Secret Circuit (eBook)

The Little-Known Court Where the Rules of the Information Age Unfold

Bruce D. Abramson (Autor)

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2007
416 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4616-4557-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was born in the early 1980s as part of the drive to liberalize and reinvigorate the American economy. Its docket covers the rules guiding patents, innovation, globalization, and much of government. Are these rules impelling the economy forward or holding it back? Are the policies that we have the policies that we want? The Secret Circuit demystifies this Court's work and answers these questions.

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Imagine a high impact, low profile, nonpartisan government institution located across the street from the White House. Imagine that it plays a central role in shaping our technology industries, in overseeing globalization, and in holding the federal government responsible for its commercial activities. Imagine that only Congress and the Supreme Court can correct its mistakes. Such an institution exists. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was born in the early 1980s as part of the drive to liberalize and reinvigorate the American economy. Over the past twenty-five years, it has earned its nickname as the 'patent court' by revolutionizing American patent law, but it also oversees international trade law and government business law. Taken together, its docket covers the rules guiding innovation, globalization, and much of government. Are these rules impelling the economy forward or holding it back? Are the policies we have the policies we want? How are we faring, as the economy transitions from the industrial age to the information age? What responsibility does the Federal Circuit bear in shaping America's current economic policies in these three critical areas? The Secret Circuit demystifies this Court's work and answers these questions.

Autor

Bruce D. Abramson received his Ph.D. from Columbia and his J.D. from Georgetown. He is the President of Informationism, Inc., a San Francisco-based consultancy that helps an international clientele understand the law, the policies, the economics, and the strategic uses of intellectual property. He has served as a member of the Computer Science faculty at the University of Southern California and as a law clerk at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is the author of Digital Phoenix: Why the Information Economy Collapsed and How It Will Rise Again (MIT Press, 2005). His blog, The Informationist, (www.theinformationist.com), contains his musings on IP, tech policy, and numerous other issues.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitChapter 3 ProloguePart 4 Part I: The Secret CircuitChapter 5 Chapter 1: A Court is BornChapter 6 Chapter 2: Conservative LiberalismPart 7 Part II: The Patent CourtChapter 8 Chapter 3: From Pilgrims to ProgressChapter 9 Chapter 4: The Main TentChapter 10 Chapter 5: From Cutting Edge to Front PageChapter 11 Chapter 6: Innovation RegulationPart 12 Part III: Not Just the Patent CourtChapter 13 Chapter 7: Are We Poor Enough Yet?Chapter 14 Chapter 8: Looking ForwardChapter 15 Chapter 9: It's Good to be the GovernmentChapter 16 Chapter 10: The Divine Dignity of the InfringerPart 17 Part IV: The Circuit's SecretsChapter 18 Chapter 11: Peripheral VisionChapter 19 Chapter 12: Dawn of the Digital MillenniumChapter 20 Chapter 13: Sherman's MarchChapter 21 Chapter 14: Misuse AbuseChapter 22 Chapter 15: The Permanent Experiment

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► IT-Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Wettbewerbsrecht
• ISBN-10: 1-4616-4557-3 / 1461645573
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-4557-3 / 9781461645573