Legitimacy and the Useful Arts

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Craig Allen Nard

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Date Written: 1997

Abstract

The fundamental question this Article addresses is who should be primarily responsible for making patent validity determinations: the courts or the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)?6 Which entity *517 would best serve the constitutional goal of promoting the progress of the useful arts?

Keywords: Patent Law, Useful Arts, Legal System

Suggested Citation

Nard, Craig Allen, Legitimacy and the Useful Arts (1997). Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1997, 10 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 515 (1997), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3662611

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