My mot recent article, Administrative Patent Levers was accepted for publication in the Penn State Law Review. This article looks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and how they implement rules that are technology-specific and policy-oriented. This is a major departure from the PTO’s prior role since they have historically been limited to [...]
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Research Spotlight: Administrative Patent Levers
April 29, 2012Huber Hurst Legal Studies Research Symposium
February 21, 2012Once a year, the legal studies group at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business provide an opportunity for legal studies scholars to meet and share their research at the Huber Hurst Legal Studies Research Symposium. A few weeks ago, I had the honor and pleasure of serving as a discussant at the Hurst [...]
Research Spotlight: Beyond the Board of Directors
August 27, 2011In a Wake Forest Law Review article, FSU Law professor Kelli Alces provides a novel and intriguing recommendation to re-shape how corporations are governed in America. Her recommendation is to eliminate the board of directors as the ultimate decision-maker. From a legal realism perspective, which looks at human behavior as a driver of legal outcomes, [...]
Ann Arbor
December 10, 2010A few days ago, I had the honor of lecturing MBA students at the Ross School of Business (U. of Michigan) about trademarks. In addition to meeting with the wonderful business law faculty at that august institution, the following recollections of that short trip vividly stand out: Knit-work graffiti. Cold, [...]
Lecture in Munich
May 13, 2009Next week I’ll visit Munich, labeled as one of most beautiful cities in Europe to present a paper and lecture at the Max Planck’s Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC). The subject of the talk is patent advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court. My co-author James Conley and I have measured the patent advocacy of [...]
