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High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System: Results of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 255-327, 2009, CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 04 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2015

Stuart J.H. Graham, Robert P. Merges, Pamela Samuelson and Ted M. Sichelman

Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2016 - Chapters 1 and 2

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2016 , Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2780190

Number of pages: 185 Posted: 19 May 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2016

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley and Robert P. Merges

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 6

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As Many as Six Impossible Patents Before Breakfast: Property Rights for Business Concepts and Patent System Reform

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As Many as Six Impossible Patents Before Breakfast: Property Rights for Business Concepts and Patent System Reform

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 1999

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 8

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As Many as Six Impossible Patents Before Breakfast: Property Rights for Business Concepts and Patent System Reform

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 14, Pp. 577-615, 1999

Posted: 25 Aug 1999

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2023

Clause 8 Publishing; Volume I: Perspectives, Trade Secrets & Patents; 2023

Number of pages: 182 Posted: 20 Jul 2023

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges and Shyamkrishna Balganesh

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School

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Citation 1

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2019 - Chapters 1 and 2

Number of pages: 176 Posted: 08 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2019

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley and Robert P. Merges

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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Justifying Intellectual Property: Chapter 1

Robert P. Merges, JUSTIFYING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Harvard University Press, 2011

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Sep 2011

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2017: Vol. II Copyrights, Trademarks and State IP Protections; ISBN-13: 978-1945555077, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, Stanford Public Law Working Paper

Number of pages: 178 Posted: 22 Jul 2017

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley and Robert P. Merges

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2020 - Chapters 1 and 2

Stanford Public Law Working Paper

Number of pages: 179 Posted: 03 Aug 2020

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges and Shyamkrishna Balganesh

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School

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Citation 1

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2021 - Chapters 1 and 2

Number of pages: 186 Posted: 12 Jul 2021

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges and Shyamkrishna Balganesh

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2018 - Chapters 1 and 2

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2018 - Chapters 1 and 2, Clause 8 Publishing, 2018, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, Stanford Public Law Working Paper

Number of pages: 177 Posted: 25 Jul 2018

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley and Robert P. Merges

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2022 - Chapters 1 and 2

Number of pages: 187 Posted: 29 Jul 2022

Peter S. Menell, Mark A. Lemley, Robert P. Merges and Shyamkrishna Balganesh

UC Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Columbia University - Law School

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Citation 1

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Economics of Intellectual Property Law

Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics, Francesco Parisi, eds., Forthcoming

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Mar 2014

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Patents, Entry and Growth in the Software Industry

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Aug 2006

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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The Proper Scope of the Copyright and Patent Power

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 37, p. 45, 2000

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 May 2007

Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Robert P. Merges

University of Tennessee College of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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A New Dynamism in the Public Domain

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Jun 2004

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 3

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Who Owns the Charles River Bridge? Intellectual Property and Competition in the Software Industry

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Feb 2000

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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From Medieval Guilds to Open Source Software: Informal Norms, Appropriability Institutions, and Innovation

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Feb 2005

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 8

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Operating Efficiently Post-Bilski by Ordering Patent Doctrine Decision-Making

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 25, p. 1673, 2010, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1953512, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-23

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Nov 2011

Dennis David Crouch and Robert P. Merges

University of Missouri School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Philosophical Foundations of IP Law: The Law and Economics Paradigm

Forthcoming in the Research Handbook on the Economics of IP Law (Peter S. Menell, Ben Depoorter, and David Schwartz, eds.), (Vol. I -- Theory) (Edward Elgar Publishing), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2920713

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Feb 2017

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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What Kind of Rights Are Intellectual Property Rights?

Oxford Handbook of IP Law (R. Dreyfuss and J. Pila, eds.), Forthcoming, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 May 2017

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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An Estoppel Doctrine for Patented Standards

California Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2009

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 May 2008 Last Revised: 26 May 2014

Robert P. Merges and Jeffrey M. Kuhn

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Citation 1

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A Transactional View of Property Right

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Apr 2005

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 13

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Property Rights, Firm Boundaries, and R&D Inputs

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jan 2001

Ashish Arora and Robert P. Merges

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 8

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The Uninvited Guest: Patents on Wall Street

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 May 2003

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 11

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Against Utilitarian Fundamentalism

St. John's Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 3, 2017, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Apr 2017

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Incentives to Challenge and Defend Patents: Why Litigation Won't Reliably Fix Patent Office Errors and Why Administrative Patent Review Might Help

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Oct 2004

Joseph Farrell and Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 11

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Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Patent Pools

Ohio State Law Journal, Forthcoming, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2759027

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 Apr 2016

Robert P. Merges and Michael Mattioli

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)

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Citation 1

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Locke for the Masses: Property Rights and the Products of Collective Creativity

