Mark D. Janis

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

211 S. Indiana Avenue

Bloomington, IN 47405

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1.

Anticompetitive Settlement of Intellectual Property Disputes

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 1719, 2003, UC Berkeley, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 113
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Feb 2003
Herbert Hovenkamp, Mark D. Janis and Mark A. Lemley
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Stanford Law School
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antitrust, patent, settlement, intellectual property, Hatch-Waxman, exit payments

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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
Mark D. Janis, Ted M. Sichelman, John R. Allison, Thomas F. Cotter, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Dmitry Karshtedt, Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Jason Rantanen, David O. Taylor and S. Sean Tu
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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Confusion Over Use: Contextualism in Trademark Law

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 1597, 2007, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-06
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 05 Sep 2006
Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis
Chicago-Kent College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads 1,646 (19,191)
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Information Intermediaries, Internet, Trademark Law, Use

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Unilateral Refusals to License in the U.S.

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 303, Antitrust, Patents and Copyright: EU and US Perspectives 12 (2005)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 14 May 2020
Herbert Hovenkamp, Mark D. Janis and Mark A. Lemley
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Stanford Law School
Downloads 1,150 (32,705)
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Virtual Designs

17 STAN. TECH. L. REV. 107 (2014), Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 13-13, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 242
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2020
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patent, design, patent, virtual design, generated images, graphical user interface, GUI, GI

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U.S. Plant Variety Protection: Sound and Fury...?

Houston Law Review, Vol. 39, p. 727, 2002, University of Illinois Working Paper No. LE03-002
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2012
Jay P. Kesan and Mark D. Janis
University of Illinois College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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The Origins of American Design Protection

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 88, 2013, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 199, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 11-18
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2017
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads 698 (65,053)
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design, design patent, patent, copyright, trademark, Gorham, history, Ruggles, legal history, Prentiss, Kerr, Patent Office, USPTO, PTO, Whig, antebellum, British, calico, stove, ornamental, Protectionist, tariff, Tyler, Jackson, Clay, Webster, Lowell, Boston Associates, piracy, cast-iron, Mott

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Functionality in Design Protection Systems

Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 19, p. 261, 2012, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 210
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2017
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patent, functionality, community design right, unregistered, registered

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Functionality in U.S. Design Patent & Community Design Law

Research Handbook on Design Law, Forthcoming, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 342
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 May 2016 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2016
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Design Patent, Functionality, Community Design, Unregistered, Registered

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Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Innovation: Unresolved Issues after J.E.M. V. Pioneer

Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 03-01
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 11 Feb 2003
Jay P. Kesan and Mark D. Janis
University of Illinois College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Lessons from the Trademark Use Debate

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 92, p. 1703, 2007, Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 08-001, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-23
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2009
Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Mark D. Janis
Chicago-Kent College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Information Intermediaries, Internet, Trademark Law, Use

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Aggregation and Dissemination Issues in Patent Pools

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-14
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 May 2005
Mark D. Janis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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parent pools, patents, intellectual property, antitrust, licensing, competition

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U.S. Design Patent Law: A Historical Look at the Design Patent/Copyright Interface

The Copyright/Design Interface: Past, Present & Future (Estelle Derclaye ed., 2018) (Cambridge University Press), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 360
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2017
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patent, copyright, trademark, trade-mark, utility patent, intellectual property, subject matter, election, industrial design

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Designing an Optimal Intellectual Property System for Plants: A U.S. Supreme Court Debate

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 20 Nov 2001
Jay P. Kesan and Mark D. Janis
University of Illinois College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Weed-Free I.P.: The Supreme Court, Intellectual Property Interfaces, and the Problem of Plants

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Nov 2001
Jay P. Kesan and Mark D. Janis
University of Illinois College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Obsolescence in Intellectual Property Regimes

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-48
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 24 Apr 2006
Mark D. Janis and Stephen Smith
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Downloads 330 (158,608)
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plants, intellectual property, phenotype, genotype, PVPA, Plant Variety Protection Act, UPOV, research exemption, EDV, DUS

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Patent Law's Audience

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 97, p. 72, 2012, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 208, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-215
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 28 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2013
Mark D. Janis and Timothy R. Holbrook
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
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American Design Patent Law: A Legal History, Ch. 6 - Design Patent Remedies

American Design Patent Law: A Legal History, Ch. 6 - Design Patent Remedies (Cambridge Univ. Press Forthcoming), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 343
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 May 2016 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2016
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patent, remedies, design, 1887 Act, total profits, apportionment, damages, Dornan, Bigelow, Hartford, legal history, intellectual property

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Patent Law in the Age of the Invisible Supreme Court

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2001
Mark D. Janis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 8: Defenses)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Dmitry Karshtedt, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
George Washington University - Law School, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, defenses, inequitable conduct, patent exhaustion, patent misuse, laches, equitable estoppel, experimental use, spoliation

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Response to the Proposed Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-32, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 18-35, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, Stanford Public Law Working Paper, George Mason Legal Studies Research Paper No. LS 18-28
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2018
Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Dennis David Crouch, Stuart J.H. Graham, Mark D. Janis, Jay P. Kesan, Mark A. Lemley, Adam Mossoff, Arti K. Rai, Ted M. Sichelman and Saurabh Vishnubhakat
University of Richmond - School of Law, University of Missouri School of Law, Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law, Stanford Law School, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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patent, innovation, intellectual property, PTAB, claim construction, broadest reasonable interpretation, BRI, Phillips

