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Patent Law Canons and Canards: Bonito Boats

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And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” And, in addition the court noted that trade secrets protect a “most fundamental human right, that of privacy.”

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IPSC Breakout Session 5: IP Theory & History/Creation and Morality

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Skepticism: good for parties, but systemic effect has third party costs to the public—extralegally erodes spaces that law preserves for public use, like facts being in the public domain. A: paper discusses ROP and our conclusion is that, like defamation/privacy, it’s hard to win. Sarver, de Havilland, etc.

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