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Exploring the Role of Patent Offices in Climate Change Mitigation
Get PDFPatent offices are developing new programs to help in climate change mit- igation. What can they deliver? This Article provides a contemporary overview of the different green technology initiatives promoted by patent offices: fast- tracking of patent applications, search platforms, applicant resources, and publicity and awareness programs. The Article concludes that special treat- ment of green technology is fair and administrable when programs are openly accessible but narrowly tailored. The most tangible effect of these initiatives is the increased control by the patentee over the patenting and commercialization process, which is valuable even when effects of these programs on technology dissemination are difficult to quantify
Balancing the Scales: Analyzing Motivation to Combine and Avoiding Impermissible Hindsight in 2023
Get PDFBankruptcy Claims of Illinois Tax Purchasers After Expiration of the Redemption Period and Before Recording of the Tax Deed
Get PDFAdhesive Terms and Reasonable Notice
Get PDFThis Article challenges the conceptualization of adhesive forms as contracts and introduces a taxonomy of adhesive terms. It argues that this classification system should be used to determine which adhesive terms are in fact contractual rather than depending upon the self-serving “contracts” label that businesses use to identify their terms. Even if contract law is not the proper framework, torts, property, and other legal and regulatory regimes may determine the enforceability and effect of adhesive terms.
Thus, this Article is both a deconstruction of standard form contracts and a reconstruction. Courts typically apply the standard of reasonable notice to assess the enforceability of adhesive online terms. This Article proposes that online “reasonable notices” be limited to three lines of text with five words each or five lines of text with three words each. The proposed requirements ensure that online reasonable notices are both conspicuous and comprehensible to the average consumer
