This is important for two reasons: One, the case is a big victory for end users — customers who buy products or utilize services — who increasingly find themselves targeted by patent trolls; two, patent exhaustion is
an important legal doctrine that can and should be used more to protect those facing troll threats.
One of the most
important legal doctrines is that a person can not be punished for contempt of court for failing to do something that the person being held in contempt of court does not have the ability to do.
Not exact matches
The
legal footing of the
doctrine is
important for the Canadian context.
Chapter 2 tackles familiar, but
important questions of competence and
legal doctrine at Union level.
Let's start with
doctrine: — Current copyright literature Next to Genie Tyburski and the wonderful Virtual Chase — Virtual Chase
Legal Research guide: Intellectual Property Law From Slaw's own Ted Tjaden, some Canadian links — Intellectual Property Law — Canada Pausing only to suppress my occasional cynicism about the length of time that Canada's policy - making on copyright has been going on, at least they have good resources explaining the process — Copyright Reform Process A few comparative links: the United Kingdom — Copyright on the UK Patent Office Site Next New Zealand — New Zealand Copyright Law How to do research on Australian copyright law — Intellectual Property Research in Australia Now two
important US sites: first the authorized version — The US Copyright Office Next, a wonderful site that reflects some of Larry Lessig «s thinking at Stanford — The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center And finally, reflecting the fact that so much law in this area reflects not domestic policy - making, but hard - fought international consensus, an Index to what the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency has accomplished — WIPO Index And to conclude with an American and a European take on international copyright, since I was just in Chicago, look at Irene Berkey's links — International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss
Legal Research Center International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by Peter Jacso.
If you want to be influential, you have to address
important legal subjects that courts are grappling with, write clearly and concisely, effectively communicate that you fully understand the
legal landscape of where the
doctrine currently is, and then provide a balanced, nuanced, and well - supported argument for why your proposed step forward is the right move to make.
Coherence in the law, across domains of
legal practice and between normative commitments and judicial
doctrine are all
important.