| I. Intellectual Property In Nanotechnology |
| Intellectual Property Issues Associated with the Emerging Fields of Nanotechnology (PDF) |
Benjamin Cooper |
| Nanobiotechnology Patents (PDF) |
Byron Hsu, Forrest Liau, and David Lin |
| II. Software-Copyright Intellectual Property Issues |
| Software Intellectual Property (PDF)# |
Michael Matczynski and Marcos Flores |
| Copyright Infringement Due To Online File Sharing (PDF) |
Gabriel Alatorre, Christina Huang, and Ethan Rigel |
| Death of a Cracker - The Failure of the DMCA and How Digital Copyright Can Be Saved (PDF) |
Brian Keegan |
| Conceal or Perish? An Overview of Trade Security and the Software Industry (PDF)# |
Louise Giam and Albert Leung |
| The Software Protection Debate (PDF) |
Tri Ngo and Richard Sinn |
| Copyright Infringement in Music and an Alternative to Piracy (PDF)# |
John Pavlish |
| III. Patent Strategies |
| Patent Strategies and the Progress of Science and Useful Arts (PDF) |
Sebastian Buermeyer |
| Athletic Performance Enhancing Inventions; the Conflicting Interests of Inventors, Spectators, Athletes and Companies (PDF)# |
Nicholas Sidelnik |
| Improving Upon the Current Patent System (PDF) |
Cliff Roscow, Mitun Ranka, and Sedrick Tydus |
| Effects of Patent Policies on Innovation (PDF - 1.2 MB)# |
Raul Barreto, Julian Caballero, and Emyluz Rodriguez |
| Defending Open Science from Patent Infringement (What Does the Future Hold for University Research?) (PDF)# |
Minna H. Ahn |
| Proposal for Fostering Commercialization of Patents (PDF) |
Andrew Pinkham |
| The Difficulty of Protecting Design (PDF) |
Samantha Bennett |
| IV. Drug-Pharmaceutical Patents and Issues |
| Life Patents: The Reason, the Ramifications, the Proposed Reversal (PDF)# |
Anonymous |
| Prospects for Drug Accessibility and Economic Growth as Indian Pharmaceuticals Enter the Product Patent Era (PDF)# |
Imran Hendley, Danielle Chu, Kova Jura, and Jane Yoon |
| Prescription Drug Re-Importation (PDF) |
Christopher Suarez and David Tobias |
| Brazil's Generic Drug Manufacturing Success and the Policies That Permitted It (PDF) |
Natalia Arzeno, Rebeca Diaz, and Sandra Gonzalez |
| Human Cloning and the United States Patent Office (PDF)# |
Ashley Finan |
| V. Global Considerations |
| The Developing World and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies (PDF) |
Mohamed Haji and Anrupa Ganguly |
| Software Piracy in Developing Countries - A Mounting Problem and Proposed Solutions (PDF)# |
Paul Wehner, Arun Agarwal, and Jamal Isa |
| Intellectual Property Protection and China (PDF - 1.1 MB)# |
Elizabeth Eames, Qian Wang, Steven Stoddard, Spencer Cross, and Christina Chae |
| Strategies for Moving U.S. Business Into China (PDF) |
Samuel Hwang, Kimberly Kam, and Melvin Makhni |
| A Comparison Study of the United States Patent System and the System of the Former Soviet Union and Current Russia (PDF - 4.4 MB)# |
Helen, Belogolova, Sal Pallante, and Jonathan Wu |
| A Global Patent System - From Fantasy to Functional (PDF)# |
Nima Veiseh |
| A Medical Patent System for Global Warfare (PDF)# |
Jordan Wan |
| VI. Commercialization Requirements |
| Lack of Commercialization of 'Concept' Patents. How it Affects Independent Inventors (PDF)# |
Jesus Alvarez |
| In Defense of the Current Patent System With No Requirement of Commercialization for Patent Rights Retention (PDF) |
Jeremiah Egger |
| Consequences of the Bayh-Dole Act (PDF) |
David Levenson |
| VII. Patents and National Security |
| Effects of National Security Concerns on the Patent Process (PDF) |
Aaron Bell |