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Introduction)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, history of patents, economics of patents, modern patent system, USPTO, patent document

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Disclosing Designs

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 69, p. 1631, 2016., Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 359
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2017
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patent, disclosure, claims, drawings, written description, specification, enablement, best mode, indefiniteness, utility patent, industrial design

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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
John R. Allison, Thomas F. Cotter, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Mark D. Janis, Dmitry Karshtedt, Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Jason Rantanen, Ted M. Sichelman, David O. Taylor and S. Sean Tu
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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Brief of Amici Curiae on Behalf of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Respondent Apple Inc. in Samsung v. Apple (U.S. 2016, No. 15-777)

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Aug 2016
Mark D. Janis and Jason J. Du Mont
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Stanford Law School
Downloads 110 (422,970)
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design patents, design, remedies, 289, Apple, Samsung, total profits, profits, apportionment, design, design law

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Brief of Amici Curiae Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis in Support of Appellee Apple Inc. in Apple v. Samsung (Fed. Cir. 2015)

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2016
Jason J. Du Mont and Mark D. Janis
Stanford Law School and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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design patents, design, remedies, 289, Apple, Samsung, total profits, profits, apportionment, design, design law

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 5: Anticipation)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, anticipation, inherency, prior art, public use, on-sale bar, derivation, America Invents Act, novelty

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Expressive Eligibility

UC Irvine Law Review, 2016, Forthcoming, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 333, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-372
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2016
Timothy R. Holbrook and Mark D. Janis
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Alice, Subject Matter Eligibility, Patentable Subject Matter, Expressive Theories, Expressive, Expressivism, Bilski, Myriad, Prometheus, Mayo, Section 101

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 2: Subject Matter Eligibility)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
UC Law, San Francisco, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, patent eligibility, subject matter eligibility, business methods, DNA, software, Bilski, Alice, Myriad, Mayo

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 9: Remedies)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 125 Posted: 05 May 2021 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2023
Thomas F. Cotter, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
University of Minnesota Law School, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, remedies, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction, ITC exclusion orders, lost profits, reasonable royalties, ongoing royalties, attorneys’ fees, enhanced damages, patent marking, declaratory judgment

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 6: Obviousness)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 27 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
University of Richmond - School of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, obviousness, KSR, Graham v. John Deere, secondary factors, nonobviousness

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Patent-Eligible Processes: An Audience Perspective

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law, Vol. 17, p. 349, 2015, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 318, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 May 2015 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2017
Timothy R. Holbrook and Mark D. Janis
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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patentable subject matter; eligible subject matter; patent; claim construction; processes; methods; obviousness; inventive concept; alice; cls bank; bilski; mayo; prometheus

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ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. V. Eli Lilly & Co.: Brief of Amici Curiae Mark D. Janis and Timothy R. Holbrook in Support of Neither Party

Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 09-81, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-52
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Mark D. Janis and Timothy R. Holbrook
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Downloads 78 (528,253)
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patent, disclosure, enablement, written description, ariad, federal circuit

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 7: Infringement)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 158 Posted: 04 May 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Jason Rantanen, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
University of Iowa - College of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, infringement, all-elements rule, doctrine of equivalents, indirect infringement, contributory infringement, means-plus-function claims, inducement, divided infringement

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Tuning the Obviousness Inquiry after KSR

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts, Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 335 (2012), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 206
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2013
Mark D. Janis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 3: Utility)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 26 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
David O. Taylor, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, utility, Brenner

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Mr. Nicolson's Cane

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 59, Forthcoming, Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 374
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 May 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Mark D. Janis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Validity, Prior art, statutory bar, Section 102, public use, experimental use

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 1: The Patent and Its Claims)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2023
Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent law, patents, casebook, open source, patent document, patent claims, claim construction, definiteness, Markman

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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

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Brief Amici Curiae Mark D. Janis and Timothy R. Holbrook in Support of Petitioners, Juno Therapeutics v. Kite Pharma, US Supreme Court, No. 21-1566

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Aug 2022
Timothy R. Holbrook and Mark D. Janis
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, patent, written description, enablement, disclosure, Ariad

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Design Patent Nonobviousness: The Road Ahead?

Iowa Law Review Online (forthcoming, 2023), Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 513
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 27 Sep 2023
Mark D. Janis
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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patent law, design patent, design patent obviousness doctrine, LKQ Corp. v. GM, KSR v. Teleflex, nonobvious design, Rosen reference, Rosen-Durling framework

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How the Supreme Court Ghosted the PHOSITA: Amgen and Legal Constructs in Patent Law

Iowa Law Review Online, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2023
Timothy R. Holbrook and Mark D. Janis
University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law
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PHOSITA, obviousness, patent, enablement, amgen, sanofi

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Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Chapter 10: Prosecution and Transactions)

Patent Law: An Open-Source Casebook (Fall 2023)
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 15 Sep 2023
Shine Tu, Mark D. Janis and Ted M. Sichelman
West Virginia University - College of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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patent prosecution, patent counseling, IPR, PGR, CBM, patent challenges, patent licensing, double patenting