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Crouch, Dennis

Weblogs

Patently-O, at http://www.patentlyo.com/
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Academic Journals

A Trademark Justification for Design Patent Rights, __ HARVARD JOURNAL OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY __ (forthcoming 2013).
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Operating Efficiently Post-Bilski by Ordering Patent Doctrine Decision-Making, 25 BERKELEY TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL 1673 (2010)
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Book Review: Reviewing Part III of Innovation for the 21st Century: Harnessing the Power of Intellectual Property and Antitrust Law, 61 ALABAMA LAW REVIEW 587 (2010).
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An Empirical Study of the Role of the Written Description Requirement in Patent Prosecution, 104 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW COLLOQUY 382 (2010).
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Is Novelty Obsolete? Chronicling the Irrelevance of the Invention Date in U.S. Patent Law, 16 MICHIGAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY LAW REVIEW 53 (2009).
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Nil: The Value of Patents in a Major Crisis Such as an Influenza Pandemic, 39 SETON HALL LAW REVIEW 1125 (2009).
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The Patent Lottery: Exploiting Behavioral Economics for the Common Good, 16 GEORGE MASON LAW REVIEW 141 (2008).
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Additional Publications

Broadening Federal Circuit Jurisprudence: Moving Beyond Federal Circuit Patent Cases, 2010 PATENTLY-O PATENT LAW JOURNAL 19 (2010).
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Working Papers

Understanding the Role of the Board of Patent Appeals: Ex Parte Rejection Rates on Appeal, University of Missouri School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-16 (2009).
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The Rising Size and Complexity of the Patent Document, U of Missouri-Columbia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-04 (2008)
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