemics Citation: 29 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law 763 (2008) Author: Andrew V. Trask Title: NOTE, "Obvious to Try": A Proper Patentability Standard in the Pharmaceutical Arts? Citation: 76 Fordham Law Review 2625 (2008) Author: Robin M. Davis Title: NOTE, Failed Attempts to Dwarf the Patent Trolls: Permanent Injunctions in Patent Infringement Cases under the Proposed Patent Reform Act of 2005 and eBay v. MercExchange Citation: 17 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 431 (2008)

April 21, 2008

Author: Christopher M. Holman Title: The Impact of Human Gene Patents on Innovation and Access: A Survey of Human Gene Patent Litigation Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 295 (2007) Author: Dr. Andrew W. Torrance Title: Metaphysics and Patenting Life Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 363 (2007) Author: Stephen M. Maurer Title: Open Source Drug Discovery: Finding a Niche (Maybe Several) Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 405 (2007) Author: Janice M. Mueller Title: Biotechnology Patenting in India: Will Bio-Generics Lead a "Sunrise Industry" to Bio-Innovation? Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 437 (2007) Author: Martina I. Schuster Title: Sufficient Disclosure In Europe: Is There a Separate Written Description Doctrine Under the European Patent Convention? Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 491 (2007) Author: Julia D. Cromer Title: It's Hard to Find a Good Pair of Genes: So Why Make Them Free for the Taking? Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 505 (2007) Author: Michael S. Mireles Title: The Bayh-Dole Act and Incentives for the Commercialization of Government-Funded Invention in Developing Countries Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 525 (2007) Author: Brennan Delaney Title: NOTE, What Happens When the Gene Gets Out of the Bottle? The Necessity of an Intent Element for Infringement of Patents Claiming Genetically Modified Organisms Citation: 76 UMKC Law Review 553 (2007) Author: Claudio Chiarolla Title: Plant Patenting, Benefit Sharing and the Law Applicable to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Standard Material Transfer Agreement Citation: 11 Journal of World Intellectual Property 1 (2008) Author: Joseph Straus Title: Is There a Global Warming of Patents? Citation: 11 Journal of World Intellectual Property 58 (2008) Author: Stephanie Bucher Title: The Protection of Genetic Resources and Indigenous Knowledge - Disclosure of Origin on the International and Latin American Agenda Citation: 39 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 35 (2008) Author: Eddy D. Ventose Title: Patent Protection for Surgical Methods Under the European Patent Convention Citation: 39 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 51 (2008) Author: Paul M. Mersino Title: NOTE, Patents, Trolls and Personal Property: Will eBay Auction Away a Patent Holder's Right to Exclude? Citation: 6 Ave Marie Law Review 307 (2007)

April 10, 2008

Author: Paul M. Schoenhard Title: Who Took My IP? - Defending the Availability of Injunctive Relief for Patent Owners Citation: 16 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 187 (2008) Author: Joseph Scott Miller Title: Remixing Obviousness Citation: 16 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 237 (2008) Author: Leisa Talbert Peschel, Ph.D. Title: NOTE, Revisiting the Compromise of 35 U.S.C. Sec. 287(c) Citation: 16 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 299 (2008) Author: Daniel H. Brean Title: NOTE, Enough is Enough: Time to Elimate Design Patents and Rely on More Appropriate Copyright and Trademark Protection for Product Design Citation: 16 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 325 (2008) Author: John P. Sutton Title: Should the Federal Circuit Defer to Findings of Fact by Tribunals Below It? Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 701 (2007) Author: Alan P. Klein Title: Prospects for Supreme Court Review of the Patentability of Algorithm-Containing Inventions Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 713 (2007) Author: Markus Nolff Title: A Supplemental International (PCT) Search System: Agreement on the Appropriate Regulations, but no Consensus for Adoption (yet)! Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 722 (2007) Author: Tony A. Gayoso and Irving N. Feit Title: Can a Patent Claim that Refers to Another Claim be Independent? Pfizer v. Ranbaxy Laboratories Reconsidered Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 740 (2007) Author: Jennifer L. Collins and Michael A. Cicero Title: The Impact of Medimmune Upon Both Licensing and Litigation Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 748 (2007) Author: Mark A. Lemley Title: Are Universities Patent Trolls? Citation: 18 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal 611 (2008) Author: Michael J. Madison Title: Intellectual Property and Americana, or Why IP Gets the Blues Citation: 18 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal 677 (2008) Author: Drew J. Koning Title: COMMENT, Trying to Understand Software: Why Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T was Mistakenly Decided Citation: 18 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal 867 (2008) Author: Cameron Hutchison and Moin A. Yahya Title: Infringement & the International Reach of U.S. Patent Law Citation: 17 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 241 (2008) Author: Daniel Adam Nadel Title: NOTE, The Elusive Point of Novelty Test Leaves Design Patent Infringement in Limbo: A Critique of Lawman Armor Corporation v. Winner International, LLC Citation: 17 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 343 (2008) Author: Kyle Friedman Title: CASE NOTES, A Rose by Any Other Name: Elucidating the Intersection of Patent and Antitrust Laws in Tying Arrangement Cases Citation: 60 Maine Law Review 259 (2008)

