3 papers
cs.CY2001
Is Patent Law Technology Specific?
Dan L. Burk, Mark A. Lemley
Although patent law purports to cover all manner of technologies, we have noticed recent divergence in the standards applied to biotechnology and to software patents: the Federal C…
cs.CY2001
ICANN and Antitrust
A. Michael Froomkin, Mark A. Lemley
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a private non-profit company which, pursuant to contracts with the US government, acts as the de facto regulator…
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Antitrust, Intellectual Property and Standard-Setting Organizations
Mark A. Lemley
Standard-setting organizations (SSOs) regularly encounter situations in which one or more companies claim to own proprietary rights that cover a proposed industry standard. The ind…