Solutions to the Software Patent Problem
Conference Resources
James E. Bessen and Michael J. Meurer, The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes (June 28, 2012). Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-34. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2091210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2091210
Colleen V. Chien, Of Trolls, Davids, Goliaths, and Kings: Narratives and Evidence in the Litigation of High-Tech Patents (April 28, 2009). North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 87, 2009; Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-13. Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1396319
Colleen V. Chien, From Arms Race to Marketplace: The New Complex Patent Ecosystem and Its Implications for the Patent System (November 5, 2010). Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 62, p. 297, December 2010. Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1703557
Colleen V. Chien, Race to the Bottom (January 3, 2012). Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, Vol. 51, p. 10, January/February 2012 ; Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1-12. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1978882
Colleen V. Chien and Mark A. Lemley, Patent Holdup, the ITC, and the Public Interest (March 14, 2012). Cornell Law Review, 2012 ; Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2022168. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2022168
Colleen V. Chien, Tailoring the Patent System to Work for Software and Technology Patents (November 15, 2012). Available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2176520
Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr, "The Patent, Used as a Sword: An Outtake From the 1980s." (October 7, 2012), The New York Times,. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html
Mark A. Lemley, Software Patents and the Return of Functional Claiming (July 25, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2117302
Ben Lee, Twitter: It’s time for patent trolls to bear the costs of frivolous lawsuits (October 8, 2012). Gigaom.
Brian J. Love, An Empirical Study of Patent Litigation Timing: Could a Patent Term Reduction Decimate Trolls Without Harming Innovators? (August 30, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1917709 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1917709
Peter S. Menell, Tailoring Legal Protection, 39 Stan. L. Rev. 1329 (1987)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1944548
Peter S. Menell, An Analysis of the Scope of Copyright Protection for Application Programs, 41 Stan. L. Rev. 1045 (1989)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1944635
Peter S. Menell, The Challenges of Reforming Intellectual Property Protection for Computer Software, 94 Colum. L. Rev. 2644 (1994)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1944599
Peter S. Menell, An Epitaph for Traditional Copyright Protection of Network Features of Computer Software, 43 Antitrust Bull. 651 (1998)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1944638
Peter S. Menell, A Method for Reforming the Patent System, 13 Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. 487 (2007) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=958089
Peter S. Menell & Michael J. Meurer, Notice Failure and Notice Externalities, Journal of Legal Analysis (forthcoming 2012)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1973171
Cade Metz, Why Microsoft Says the Patent System Is Peachy Keen, (November 15, 2012), Wired.com http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/microsoft-patents/
Daniel O’Connor, One in Six Active U.S. Patents Pertain to the Smartphone (October 17, 2012), DisCo. http://www.project-disco.org/intellectual-property/one-in-six-active-u-s-patents-pertain-to-the-smartphone/
Simon Phipps, Stop Patent Mischief by Curbing Patent Enforcement (November 9, 2012), InfoWorld, http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/stop-patent-mischief-curbing-patent-enforcement-206658
Jason Schultz and Jennifer Urban, “Protecting Open Innovation: A New Approach to Patent Threats, Transaction Costs, and Tactical Disarmament,” forthcoming 26 Harvard Journal of Law and Technology __ (2012), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2040945.
Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, "Report of the President's Commission on the Patent System" (1967). Historical and Topical Legal Documents. Paper 9. http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/historical/9
United States Trademark and Patent Office, "Public Hearing on Use of the Patent System to Protect Software-Related Inventions" (1994). Historical and Topical Legal Documents. Paper 11. http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/historical/11. (See page 25 of the PDF).
Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, "Report of the President's Commission on the Patent System" (1967). Historical and Topical Legal Documents. Paper 9. http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/historical/9
Edward J. Wheeler, ed., Current Literature, Vol. LIII, July, 1912, New York: The Current Literature Publishing Company, "Proposed Amendments of the Patent Laws, When is a Patent Not a Patent", pg. 293 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?u=1&num=293&seq=11&view=image&size=100&id=uc1.b2925295