April 8, 2008

Author: Marco T. Connor and Lin Yasong Title: How to Get Patent Protection in Europe? Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 169 (2008) Author: Andrew A. Schwartz Title: The Patent Office Meets the Poison Pill: Why Legal Methods Cannot Be Patented Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 194 (2008)

April 7, 2008

Author: Charles L. Gholz Title: A Critique of Recent Opinions in Patent Interferences Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 9 (2008) Author: Jason J. Chung Title: Patent Pendency Problems and Possible Solutions to Reducing Patent Pendency at the United States Patent and Trademark Office Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 58 (2008) Author: Carlos M. Correa Title: Patenting Human DNA: What Flexibilities Does the TRIPS Agreement Allow? Citation: 10 Journal of World Intellectual Property 419 (2007) Author: Hamed El-Said and Mohammed El-Said Title: TRIPS-Plus Implications for Access to Medicines in Developing Countries: Lessons from Jordan-United States Free Trade Agreement Citation: 10 Journal of World Intellectual Property 438 (2007)

March 31, 2008

Author: Andrei Iancu and Jeremiah Helm Title: Code on Disks and Hat Tricks - Is Computer Software on a Medium Really Patentable? Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 97 (2008) Author: Lois Matelan Title: The Continuing Controversy Over Business Methods Patents Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 125 (2008) Author: Sam Stake Title: In re Comiskey and E-Commerce Patentability Citation: 90 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 148 (2008)

March 28, 2008

Author: Garrett Barten Title: Permanent Injunctions: A Discretionary Remedy for Patent Infringement in the Aftermath of the Ebay Decision Citation: 16 Univeristy of Miami Business Law Review 1 (2007) Author: Lisa Dolak and Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D. Title: eBay and the Blackberry: A Media Coverage Case Study Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 1 (2008) Author: Jay Dratler, Jr. Title: eBay's Practical Effect: Two Differing Visions Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 35 (2008) Author: Sheri J. Engelken Title: Opening the Door to Efficient Infringement: eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 57 (2008) Author: Thomas C. Folsom Title: Truth in Intellectual Property Revisited: Embracing eBay at the Edge Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 69 (2008) Author: Richard S. Gruner Title: Constructed and Enhanced Equities under eBay: Whose Right is it Anyway? Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 107 (2008) Author: Liam O'Melinn Title: The Effects of eBay: Discretion, Statutory Damages, and Private Attorneys-General Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 119 (2008) Author: Robert I. Reis Title: Rights and Remedies Post eBay v. MercExchange - Deep Waters Stirred Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 133 (2008) Author: Sandra Rierson Title: IP Remedies after eBay: Assessing the Impact on Trademark Law Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 163 (2008) Author: Tracy Thomas Title: eBay Rx Citation: 2 Akron Intellectual Property Journal 187 (2008)

March 19, 2008

Author: Eddy D. Ventose Title: Patent Protection for Methods of Medical Treatment in the United Kingdom Citation: 2008 Intellectual Property Quarterly 58 (2008)

