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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Intellectual Property: Patent Law eJournal

January 2, 1997 to May 25, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 4485 Fundamentals of Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials
Thomas G. Field,
University of New Hampshire School of Law,
Date posted to database: July 25, 2008
Last Revised: August 5, 2012
2 3488 Where to File Your Patent Case
Mark A. Lemley,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: May 3, 2010
Last Revised: October 28, 2010
3 3434 The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls
James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer, Jennifer Laurissa Ford,
Boston University - School of Law, Research on Innovation, Boston University - School of Law, Unaffiliated Authors - affiliation not provided to SSRN,
Date posted to database: September 19, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
4 3305 The Myth of the Sole Inventor
Mark A. Lemley,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: June 2, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
5 3034 Predicting Patent Litigation
Colleen V. Chien,
Santa Clara University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: August 18, 2011
Last Revised: January 12, 2012
6 2969 Software Patents and the Return of Functional Claiming
Mark A. Lemley,
Stanford Law School,
Date posted to database: July 26, 2012
Last Revised: April 16, 2013
7 2929 A Generation of Software Patents
James E. Bessen,
Boston University - School of Law, Research on Innovation,
Date posted to database: June 21, 2011
Last Revised: June 10, 2012
8 2801 Therasense v. Becton Dickinson: A First Impression
Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen,
University of Iowa - College of Law, Loyola Marymount University - Loyola Law School Los Angeles,
Date posted to database: June 9, 2011
Last Revised: July 7, 2012
9 2733 Patent Troll Myths
Michael Risch,
Villanova University School of Law,
Date posted to database: March 28, 2011
Last Revised: September 30, 2012
10 3084 The Direct Costs from NPE Disputes
James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer,
Research on Innovation, Boston University - School of Law, Boston University - School of Law,
Date posted to database: June 25, 2012
Last Revised: June 28, 2012

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TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Intellectual Property: Patent Law eJournal

March 26, 2013 to May 25, 2013



Rank Downloads Paper Title
1 730 The AIA 500 Expanded: Effects of Patent Monetization Entities
Robin Feldman, Thomas Ewing, Sara Jeruss,
University of California Hastings College of the Law, Avancept LLC, Lex Machina Inc.,
Date posted to database: April 9, 2013
Last Revised: May 21, 2013
2 323 A Simple Approach to Setting Reasonable Royalties for Standard-Essential Patents
Carl Shapiro, Mark A. Lemley,
Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business,
Date posted to database: April 2, 2013
Last Revised: May 1, 2013
3 244 The Interpretation-Construction Distinction in Patent Law
Lawrence B. Solum, Tun-Jen Chiang,
George Mason University School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center,
Date posted to database: March 16, 2013
Last Revised: April 8, 2013
4 157 Beyond the Patents-Prizes Debate
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Daniel Jacob Hemel,
Yale University - Law School, Yale Law School Information Society Project,
Date posted to database: April 7, 2013
Last Revised: May 20, 2013
5 104 Swiss Patent Jurisprudence 2012
Cyrill P. Rigamonti,
University of Bern,
Date posted to database: April 24, 2013
Last Revised: April 24, 2013
6 91 The Case for Tax: A Comparative Approach to Innovation Policy
Shaun Patrick Mahaffy,
Yale Law School,
Date posted to database: April 14, 2013
Last Revised: April 16, 2013
7 86 Contracting Patents: A Modern Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
Amelia Rinehart,
S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah,
Date posted to database: March 28, 2011
Last Revised: April 12, 2013
8 85 Intellectual Property Defenses
Alex Stein, Gideon Parchomovsky,
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law ,
Date posted to database: April 10, 2013
Last Revised: April 10, 2013
9 75 Contesting Monsanto's Patents on Life: Transnational Juridical Dialogue and the Influence of the European Court of Justice on Soybean Exporting Countries
Marcelo Dias Varella, Maria Edelvacy Marinho,
University Center of Brasilia, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University Center of Brasilia,
Date posted to database: April 26, 2013
Last Revised: April 30, 2013
10 69 Expanding Patent Law's Customer Suit Exception
Brian J. Love, James C. Yoon,
Santa Clara University School of Law, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Date posted to database: March 16, 2013
Last Revised: March 28, 2013



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