Presentation 2022-06-10
Development of Patent Misuse in the U.S.
Yusuke Tachibana,
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Abstract(in English) Patent misuse is an unequitable extension of patent rights. When misuse is found, remedies for the patentee are denied. The interest of this paper is to obtain legal policy implications on the extension of patent rights. For example, in the U.S., how to make indirect infringement of patent rights more flexible is a legal policy issue, but on the other hand, expansion of the scope of patent rights may restrict competition. Therefore, the distribution of roles between patent law and antitrust law is also an issue in the extension of patent rights. These issues are common to Japan. This paper examines the development of misuse through the Kimble case, a Supreme Court decision on misuse by the U.S. Supreme Court, and points out that its characteristics are a departure from property rights doctrine, separation from antitrust law, and categorical protection of the public domain.
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Keyword(in English) U.S. law / patent law / patent misuse / antitrust law / public domain
Paper # SITE2022-10
Date of Issue 2022-06-02 (SITE)

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Committee SITE / IPSJ-EIP
Conference Date 2022/6/9(2days)
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Chair Masaru Ogawa(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / KOMUKAI Taro(Chuo Univ.)
Vice Chair Takushi Otani(Kibi International Univ.) / Takeo Tatsumi(Open Univ. of Japan)
Secretary Takushi Otani(Yamaguchi Pref Univ.) / Takeo Tatsumi(Hokuriku Univ.) / (Science & Technology Research Laboratories, NHK)
Assistant Hideyuki Fujii(NRI-Secure) / Yusuke Tachibana(Fukuoka Inst. of Tech.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Social Implications of Technology and Information Ethics / Special Interest Group on Electronic Intellectual Property
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Development of Patent Misuse in the U.S.
Sub Title (in English) Focusing on the Kimble Case
Keyword(1) U.S. law
Keyword(2) patent law
Keyword(3) patent misuse
Keyword(4) antitrust law
Keyword(5) public domain
1st Author's Name Yusuke Tachibana
1st Author's Affiliation Fukuoka Institute of Technology(FIT)
Date 2022-06-10
Paper # SITE2022-10
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) SITE-61
Page pp.pp.59-63(SITE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2022-06-02 (SITE)