March 7, 2008

Author: J. Gregory Sidak Title: Holdup, Royalty Stacking, and the Presumption of Injunctive Relief for Patent Infringement: A Reply to Lemley and Shapiro Citation: 92 Minnesota Law Review 714 (2008) Author: Brian Whitehead, Stuart Jackson, and Richard Kempner Title: Patents and Enantiomers: Generics v. Lundbeck Citation: 2 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 808 (2007) Author: Amanda Warren-Jones Title: Vital Parameters for Patent Morality - A Question of Form Citation: 2 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 832 (2007) Author: Eddy D. Ventose Title: Patent Protection for Diagnostic Methods Under the European Patent Convention Citation: 38 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 884 (2007) Author: Joseph Straus and Nina-Sophie Klunker Title: Harmonisation of International Patent Law Citation: 38 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 907 (2007) Author: Joshua D. Sarnoff Title: Bilcare, KSR, Presumptions of Validity, Preliminary Relief and Obviousness in Patent Law Citation: 25 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 995 (2008) Author: Orit Fischman Afori Title: Reconceptualizing Property in Designs Citation: 25 Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal 1105 (2008) Author: Tiphany Baker Dickerson Title: Patent Rights under Space Act Agreements and Procurement Contracts: A Comparison by the Examination of NASA's Commerical Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Citation: 33 Journal of Space Law 341 (2007)

March 6, 2008

Author: Michael Abramowicz Title: The Uneasy Case for Patent Races over Auctions Citation: 60 Stanford Law Review 803 (2007) Author: Ian Ayres and Gideon Parchomovsky Title: Tradable Patent Rights Citation: 60 Stanford Law Review 863 (2007) Author: J. Steven Rutt and Kristy J. Downing Title: Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Patenting: A Look Back to Adams and His Battery Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 839 (2007) Author: Robert C. Nissen and Charles L. Gholz Title: Brand v. Miller Demonstrates that the Federal Circuit is Giving Insufficient Deference to the Factual Findings of the Patent and Trademark Office Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 848 (2007) Author: Kaustuv M. Das Title: Willful Infringement, Waiver, and Advice of Counsel: A Sea Change at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 853 (2007) Author: Lawrence H. Pretty Title: The Current Role for the Patent Expert and its Boundaries Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 866 (2007) Author: Yong-Kang Yang Title: The Comparison Among the Patent Laws of China, the United States, and the European Patent Convention Regarding Methods for the Diagnosis of Diseases Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 887 (2007)

March 3, 2008

Author: Adam Inch Title: COMMENT, The European Patent Convention: A Moral Roadblock to Biotechnological Innovation in Europe Citation: 30 Houston Journal of International Law 203 (2007)

February 26, 2008

Author: John R. Allison and Ronald J. Mann Title: The Disputed Quality of Software Patents Citation: 85 Washington University Law Review 297 (2007) Author: Scott Lucyk Title: Patents, Politics and Public Health: Access to Essential Medicines Under the TRIPS Agreement Citation: 38 Ottawa Law Review 191 (2007) Author: Christopher Fasel Title: NOTE, Patent Term Limits, Anti-Trust Law, and the Hatch-Waxman Act: Why Defense of a Legally Granted Patent Monopoly does not Violate Anti-Trust Laws Citation: 17 Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy 109 (2007) Author: Justin Torres Title: NOTE, The Government Giveth, and the Government Taketh Away: Patents, Takings and 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1498 Citation: 63 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 315 (2007)

February 20, 2008

Author: Ryan Hagglund Title: Patentability of Cloned Extinct Animals Citation: 15 George Mason Law Review 381 (2008)

February 13, 2008

Author: Kristen Nugent Title: Patenting Medical Devices: The Economic Implications of Ethically Motivated Reform Citation: 17 Annals of Health Law 135 (2008) Author: Joseph Farrell, John Hayes, Carl Shapiro and Theresa Sullivan Title: Standard Setting, Patents, and Hold-Up Citation: 74 Antitrust Law Journal 603 (2007) Author: Anne Layne-Farrar, A. Jorge Padilla and Richard Schmalensee Title: Pricing Patents for Licensing in Standard-Setting Organizations: Making Sense of Frand Commitments Citation: 74 Antitrust Law Journal 671 (2007) Author: Gina Cheng Title: COMMENT, Doubling Up the Horses in Midstream: Enhancing U.S. Patent Dispute Resolution by the PTO's Adoption of the JPO's Hantei Request System Citation: 24 Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal 375 (2008) Author: Scott Bloebaum Title: COMMENT, Past the Tipping Point: Reforming the Role of Willfulness in the Federal Circuit's Doctrine of Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement Citation: 9 North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology 139 (2007)