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Jan 2009

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 3

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IP Rights and Technological Platforms

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Dec 2008

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Copyright and Distributive Justice

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 92, 2016, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-11, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2758845

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 07 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 16 May 2024

Justin Hughes and Robert P. Merges

Loyola Law School Los Angeles and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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The Relationship between Foundations and Principles in IP Law

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The Relationship between Foundations and Principles in IP Law

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2130199

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Aug 2012

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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The Relationship between Foundations and Principles in IP Law

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 49, p. 957, 2012

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2013

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Priority and Novelty under the AIA

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2130209

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2013

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Space Resources, Common Property, and the Collective Action Problem

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1997

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Nov 2007

Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Robert P. Merges

University of Tennessee College of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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The Concept of Property in the Digital Era

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Jan 2009

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 4

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The Trouble with Trolls: Innovation, Rent-Seeking, and Patent Law Reform

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The Trouble with Trolls: Innovation, Rent-Seeking, and Patent Law Reform

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 24, p. 1583, 2010

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 May 2013

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 3

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The Trouble with Trolls: Innovation, Rent-Seeking and Patent Law Reform

Posted: 18 Nov 2011

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Software and Patent Scope: A Report from the Middle Innings

Texas Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 1627, 2007, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 994372

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Jul 2007

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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Locke Remixed

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 40, p. 101, 2007

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 Feb 2007

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Patent Markets and Innovation in the Era of Big Platform Companies

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 28 Feb 2019

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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The Continuing Vitality of Music Performance Rights Organizations

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The Continuing Vitality of Music Performance Rights Organizations

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1266870

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2008

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 2

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The Continuing Vitality of Music Performance Rights Organizations

Posted: 18 Nov 2011

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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To Waive and Waive Not: Property and Flexibility in the Digital Era

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 May 2011

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 1

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The Path of IP Studies: Growth, Diversification, and Hope

Texas Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 1757-1768 (2014), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2469289, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 616

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2014

John M. Golden, Robert P. Merges and Pamela Samuelson

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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After the Trolls: Patent Litigation As Ex-Post Market Making

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 18 Feb 2019

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Patents, Validity Challenges, and Private Ordering: A New Dispensation for the Easy-Challenge Era

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2022

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Now and Then, Here and There: A Review Essay on Khan, the Democratization of Invention, and Blind, et al., Software Patents

Journal of Economic Literature, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Apr 2007

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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A Few Kind Words for Absolute Infringement Liability in Patent Law

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2014

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 2

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The Control of Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations

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The Control of Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations

NBER Working Paper No. w6014

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2022

Robert P. Merges and Josh Lerner

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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The Control of Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations

Posted: 15 Sep 1997

Robert P. Merges and Josh Lerner

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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Intellectual Property Rights and Private Law Entitlements

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Sep 2023

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Intellectual Property Rights, Input Markets, and the Value of Intangible Assets

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Feb 2019

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Citation 8

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Foundations and Principles Redux: A Reply to Professor Blankfein-Tabachnick

California Law Review, Vol. 101, 2013

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Sep 2013

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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The Hamiltonian Origins of the U.S. Patent System, and Why They Matter Today

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 Mar 2019

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Updating the Private Law of Patent Contracting

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 Sep 2023

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Two Patent-Related Harms, Two Remedies: Injury to Market and Uncompensated Input Use

UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 06 May 2024

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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MGM v. Grokster – Amicus Brief of Professors Peter S. Menell, David Nimmer, Robert P. Merges, and Justin Hughes

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Aug 2019

Peter S. Menell, David Nimmer, Robert P. Merges and Justin Hughes

UC Berkeley School of Law, Irell & Manella LLP, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Loyola Law School Los Angeles

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Citation 1

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Patent Infringement, Private Law, and Liability Standards

UC Law Journal, Forthcoming, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 06 May 2024

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Cousins, Not Twins: Patent Claim Scope vs. The Breadth of Patent Enforcement

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 May 2024

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Introduction to Three Posted Papers on IP and Private Law

Posted: 06 May 2024

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Autonomy and Independence: The Normative Face of Transaction Costs

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 53, 2011

Posted: 31 May 2011

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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One Hundred Years of Solicitude: Intellectual Property Law, 1900-2000

Posted: 11 Jan 2001

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Property Rights Theory and the Employed Inventor

Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Working Paper 97-03

Posted: 17 Oct 1997

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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The End of Friction? Property Rights and Contract in the 'Newtonian' World of On-Line Commerce

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1997).

Posted: 01 Sep 1997

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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Contracting into Liability Rules: Intellectual Property Rights and Collective Rights Organizations

in the California Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 5 (1996).

Posted: 11 Aug 1997

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Robert P. Merges

University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

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