Recipients of Annual Writing Award
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2010 - Rupan Bhar |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"The KSR Transformation of the Automaton Into a Super Human" |
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2009 - Stephen DiLorenzo |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"Ticket Resell & Auction Websites: Regulation Is Needed" |
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2008 - Andrew W. Shyjan |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"Of Plows, Brake-Pedals, and VIAGRA: The Supreme Court's Obviousness Standard And the Biopharmaceutical Industry" |
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2007 - Charles S. Stein |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"Attaining Greater Predictability in Patent Claim Construction" |
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2006 - Gregory T. Landgraf |
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Duquesne University School of Law |
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"Searching for Clarity in Compulsory Licensing and Parallel Importation Under TRIPS" |
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2005 - Jude A. Thomas |
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Duquesne University School of Law |
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"The Subpoena Provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act - A Legal Paradigm for Shifting Copyright Jurisprudence in Response to an Evolving Technological Landscape" |
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2004 - Joel L. Kent |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"University of Rochester v. G. D. Searle & Co., Inc.: An Initial Skirmish in the Battle over Biomedical Use Claims in Patent Law" |
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2003 - No Award Presented |
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2002 - Amy Elizabeth McCall |
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Duquesne University School of Law |
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"The DMCA and Researchers' First Amendment Rights" |
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2001 - Lisa M. Fabian |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"Encore Performance or Closed Curtain: Will the Supreme Court Extend Trade Dress Protection to Expired Patents in Marketing Displays, Inc. v. Traffix?" |
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2000 - Richard D'Agisnoto |
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Duquesne Univesity School of Law |
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"The Right to Import Versus the First Sale Doctrine: Quality King Lightens the Shade of Gray Market Goods" |
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1999 - Stephen S. Yoder |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"The Patentability of Express Sequence Tags(ESTs): Advocating Research Per Se within 35 U.S.C. Section 101 by Analogy to an Algorithm" |
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1998 - Mark G. Knedeisen |
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Duquesne University of Law |
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"Pre-Grant Publication of Patent Applications: Proposals to Protect the Public Interest" |
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1997 - Deborah M. Altman |
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Duquesne University of Law |
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"Defining the Role of a Jury in Patent Litigation - The Court Takes Inventory" |
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1996 - Thomas Lizzi |
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Duquense University of Law |
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"From Benevolent Adminstration to Government Employee Inventions, Human Genomes, and Exclusive Licensing: Is Governmental Ownership of Patents Constitutional?" |
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1995 - Richard McEwen |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"The Frito Bandito's Lase Stand: Waits Rocks Performer's Rights into the Media Age" |
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1994 - William J. DiPaolo |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"The Patentability of Inventive Methods of Doing Business" |
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1993 - Michele L. Dyer |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
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"Lotus Development Corp. v. Borland International: Inconsistencies Between the Borland Court' Copyright Infringement Test and the Test Formulated by the Second Circuit in Altai" |
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1992 - Kimberly A. Miller |
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Duquesne University School of Law |
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"The Misuse of Copyright Defense: Implications of the Lasercomb decision to the Computer Software Industry" |