February 12, 2008

Author: Janice M. Mueller Title: The Tiger Awakens: The Tumultuous Transformation of India's Patent System and the Rise of Indian Pharmaceutical Innovation Citation: 68 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 491 (2007) Author: John C. Evans Title: NOTE, Addressing Default Trends in Patent-Based Section 337 Proceedings in the United States International Trade Commission Citation: 106 Michigan Law Review 745 (2008) Author: Alan L. Durham Title: Patent Symmetry Citation: 87 Boston University Law Review 969 (2007) Author: Michael Risch Title: The Failure of Public Notice in Patent Prosecution Citation: 21 Harvard Journal of Law and Technology 179 (2007) Author: Dana T. Blackmore Title: Analyzing the Effects of American Patent Trolls in NTP v. Research in Motion: Was There Really a Threat of American Blackout of the Canadian-Manufactured and Operated BlackBerry? Citation: 16 Michigan State Journal of International Law 271 (2007) Author: Kevin Emerson Collins Title: Constructive Nonvolition in Patent Law and the Problem of Insufficient Thought Control Citation: 2007 Wisconsin Law Review 759 (2007) Author: Brett P. Belden Title: NOTE, A Guide to Waiver After Echostar and Seagate: When You Raise the Advice-of-Counsel Defense to Willful Patent Infringement, What Are You Giving Up? Citation: 2007 Wisconsin law Review 933 (2007) Author: Merritt R. Blakeslee and Christopher V. Meservy Title: Seeking Adjudication of a Design-Around in Section 337 Patent Infringement Investigations: Procedural Context and Strategic Considerations Citation: 35 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 385 (2007) Author: William Blonigan Title: Road Under Construction: Administrative Claim Interpretation and the Path of Greater Deference from the Federal Circuit to the Patent Office Citation: 35 AIPLA Quarterly Journal 415 (2007) Author: Sivaramjani Thambisetty Title: Patents as Credence Goods Citation: 27 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 707 (2007) Author: Jochen Pagenberg Title: OPINION, Another Year of Debates on Patent Jurisdiction in Europe and No End in Sight? Citation: 38 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 805 (2007) Author: Geetrui Van Overwalle and Jens Schovsbo Title: REPORT, Policy Options for the Improvement of the European Patent System Citation: 38 IIC: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 834 (2007) Author: Tun-Jen Chiang Title: A Cost-Benefit Approach to Patent Obviousness Citation: 82 St. John's Law Review 39 (2008) Author: Yogesh Anand Pai Title: Patent Protection for Computer Programs in India: Need for a Coherent Approach Citation: 10 Journal of World Intellectual Property 315 (2007) Author: Dwijen Rangnekar Title: Context and Ambiguity in the Making of Law: A Comment on Amending India's Patent Act Citation: 10 Journal of World Intellectual Property 365 (2007) Author: Jordan Barry Title: When Second Comes First: Correcting Patent's Poor Secondary Incentives through an Optional Patent Purchase System Citation: 2007 Wisconsin Law Review 585 (2007) Author: Meighan E. O'Reardon Title: NOTE, A Taxing Development in Patent Law Citation: 17 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 201 (2007) Author: Ayal Sharon and Yifan Liu Title: NOTE, Improving Patent Examination Efficiency and Quality: An Operations Research Analysis of the USPTO, Using Queuing Theory Citation: 17 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 133 (2007) Author: Marc Morgan Title: NOTE, Stop Looking Under the Bridge for Imaginary Creatures: A Comment Examining Who Really Deserves the Title Patent Troll Citation: 17 Federal Circuit Bar Journal 165 (2007) Author: Hal Milton Title: Patent Preparation Mandated by the Law Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 809 (2007) Author: Ann E. Mills and Patti Tereskerz Title: Reinvigorating the Obviousness Standard: Do We Really Want What We Say We Want? Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 773 (2007) Author: Amy J. Tindell Title: NOTE, Final Adjudication of Patent Validity in PTO Reexamination and Article III Courts: Whose Job is it Anyway? Citation: 89 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society 787 (2007) Author: Robert E. Thomas and Larry A. DiMatteo Title: Harmonizing the International Law of Business Method and Software Patents: Following Europe's Lead Citation: 16 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 1 (2007)

February 11, 2008

Author: Tamsen Valoir and Professor David Hricik Title: Patents Compared to Trademarks: The Duty of Candor/Avoidance of Fraud Citation: 97 Trademark Reporter 1317 (2007)