Research Catalog

Title

The secret circuit : the little-known court where the rules of the information age unfold / Bruce D. Abramson.

Author

Abramson, Bruce.

Publication

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Pub., c2007.

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Description

xvii, 403 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Appellate courts > United States
• United States. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I: The Secret Circuit -- A court is born: the economic challenges that motivated a new court -- Conservative liberalism: the keys to performance assessment -- Part II: The Patent Court -- From pilgrims to progress: the roots of the patent system -- The main tent: where the action is: claim construction, validity, and infringement -- From cutting edge to front page: thrilling tales of patent litigation in action -- Innovation regulation: how are we doing? could we do better? -- Part III: Not Just the Patent Court -- Are we poor enough yet?: the contentious case of trade economics v. trade politics -- Looking forward: the road to opportunity, prosperity, and continued growth -- It's good to be the government: some curious powers of governments doing business -- The divine dignity of the infringer: medieval sovereigns stalk information-age innovators -- Part IV: The Circuit's Secrets -- Peripheral vision: how war powers, abortion, and housing policy wander into view -- Dawn of the digital millennium: stars of the patent world in a copyright cameo -- Sherman's march: patentees repel the antitrust onslaught -- Misuse abuse: a sad little doctrine whose silence speaks volumes -- The permanent experiment: the grades are in; the next assignment awaits.

ISBN

• 9780742552807 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0742552802 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780742552814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0742552810 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007012293

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Harvard Library