A Return to Normal: The Helsinn Decision and the Rejection of Secret Sales
Eric M. Pecci is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On January 22, 2019, the Supreme Court decided a case that, despite confirming law that had been…
Under the Shadow of a Pandemic: Fair Use in Patent Law
Lvxiao Chen is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the world, many hard-hit countries, like the United States and Italy, are…
IP Issues Under the Coronavirus: Framing the Relevant Issues and Questions
Siyu Yan is an L.L.M. candidate, 2020 at NYU School of Law. Since the beginning of 2020, we have experienced an outbreak of Coronavirus around the world. Some regions or…
Propeller Shafts Are Laws of Nature…?
Jerrit Yang is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In October 2019, the Federal Circuit added to the very confusing mess of § 101 of the…
License to Pill: China, Coronavirus, and the International IP Regime
Neil Chitrao is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. As Chinese authorities scramble to respond to the domestic public health crisis associated with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), international…
Theranos Shows the Need For More Effective Policing of Operability
Jerrit Yang is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, have become infamous in recent years following an expose on their fraudulent…
Tech Giants Fighting Fraud
Anastasiya Kryukova is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. With the growth of the internet and the increasing prevalence of online shoppers, platforms such as Amazon, eBay,…
Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang and the Constitutional Requirement of Utility
Neil Chitrao is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In 1999, the Federal Circuit was presented with a particularly juicy dilemma. Juicy Whip, Incorporated, a manufacturer of…
Awakening the Dormant Therapies Act
Marcelo Barros is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The Patent System has a Persistent Drug Problem The U.S.’s current regime of patent laws fails to adequately…
Slipping Through the Cracks: Limited legal means for developers to protect the ideas behind their apps
Ashley Ulrich is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction Recent news articles have documented Apple’s use of its App Store to identify and copy ideas from…