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The Secret Circuit
The Little-Known Court Where the Rules of the Information Age Unfold
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2007
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Imagine a high impact, low profile, nonpartisan government institution located across the street from the White House. Imagine that it plays a central role in shaping our technology industries, in overseeing globalization, and in holding the federal government responsible for its commercial activities. Imagine that only Congress and the Supreme Court can correct its mistakes. Such an institution exists. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was born in the early 1980s as part of the drive to liberalize and reinvigorate the American economy. Over the past twenty-five years, it has earned its nickname as the 'patent court' by revolutionizing American patent law, but it also oversees international trade law and government business law. Taken together, its docket covers the rules guiding innovation, globalization, and much of government. Are these rules impelling the economy forward or holding it back? Are the policies we have the policies we want? How are we faring, as the economy transitions from the industrial age to the information age? What responsibility does the Federal Circuit bear in shaping America's current economic policies in these three critical areas? The Secret Circuit demystifies this Court's work and answers these questions.
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-5280-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4557-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
403
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PREFACE No access
JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL COURT No access
PROLOGUE No access
1 A COURT IS BORN The Economic Challenges that Motivated a New Court No access
2 CONSERVATIVE LIBERALISM The Keys to Performance Assessment No access
3 FROM PILGRIMS TO PROGRESS The Roots of the Patent Systern No access
4 THE MAIN TENT Where the Action Is: Claim Construction, Validity, and Infringement No access
5 FROM CUTTING EDGE TO FRONT PAGE Thrilling Tales of Patient Litigation in Action No access
6 INNOVATION REGULATION How Are We Doing? Could We do Better? No access
7 ARE WE POOR ENOUGH YET? The Contentious Case of Trade Economics v. Trade Politics No access
8 LOOKING FORWARD The Road to Opportunity, Prosperity, and Continued Growth No access
9 IT'S GOOD TO BE THE GOVERNMENT Some Curious Powers of Governments doing Business No access
10 THE DIVINE DIGNITY OF THE INFRINGER Medieval Sovereigns Stalk Information-Age Innovators No access
11 PERIPHERAL VISION How War Powers, Abortion, and Housing Policy Wander into View No access
12 DAWN OF THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM Stars of the Patent World in a Copyright Cameo No access
13 SHERMAN'S MARCH Patentees Repel the Antitrust Onslaught No access
14 MISUSE ABUSE A Sad Little Doctrine Whose Silence Speaks Volumes No access
15 THE PERMANENT EXPERIMENT The Grades Are In; The Next Assignment Awaits No access
NOTES No access Pages 355 - 380
INDEX No access Pages 381 - 402
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 403 - 403
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