John R. Allison

University of Texas - McCombs School of Business

Spence Centennial Professor

CBA 5.202

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

25

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205

Scholarly Papers (25)

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Valuable Patents

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 92, p. 435, 2004, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-31, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 133
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Jul 2003
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and CBO
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patents, patent valuation, patent litigation, intellectual property

Valuable Patents

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 92, p. 435, 2004, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 03-31
Posted: 02 May 2007
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and CBO

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patents, patent valuation, patent litigation, intellectual property

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Empirical Evidence on the Validity of Litigated Patents

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Quarterly Journal, Vol. 26, p. 185, 1998
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 28 Aug 1998 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2014
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
Downloads 3,478 (6,909)
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Empirical Evidence on the Validity of Litigated Patents

American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Vol. 26, p. 185, 1998
Posted: 10 Sep 2001
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Entire Book)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 1085 Posted: 06 May 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Richmond - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, UC Law, San Francisco, University of Iowa - College of Law, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and West Virginia University College of Law
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patent law, patents, patent system, casebook, open source, history of patent law, economics of patent law, patent document and its claims, subject matter eligibility, utility, disclosure, anticipation, obviousness, infringement, defenses, remedies

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Understanding the Realities of Modern Patent Litigation

92 Texas Law Review 1769 (2014), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-12, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2442451
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 May 2014 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2014
John R. Allison, Mark A. Lemley and David L. Schwartz
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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Patent Quality and Settlement among Repeat Patent Litigants

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 398, 99 Georgetown Law Journal 677 (2011)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2020
John R. Allison, Joshua H. Walker and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Stanford Law School
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patent, settlement, empirical, trolls, NPEs, litigation studies

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Who's Patenting What? An Empirical Exploration of Patent Prosecution

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 53, p. 2099, 2000, UC Berkeley, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 19, University of Texas Public Law & Legal Theory, Research Paper No. 010
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 13 Jun 2000
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
Downloads 1,660 (22,709)
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Extreme Value or Trolls on Top? The Characteristics of the Most Litigated Patents

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 158, No. 1, December 2009, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1407796
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 May 2009 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
John R. Allison, Mark A. Lemley and Joshua H. Walker
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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The (Unnoticed) Demise of the Doctrine of Equivalents

59 Stanford Law Review 955 (2007)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2020
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
Downloads 1,139 (39,564)

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The Business Method Patent Myth

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 18, Fall 2003
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 28 Jul 2003
John R. Allison and Emerson H. Tiller
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads 1,098 (41,786)
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The Growing Complexity of the United States Patent System

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 77, 2002
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 08 Sep 2001
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
Downloads 1,087 (42,393)
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Our Divided Patent System

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 82, pp. 1073-1154 (2015), Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2510004, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-28
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 14 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2016
John R. Allison, Mark A. Lemley and David L. Schwartz
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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The Evolution of Chinese Attitudes Toward Property Rights in Invention and Discovery

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 20 Apr 2000
John R. Allison and Lianlian Lin
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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How Often Do Non-Practicing Entities Win Patent Suits?

32 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 235 (2017), Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 485, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2750128, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 16-08, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-03
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 20 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2020
John R. Allison, Mark A. Lemley and David L. Schwartz
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Stanford Law School and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
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How Federal Circuit Judges Vote in Patent Validity Cases

Florida State Univeristy Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 745, 2000
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Nov 1999
John R. Allison and Mark A. Lemley
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
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University Software Ownership and Litigation: A First Examination

Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 160, Duke Science, Technology & Innovation Paper No. 20
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Arti K. Rai, John R. Allison and Bhaven N. Sampat
Duke University School of Law, University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health
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On the Feasibility of Improving Patent Quality One Technology at a Time: The Case of Business Methods

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4564-05, McCombs Research Paper Series No. IROM-06-05
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Oct 2005
John R. Allison and Starling David Hunter
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University
Downloads 476 (124,801)
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patents, patent quality, patent reform, business methods, business method patents, empirical analysis of regulatory reform, SPER

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Valuable Patents Redux: On the Enduring Merit of Using Patent Characteristics to Identify Valuable Patents

Texas Law Review, Vol. 85, p. 1769, 2007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Jun 2007
John R. Allison and Thomas W. Sager
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business
Downloads 445 (135,300)
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Patents, patent value, patent quality, empirical legal scholarship, intellectual property

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The Disputed Quality of Software Patents

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 97
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 15 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
John R. Allison and Ronald J. Mann
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Columbia University - Law School
Downloads 437 (138,310)
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software, patents

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How Courts Adjudicate Patent Definiteness and Disclosure

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 65, p. 609, 2016
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 21 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2016
John R. Allison and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business and Stanford Law School
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Software Patents, Incumbents, and Entry

Texas Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 7, June 2007, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 105
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 May 2007
John R. Allison, Abe Dunn and Ronald J. Mann
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Columbia University - Law School
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software, patents

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Patent Litigation and the Internet

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 22 Jan 2012
John R. Allison, Emerson H. Tiller and Samantha Zyontz
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
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Patent Law, Litigation, Patent Infringement Litigation, Technology, Innovation

Patent Litigation and the Internet

Stanford Technology Law Review, Vol. 3, 2012
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Aug 2012
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Boston University - Questrom School of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Patents, Patent litigation, Internet, Business Method Patents, Emerging technologies

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Patents and Business Models for Software Firms

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Apr 2006
John R. Allison, Abe Dunn and Ronald J. Mann
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Economics and Columbia University - Law School
Downloads 378 (163,083)
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patent, business, software, IP, model

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Patent Value

Forthcoming in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, VOLUME II (Peter Menell & David Schwartz eds. 2018).
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Jul 2018
John R. Allison
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business
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Patents, Patent Value

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Cover, Preface, and Table of Contents)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 30 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Richmond - School of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, UC Law, San Francisco, University of Iowa - College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and West Virginia University College of Law
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patents, patent law, casebook, open source, patent claims, subject matter eligibility, utility, disclosure, anticipation, obviousness, infringement, defenses, remedies

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 4: Disclosure)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
John R. Allison, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
University of Texas - McCombs School of Business, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, disclosure, enablement, written description, best mode