Jason Rantanen

University of Iowa - College of Law

Professor of Law

Melrose and Byington

Iowa City, IA 52242

United States

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1.

Therasense v. Becton Dickinson: A First Impression

Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 14, p. 226, 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-38, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-02
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2015
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 2,947 (4,154)
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Inequitable Conduct, Therasense, Patent Law, Patent Policy, Innovation Policy, Law and Economics, Patent Prosecution, Patent Litigation, Information Costs

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Recent Developments in Patent Law - 2015

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-19
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2015
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 1,948 (8,329)

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Patent

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The Federal Circuit and Inequitable Conduct: An Empirical Assessment

84 Southern California Law Review 1293, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-48
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen and Ali Mojibi
Loyola Law School Los Angeles, University of Iowa - College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 1,808 (9,415)
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Law and Courts, Federal Circuit, Patent, National Circuit, Jurisprudence, Empirical, Content Analysis, Inequitable Conduct, Unclean Hands, Fraud, Intent to Deceive, Equitable, Remedy, Patent Office, Patent System, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Duty to Disclose

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The Federal Circuit's New Obviousness Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study

Stanford Technology Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2013, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-9
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2015
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent, obviousness, empirical

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Unenforceability

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-28, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 12-15, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-10, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-28, 7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2013
Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen and R. Polk Wagner
Loyola Law School Los Angeles, University of Iowa - College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
Downloads 1,031 (22,442)
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patents, unenforceability, inequitable conduct, empirical, patent data

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Teva, Nautilus, and Change Without Change

Stanford Technology Law Review, 2015, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-07
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2015
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Patent, Teva, Nautilus, claim construction, indefiniteness

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'Broadest Reasonable Interpretation' and Appellate Review

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2018
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Toward a System of Invention Registration: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 110, 2011, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-01, University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-40
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2013
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Downloads 644 (43,349)
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Patent Law, America Invents Act, Law and Economics, Patent System, Patent Amnesty, Competition, Innovation, Information, Patent Act

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Unenforceability: Research Report

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 17 Nov 2012
Lee Petherbridge, Jason Rantanen and R. Polk Wagner
Loyola Law School Los Angeles, University of Iowa - College of Law and University of Pennsylvania Law School
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patents, unenforceability, inequitable conduct, empirical, patent data

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Slaying the Troll: Litigation as an Effective Strategy Against Patent Threats

Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 159-210, 2006
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 603 (47,232)
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Patents, Trolls

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The Landscape of Modern Patent Appeals

67 American University Law Review 985 (2018), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-22
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2018
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Patent, Federal Circuit, Empirical, Quantitative, Statistics

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An Objective View of Fault in Patent Infringement

60 American University Law Review 1575
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent, inducement, contributory infringement, mental state, mens rea, recklessness

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Disuniformity

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-42, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2013-39
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2015
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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patent, empirical, Federal Circuit

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Reading Patent Law: A Review of Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts by Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Bryan A. Garner

6 Landslide 50, 2013, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-01
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2014
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent, textualism, review

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The Pseudo-Elimination of Best Mode: Worst Possible Choice?

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The Pseudo-Elimination of Best Mode: Worst Possible Choice?

59 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 170 (2012), U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-22, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-30
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 08 May 2013
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Patent, Patent Reform, Leahy-Smith, America Invents Act, Innovation, Best Mode, Patent Disclosure

The Pseudo-Elimination of Best Mode: Worst Possible Choice?

59 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 170 (2012), Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-30, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-22
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Patent, Patent Reform, Leahy-Smith, America Invents Act, Innovation, Best Mode, Patent Disclosure

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The Malleability of Patent Rights

2015 MICH. ST. L. REV. 895, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2016
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 329 (98,103)
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Patent, Legal theory

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Peripheral Disclosure

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-33
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2013
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent theory, disclosure theory, invention theory, innovation theory

18.

America Invents, More or Less?

