HOW WE GOT HERE
作者:szzhang 日期:2013-09-30
Today’s patent crisis is a product of a half-century of policy choices that have left us with the current system. These legislative, regulatory and legal choices are at the root of the challenges faced today.
These choices started with the 1952 Patent Act, which was presented to the U.S. Congress as a mere ‘codification’ of patent law. However, according to its principal drafter, it “was written basically . . . by patent lawyers drawn from the Patent Office, from industry, from private practice, and from some government departments.” Under the Act, an applicant is entitled to a patent; the burden is on the examiner to prove that the entitlement should not be granted.
Thirty years later, Congress acceded to the patent bar’s demand to make patent law more uniform by establishing a new appellate court to hear all patent appeals. Initially populated by patent lawyers, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has made patents more powerful, easier to get and harder to invalidate. In short, the court became “a booster of its own specialty.”
These choices started with the 1952 Patent Act, which was presented to the U.S. Congress as a mere ‘codification’ of patent law. However, according to its principal drafter, it “was written basically . . . by patent lawyers drawn from the Patent Office, from industry, from private practice, and from some government departments.” Under the Act, an applicant is entitled to a patent; the burden is on the examiner to prove that the entitlement should not be granted.
Thirty years later, Congress acceded to the patent bar’s demand to make patent law more uniform by establishing a new appellate court to hear all patent appeals. Initially populated by patent lawyers, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has made patents more powerful, easier to get and harder to invalidate. In short, the court became “a booster of its own specialty.”
Tags: patent crisis patent law U.S.
平野龙一与日本裁判员制度
作者:szzhang 日期:2013-09-29
日本于2004年5月通过《关于裁判员参与刑事审判的法律》（简称《裁判员法》），确立以参审制为基础、吸收部分陪审制要素的国民直接参与司法的裁判员制度，并规定5年的准备期，于2009年5月正式开始施行。至今，日本的裁判员制度已实施4年有余，受到各方面的积极评价，期间虽然不乏批评之声，但都是针对某些具体制度设计提出的疑问，极少有人从根本上反对裁判员制度。虽然4年时间尚不足以对这一制度作出历史性的评价，但“裁判员制度实施以来，没有出现大的负面问题，也没有发现显著的弊端，受到运营审判活动的职业法曹及参与审判的一般市民的肯定评价，可以认为裁判员制度已经稳固地建立并确定下来了。”（东京地方法院原院长青木孝之语）日本的裁判员制度在较短的时期内就比较良好地运行了起来，可以说是通过外部导入的方式建立国民参审制度的较成功范例。
茅于轼《财富是如何创造的》PDF版下载
作者:szzhang 日期:2013-09-25
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王鹏：台湾地区羁押制度探析——以“扁家弊案”为例
作者:szzhang 日期:2013-09-24
【经典读物】 瞿同祖：《中国法律与中国社会》内容简介
作者:yhli 日期:2013-09-20
《中国法律与中国社会》是作者在云南大学和西南联合大学讲授中国法制史和社会史的讲义的基础上修订而成的。作者依据大量个案和判例，深入分析了中国古代法律的实施情况及其对社会生活的影响，揭示了中国古代法律的基本精神及主要特征。本书的特色一是在研究法律制度演变过程的同时，重视对法律实施情况的研究；二是注重家族、阶级、宗教与法律之间的相互作用；三是比较法家和儒家对中国古代法律的影响，揭示中国古代法律的儒家化过程。
索书号：D929/8
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索书号：D929/8
藏书地点：主馆 A区1楼密集书库人文社科
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