I. Intellectual Property In Nanotechnology |
Intellectual Property Issues Associated with the Emerging Fields of Nanotechnology (PDF) | Benjamin Cooper |
Nanobiotechnology Patents (PDF) | Byron Hsu, Forrest Liau, and David Lin |
II. Software-Copyright Intellectual Property Issues |
Software Intellectual Property (PDF)# | Michael Matczynski and Marcos Flores |
Copyright Infringement Due To Online File Sharing (PDF) | Gabriel Alatorre, Christina Huang, and Ethan Rigel |
Death of a Cracker - The Failure of the DMCA and How Digital Copyright Can Be Saved (PDF) | Brian Keegan |
Conceal or Perish? An Overview of Trade Security and the Software Industry (PDF)# | Louise Giam and Albert Leung |
The Software Protection Debate (PDF) | Tri Ngo and Richard Sinn |
Copyright Infringement in Music and an Alternative to Piracy (PDF)# | John Pavlish |
III. Patent Strategies |
Patent Strategies and the Progress of Science and Useful Arts (PDF) | Sebastian Buermeyer |
Athletic Performance Enhancing Inventions; the Conflicting Interests of Inventors, Spectators, Athletes and Companies (PDF)# | Nicholas Sidelnik |
Improving Upon the Current Patent System (PDF) | Cliff Roscow, Mitun Ranka, and Sedrick Tydus |
Effects of Patent Policies on Innovation (PDF - 1.2 MB)# | Raul Barreto, Julian Caballero, and Emyluz Rodriguez |
Defending Open Science from Patent Infringement (What Does the Future Hold for University Research?) (PDF)# | Minna H. Ahn |
Proposal for Fostering Commercialization of Patents (PDF) | Andrew Pinkham |
The Difficulty of Protecting Design (PDF) | Samantha Bennett |
IV. Drug-Pharmaceutical Patents and Issues |
Life Patents: The Reason, the Ramifications, the Proposed Reversal (PDF)# | Anonymous |
Prospects for Drug Accessibility and Economic Growth as Indian Pharmaceuticals Enter the Product Patent Era (PDF)# | Imran Hendley, Danielle Chu, Kova Jura, and Jane Yoon |
Prescription Drug Re-Importation (PDF) | Christopher Suarez and David Tobias |
Brazil's Generic Drug Manufacturing Success and the Policies That Permitted It (PDF) | Natalia Arzeno, Rebeca Diaz, and Sandra Gonzalez |
Human Cloning and the United States Patent Office (PDF)# | Ashley Finan |
V. Global Considerations |
The Developing World and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies (PDF) | Mohamed Haji and Anrupa Ganguly |
Software Piracy in Developing Countries - A Mounting Problem and Proposed Solutions (PDF)# | Paul Wehner, Arun Agarwal, and Jamal Isa |
Intellectual Property Protection and China (PDF - 1.1 MB)# | Elizabeth Eames, Qian Wang, Steven Stoddard, Spencer Cross, and Christina Chae |
Strategies for Moving U.S. Business Into China (PDF) | Samuel Hwang, Kimberly Kam, and Melvin Makhni |
A Comparison Study of the United States Patent System and the System of the Former Soviet Union and Current Russia (PDF - 4.4 MB)# | Helen, Belogolova, Sal Pallante, and Jonathan Wu |
A Global Patent System - From Fantasy to Functional (PDF)# | Nima Veiseh |
A Medical Patent System for Global Warfare (PDF)# | Jordan Wan |
VI. Commercialization Requirements |
Lack of Commercialization of 'Concept' Patents. How it Affects Independent Inventors (PDF)# | Jesus Alvarez |
In Defense of the Current Patent System With No Requirement of Commercialization for Patent Rights Retention (PDF) | Jeremiah Egger |
Consequences of the Bayh-Dole Act (PDF) | David Levenson |
VII. Patents and National Security |
Effects of National Security Concerns on the Patent Process (PDF) | Aaron Bell |