University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra, Vol. 160, p. 229, 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-09, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-13, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS12-07, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 11-15
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
Jason Rantanen, Lee Petherbridge and Jay P. Kesan
University of Iowa - College of Law, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads 247 (133,153)

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America Invents, Leahy-Smith Act, Patent Law, Patent Reform, Supplemental Examination, Post Grant Review, Small Inventors, Universities

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Patents as Credentials

Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-27
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2018
Jason Rantanen and Sarah Jack
University of Iowa - College of Law and University of Iowa College of Law
Downloads 228 (143,997)
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Patent, credential

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Inequitable Conduct and Patent Misuse

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law, P. Menell, D. Schwartz & B. Depoorter (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-09, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-37
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2016
Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge
University of Iowa - College of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles
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Patent, Empirical Studies, Inequitable Conduct, Misuse, Antitrust, Review, Equity

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Empirical Analyses of Judicial Opinions: Methodology, Metrics and the Federal Circuit

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 49, Number 1, November 2016, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-01
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 04 May 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 155 (203,945)
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Patent, Empirical, Federal Circuit

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Why Priest-Klein Cannot Apply to Individual Issues in Patent Cases

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-15
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2013
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 117 (254,209)

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patent, Priest-Klein, empirical

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Recalibrating Our Empirical Understanding of Inequitable Conduct

3 IP Theory 98, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-23
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 May 2013
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent, empirical, inequitable conduct

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The Doctrinal Structure of Patent Law's Enablement Requirement

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 69:6, pp. 1679-1714, 2016, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-09
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2017
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Brief of Intellectual Property Law Scholars As Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Party, WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011, US Supreme Court

Emory Legal Studies Research Paper , Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-12
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 04 May 2018
Timothy R. Holbrook, Ann Bartow, Dan L. Burk, Donald P. Harris, David C. Hricik, Amy L. Landers, Yvette Joy Liebesman, Lee Ann W. Lockridge and Jason Rantanen
Emory University, Franklin Pierce Center for IP at UNH Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Saint Louis University - School of Law, Louisiana State University Law Center and University of Iowa - College of Law
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westerngeco, rjr nabisco, kiobel, morrison, microsoft v. at&t, extraterritoriality, presumption against extraterritoriality, extraterritorial, patent, westerngeco, ion geophysical, territoriality, supreme court

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Infringement

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law, P. Menell, D. Schwartz & B. Depoorter (eds), Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-18, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-16
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2017
Lee Petherbridge and Jason Rantanen
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and University of Iowa - College of Law
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Patents, Empirical Studies, Review

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Neither Party, No. 14-1513, Halo Elecs. Inc. v. Pulse Elecs. Inc.; No. 14-1520, Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court)

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Dec 2015
Christopher B. Seaman and Jason Rantanen
Washington and Lee University School of Law and University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 77 (333,595)
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patent, remedies, enhanced damages, punitive damages, Seagate, Bard, octane fitness, willful infringement, willfulness

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In Memoriam Best Mode

Stanford Law Review Online, Vol. 64, p. 125, April 2012, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-31, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-47
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 15 Nov 2012
Lee Petherbridge and Jason Rantanen
Loyola Law School Los Angeles and University of Iowa - College of Law
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patent, best mode, obviousness, America Invents Act

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How Malleability Matters

U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-16
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Jason Rantanen
University of Iowa - College of Law
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Patent

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Brief Amici Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Petitioners

UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2838959, Emory Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 15 Sep 2016
Timothy R. Holbrook, Margo A. Bagley, Andrew Chin, Lucas Osborn and Jason Rantanen
Emory University, Emory University School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Campbell University Law School and University of Iowa - College of Law
Downloads 41 (449,072)
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Promega, Life Technologies, inducement, 35 U.S.C. 271(f), 271(f), export, patent infringement, staple article of commerce, Taq-polymerase, extraterritorial, extraterritoriality, conflict of laws, comity