Abstract
In "Certainty, Fence Building, and the Useful Arts," 74 Ind. L.J. 759-800 (1999), the author, based upon contract theory, economic theory, and an empirical survey of federal district court judges, proposes that the United States adopt a patent opposition proceeding. Whereas United States trademark law allows for the publication of and third-party opposition to the issuance of a federal trademark, American patent law, unlike European and Asian patent systems, allows for no such proceeding regarding the patentability of a claimed invention before issuance.
Keywords
Patent Law, Opposition Proceeding
Publication Date
1999
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Indiana Law Journal
Publication Information
Certainty, Fence Building, and the Useful Arts
Repository Citation
Nard, Craig Allen, "Certainty, Fence Building, and the Useful Arts" (1999). Faculty Publications. 614.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/614
Comments
74 Indiana Law Journal 759 (1999)