Hotel Franchise Termination: Preliminary Injunctions Protect Unlawful Trademark Use

Innovation, Imitation & Preliminary Injunctions in Patents

We analyze the effect of preliminary injunctions in patent cases, using a simple probabilistic model of a legal challenge to a patent’s validity. We show that using current U. S. damages rules, preliminary injunctions are likely to lead to inefficient innovations, non-novel patents, and extensive litigation, since both the patent holder and the allegedly infringing firm can benefit from a preli...

Preliminary Injunctions and Damage Rules in Patent Law

This paper shows that preliminary injunctions may be sought in patent cases to obtain market power during the period of the injunction and are likely to be sought only where there is a small probability that the patent will be ultimately found valid. Both patentee and alleged infringer benefit from a preliminary injunction. This is an artifact of the asymmetry of current damage rules. Altering ...

Preliminary Notes on Termination and Non-Termination Reasoning

In this preliminary note, we will illustrate our ideas on automated mechanisms for termination and non-termination reasoning. 1 Termination and Non-Termination Reasoning with

Anticompetitive Patent Injunctions

Unlawful lab leftovers.

The last decade has seen the painfully rapid rise in the use of methamphetamine, an illegal and dangerous drug with unpredictable effects on users. Also known as speed, ice, or crystal, methamphetamine is a potent central nervous system stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, injected, or ingested. The toll it takes on users is high. However, the potential environmental health hazards from the l...