David W. Opderbeck

Seton Hall Law School

Fellow and Visiting Professor

One Newark Center

Newark, NJ 07102-5210

United States

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Apple v. FBI: Brief in Support of Neither Party in San Bernardino Iphone Case

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
David W. Opderbeck and Justin (Gus) Hurwitz
Seton Hall Law School and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - College of Law
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CALEA, Apple, iPhone, AWA, all writs encryption

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Patents, Essential Medicines, and the Innovation Game

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Dec 2003
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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patents, international patent law, international law, Doha, TRIPS, essential medicines, orphan drugs, international orphan drugs, AIDS, game theory, pharmaceutical patent

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The Problem with Neurolaw

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2214601
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2017
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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neurolaw, neuroscience, jurisprudence

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The Penguin's Genome, or Coase and Open Source Biotechnology

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 10 Aug 2004
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Biotechnology, patent, open source, commons, anticommons, semicommons, intellectual property

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Lex Machina Non Est: A Response to Mark Lemley's 'Faith-Based Intellectual Property'

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Intellectual property, faith-based, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, Babel, Eden, Hebrew Scriptures, culture

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Drone Courts

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2305315
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Aug 2013
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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drones, constitutional law, executive power, separation of powers, war powers, emergency powers, FISA

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Peer-to-Peer Networks, Technological Darwinism, and Intellectual Property Reverse Private Attorney General Litigation

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 04 Aug 2005
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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copyright, p2p, peer-to-peer, norms, copynorms, mass litigation

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Patent Damages Reform and the Shape of Patent Law

Seton Hall Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 1213160
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Aug 2008
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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patent, remedies, damages, empirical, reform proposals, apportionment

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Deconstructing Jefferson's Candle: Towards a Critical Realist Approach to Cultural Environmentalism and Information Policy

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1091024
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2009
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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network neutrality, cultural environmentalism, romantic author, information theory, jefferson, cybernetics, constructivism, cyberspace

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Cybersecurity and Executive Power

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1788333
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Mar 2011
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Internet, cybersecurity, computer crime, constitutional law, non-delegation doctrine, executive power, presidential power, kill switch

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Towards a Critical Realist Theology of Law, Neurobiology and the Soul

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1594907
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2011
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Religion, Soul, Mind

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Encryption Policy and Law Enforcement in the Cloud

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 5, 2017, Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Sep 2017
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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encryption, stored communications act, electronic communications privacy act, wiretap, cloud computing

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Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, and the Economic Loss Doctrine

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-05
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Jul 2015
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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cybersecurity, data breach, externalities, negligence, economic loss rule, economic loss doctrine

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Rational Competition Policy and Reverse Payment Settlements in Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1440780
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2013
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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patent, antitrust, reverse payment, Hatch-Waxman, ANDA , paragraph IV, pharmaceutical

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Does the Communications Act of 1934 Contain a Hidden Internet Kill Switch?

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2131287
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Aug 2012
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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cybersecurity, internet, cyberlaw, internet law, kill switch, communications, communications act, telecommunications act

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A Virtue-Centered Approach to the Biotechnology Commons (or, the Virtuous Penguin)

University of Maine Law School, Closing in on Open Science Symposium
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Nov 2006
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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intellectual property, open source, open science, open access publishing, biotechnology, virtue ethics, virtue jurisprudence, aristotle

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Social Network Analysis of Trade Secrets and Patents as Social Relations

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2214595
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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intellectual property, patent, trade secret, social relations, property, property as social relations, social network analysis

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Socially Rivalrous Information: Of Candles, Code, and Virtue

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1008500
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 31 Aug 2007
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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intellectual property, romantic author, new chicago school, network neutrality, virtue ethics, critical realism, intellectual property clause, cyberspace, open source, information

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Cybersecurity and Data Breach Harms: Theory and Reality

Seton Hall Law School Legal Studies Research Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Aug 2022
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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cybersecurity, data breach, torts, harm, liability, remedies

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Huawei, Internet Governance, and IEEPA Reform

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Jun 2020
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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executive power, emergency power, IEEPA, Huawei, Internet governance

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Christian Thought and Property Law

Forthcoming, Christian Thought and Private Law, Cambridge University Press , Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Aug 2018
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Property, Private Law, Theology, Christian

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The Skeleton in the Hard Drive: Encryption and the Fifth Amendment

Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Aug 2017
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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encryption, fifth amendment, criminal procedure, self incrimination

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Artificial Intelligence in Pharmaceuticals, Biologics, and Medical Devices: Present and Future Regulatory Models

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 88, 2019, Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Nov 2019
David W. Opderbeck
Seton Hall Law School
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Artificial Intelligence, AI, big data, convergence, intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity

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intellectual property, open source, open science, open access publishing, game theory, political economy, TRIPS, WIPO