Michael Risch

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

Professor of Law

299 N. Spring Mill Road

Villanova, PA 19085

United States

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1.

Patent Troll Myths

Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 42, p. 457, 2012, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2012
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Patent, Troll, NPE, Non-Practicing Entities, Litigation

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Functionality and Graphical User Interface Design Patents

Stanford Technology Law Review, vol. 17, p. 53 (2014), Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2013-3058
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 25 Feb 2020
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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graphical user interface, GUI, patent, design patent, copyright, economic analysis, ephemeral

3.

Life after Bilski

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 63, pp. 1315-1347, 2011, Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1725009, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 11-046, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 11-02, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-05, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2003
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 17 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Mark A. Lemley, Michael Risch, Ted M. Sichelman and R. Polk Wagner
Stanford Law School, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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patents, law, Bilski, invention, MOT, patentable subject matter, 101, Diehr, business methods, software, Federal Circuit

4.

Why Do We Have Trade Secrets?

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review, Vol. 11, p. 1, Winter 2007
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Jul 2006
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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trade secrets, economic analysis, intellectual property, copyright, patent, reverse engineering, independent devlopment

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Everything is Patentable

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 75, p. 591, 2008
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 21 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, patent law, patentable subject matter, DNA, genes, Bilski, mental steps, products of nature, metabolite, comiskey, nuijten

6.

A Generation of Patent Litigation

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 52, p. 67 (2015), Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2014-1013
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 23 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2015
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, litigation, NPE, citations, trolls

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Patent Portfolios as Securities

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 63, p. 89, 2013, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2013-3022
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2015
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patents, aggregation, securities, trolls, PAEs, royalty stacking, licensing

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Recalibrating Patent Venue

Maryland Law Review, Vol. 77, p. 47 (2017), Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-1, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2016-1029
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2018
Colleen V. Chien and Michael Risch
Berkeley Law School and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patents, patent venue

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A Brief Defense of the Written Description Requirement

Yale Law Journal Online, Vol. 119, p. 127, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, written description, enablement, invention, conception, priority

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America's First Patents

Florida Law Review, Vol. 64, p. 1279, 2012, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2014
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patents, history, 1790, 1793, 1836, subject matter, process, machine or transformation, method

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RAND Patents and Exclusion Orders: Submission of 19 Economics and Law Professors to the International Trade Commission

Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-12, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2102865
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Colleen V. Chien, Richard Gilbert, Carl Shapiro, Thomas F. Cotter, Stefania Fusco, Shubha Ghosh, Eric Goldman, Dan L. Burk, Daniel R. Cahoy, Michael A. Carrier, Jorge L. Contreras, Joseph Scott Miller, Michael Risch, Jason Schultz, Ted M. Sichelman, Arti K. Rai, Katherine J. Strandburg, Esther van Zimmeren and Christal A. Sheppard
Berkeley Law School, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Minnesota Law School, Notre Dame Law School, Syracuse University College of Law, Santa Clara University - School of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Pennsylvania State University - Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration, Rutgers Law School, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, New York University School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, Duke University School of Law, New York University School of Law, Centre of Excellence GOVTRUST, University of Antwerp, Belgium and University of Nebraska - College of Law
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Licensing Acquired Patents

George Mason Law Review, vol. 21, p. 979, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2014-1003
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, licensing, acquisition, NPE, trolls, PAE, technology transfer

13.

Trade Secret Law and Information Development Incentives

THE LAW AND THEORY OF TRADE SECRECY: A HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, Katherine J. Strandburg, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 May 2009 Last Revised: 09 May 2013
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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trade secret, incentives, information, research and development, R & D, copyright, patent, trademark, privacy

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(Un)Reasonable Royalties

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 98, p. 187 (2018), Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2016-1036
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 13 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2018
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Virtual Copyright

The Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality (Woody Barfield, Marc Blitz eds, 2018 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Feb 2020
Jack Russo and Michael Risch
ComputerLaw Group LLP and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Empirical Methods in Trade Secret Research

Peter S. Menell & David L. Schwartz (eds.), Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. II - Analytical Methods) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016, Forthcoming), Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2015-1021
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2016
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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trade secrets, empirical, survey, experimental, docket

17.

Worse Than Human?

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 53, p. 1091, TPRC49: The 49th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 21-22
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Derek E. Bambauer and Michael Risch
University of Florida Levin College of Law and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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ethics, transparency, privacy, big data, empirical research, regulation, governance, consumer preferences, bias, artificial intelligence, algorithm

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Brief Amici Curiae of 20 Law and Business Professors in Support of Neither Party in Bilski v. Doll

Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 1485043
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Oct 2009
Mark A. Lemley, Michael Risch, Ted M. Sichelman and R. Polk Wagner
Stanford Law School, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, University of San Diego School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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patentable subject matter, Bilski, patent eligibility, business method patents, software patents

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Reinventing Usefulness

Brigham Young University Law Review, p. 1195, 2010
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, usefulness, utility, commercialization, innovation

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Nothing is Patentable

Florida Law Review Forum, Vol. 67, p. 45, 2015
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2015
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patentable subject matter, abstract ideas, natural phenomenon

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The Layered Patent System

Iowa Law Review, Vol. 101, p. 1535, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2015-1002
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 27 May 2016
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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NPE, PAE, patent, troll, reform, invalidity

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The Failure of Public Notice in Patent Prosecution

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 21, No. 1, p. 179, Fall 2007
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2007
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, claim, construction, interpretation, broadest reasonable construction, PHOSITA, skill in the art, Phillips, Markman

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Patent Challenges and Royalty Inflation

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 85, p. 1003, 2010
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 24 May 2010
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, licensing, medimmune, deadweight loss, tax

24.

