Propeller Shafts Are Laws of Nature…?
Jerrit Yang is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In October 2019, the Federal Circuit added to the very confusing mess of § 101 of the U.S. Patent Law system....
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License to Pill: China, Coronavirus, and the International IP Regime
Neil Chitrao is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. As Chinese authorities scramble to respond to the domestic public health crisis associated with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), international pharmaceutical manufacturers are using...
Theranos Shows the Need For More Effective Policing of Operability
Jerrit Yang is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, have become infamous in recent years following an expose on their fraudulent practices. Theranos was founded...
Tech Giants Fighting Fraud
Anastasiya Kryukova is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. With the growth of the internet and the increasing prevalence of online shoppers, platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba have become...
Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang and the Constitutional Requirement of Utility
Neil Chitrao is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In 1999, the Federal Circuit was presented with a particularly juicy dilemma. Juicy Whip, Incorporated, a manufacturer of fountain beverage machines, sought...
Awakening the Dormant Therapies Act
Marcelo Barros is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The Patent System has a Persistent Drug Problem The U.S.’s current regime of patent laws fails to adequately address a problem affecting...
Slipping Through the Cracks: Limited legal means for developers to protect the ideas behind their apps
Ashley Ulrich is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction Recent news articles have documented Apple’s use of its App Store to identify and copy ideas from best-performing third-party applications. Apple...
Artificial Intelligence as an Inventive Tool and Its Implication to the PHOSITA Standard
Daniel Y. Lee is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The age of AI-inventors may already be here. This year saw the first patent applications filed in the name of an...
Draft Bill to Overhaul what is Eligible for a Patent
Magdalena Christoforou is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On May 22, 2019, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a draft bill to rewrite the law on what is patentable subject...
Strawberry Patent Wars Forever
To a casual grocery shopper, looking to find the perfect topping for her shortcake, ingredient for her smoothie or vehicle for her heavenly chocolate fondue, patents are probably the last things on her mind....