The Federal Circuit’s Reach as a Specialized Court Beyond Patent Law
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In Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss's seminal article on the Federal Circuit as a specialized court, she evaluates the successes, failures, promise, and peril of this court, both through a lens of substantive patent law and a lens of civil procedure. One of her many important insights is about how the Federal Circuit should consider handling legal issues beyond patent law that arise in patent cases. She has seen the importance of this issue since the outset of the court, yet the court’s thinking here has barely evolved or matured. Given the ongoing developments in the Federal Circuit on innovation and competition issues beyond patent law—including in copyright, preemption, and antitrust—it is high time for the court to heed her recommendations for more thoughtful development of these areas of law.
Source Publication
Improving Intellectual Property: A Global Project
Source Editors/Authors
Susy Frankel, Margaret Chon, Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Barbara Lauriat, Jens Schovsbo
Publication Date
2023
Recommended Citation
Fromer, Jeanne C., "The Federal Circuit’s Reach as a Specialized Court Beyond Patent Law" (2023). Faculty Chapters. 640.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/640