Virtual Rule of Law

West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 1, p. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2009
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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virtual worlds, rule of law, legal theory

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A Surprisingly Useful Requirement

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, p. 57, 2011, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2010
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, utility, usefulness, innovation, commercial, practical, operable

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Hidden in Plain Sight

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 31, p. 1635 (2017), Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2016-1022
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2017
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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software, patent, copyright, trade secret, look and feel, NDA

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How Can Whelan V. Jaslow and Lotus V. Borland Both Be Right? Re-Examining the Economics of Computer Software Reuse

John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Vol. 17, No. 511, 1999
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Feb 2006
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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copyright, economics, computer, software, source code, reuse, whelan, borland, law

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Response to ‘Pervasive Sequence Patents Cover the Entire Human Genome’

Genome Medicine, Vol. 6, No. 14, 2014, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 14-07, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 14-148, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2014-19, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-16
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 01 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
S. Sean Tu, Christopher M. Holman, Adam Mossoff, Ted M. Sichelman, Michael Risch, Jorge L. Contreras, Yaniv Heled, Gregory Dolin and Lee Petherbridge
West Virginia University College of Law, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, University of San Diego School of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law, Georgia State University College of Law, University of Baltimore - School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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gene patents, human genome, Myriad Genetics, patent claims, patent scope

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An Empirical Look at Trade Secret Law's Shift from Common to Statutory Law

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE COMMON LAW, Shyam Balganesh, ed., 2013, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research paper No. 2012-2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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trade secrets, common law, shift, UTSA

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Virtual Third Parties

Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Vol. 25, p. 415, 2009
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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virtual worlds, third-party beneficiaries, contract, Restatement of Contracts

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Abstraction, Filtration, and Comparison in Patent Law

1 Journal of Law & Innovation 37 (2019)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2019
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Abstraction, Filtration, Comparison, Patent, Copyright, Infringement

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Comments on Trade Secret Sharing in High Velocity Labor Markets

Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, p. 339 (2009)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 May 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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trade secrets, employee mobility, high velocity, labor market

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The Way Lawyers Worked

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 822 (2022)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Michael Risch and Mike Viney
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - College of Natural Sciences
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legal history, patent, litigation, apple parer, supreme court, 1800s

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Forward to the Past

Cato Supreme Court Review, p. 333, 2009-2010, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2010-24
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Sep 2010
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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bilski, abstract ideas, patent, business methods, software, supreme court review

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Precedent Unbound: The Supreme Court's Summary Elimination of Liberal Lower Court Rulings

Florida Law Review, Vol. 76, (2024 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2023
Lisa A. Tucker and Michael Risch
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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federal courts, United States Supreme Court, vacatur, precedent, Munsingwear

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Sue First, Negotiate Later

Arizona Law Review, vol. 61, page 561 (2019)
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Declaratory Relief, Patent, Litigation, Preemptive Lawsuits, NPEs, patent trolls, MedImmune

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From Patents to Secrets

RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON EMPIRICAL STUDIES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (Edward Elgar Publishing, Estelle Derclaye ed. Forthcoming 2022)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, trade secret, litigation, NPE, trolls, differences-in-differences, empirical

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IP and Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Economy: A Case Study

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION IN EVOLVING ECONOMIES: THE ROLE OF LAW, Megan Carpenter, ed., 2012, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2012-2012
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 15 May 2012
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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IP, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, law clinic, growth, economy

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A Unified Theory of Convoy Goods

Jurimetrics, Vol. 60, p. 403 (2020)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 May 2020 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2020
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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patent, damages, lost profits, litigation,convoy

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Michael Risch in Support of Petitioner Google

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Jan 2020
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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A Failure of Uniform Laws?

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Vol. 159, p. 1, 2010, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2016
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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Trade Secrets, IP, UTSA, Uniform Laws, West Virginia

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Trucks, Trains, and Transformation: Net Neutrality Lessons from the First Cyberlaw Symposium

Villanova Law Review, Vol. 61, p. 585, Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2016-1028
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2016
Michael Risch and Christie Larochelle
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and Villanova University - Charles Widger School of Law
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Internet, NREN, Network Neutrality, Common Carrier

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Procedural Posture and Social Choice

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 107, p.1621
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2023
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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civil procedure, procedural posture, social choice, condorcet, arrow, vote cycling, agenda control

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Framing the Patent Troll Debate

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, vol. 24, No. 2, 127-130 (2014)
Posted: 22 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 25 May 2014
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

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licensing, litigation, monetization, NPE, patent assertion entities, patents, privateer, trolls, PAE

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Make Sure You Fit the Needs of the School

Green Bag 2d, vol. 20, p. 297
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 03 Jun 2017
Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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