Abstract
The fundamental question this Article addresses is who should be primarily responsible for making patent validity determinations: the courts5 or the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)?6 Which entity *517 would best serve the constitutional goal of promoting the progress of the useful arts?
Keywords
Patent Law, Useful Arts, Legal System
Publication Date
1997
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Harvard Journal of Law & Technology
Publication Information
10 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 515 (1997)
Repository Citation
Nard, Craig Allen, "Legitimacy and the Useful Arts" (1997). Faculty Publications. 284.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/284
