基本説明
What responsibility does the Federal Circuit bear in shaping America's current economic policies?
Full Description
Imagine a high impact, low profile, nonpartisan government institution located across the street from the White House. Imagine that it plays a central role in shaping our technology industries, in overseeing globalization, and in holding the federal government responsible for its commercial activities. Imagine that only Congress and the Supreme Court can correct its mistakes.
Such an institution exists. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was born in the early 1980s as part of the drive to liberalize and reinvigorate the American economy. Over the past twenty-five years, it has earned its nickname as the "patent court" by revolutionizing American patent law, but it also oversees international trade law and government business law. Taken together, its docket covers the rules guiding innovation, globalization, and much of government.
Are these rules impelling the economy forward or holding it back? Are the policies we have the policies we want? How are we faring, as the economy transitions from the industrial age to the information age? What responsibility does the Federal Circuit bear in shaping America's current economic policies in these three critical areas? The Secret Circuit demystifies this Court's work and answers these questions.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Chapter 3 Prologue
Part 4 Part I: The Secret Circuit
Chapter 5 Chapter 1: A Court is Born
Chapter 6 Chapter 2: Conservative Liberalism
Part 7 Part II: The Patent Court
Chapter 8 Chapter 3: From Pilgrims to Progress
Chapter 9 Chapter 4: The Main Tent
Chapter 10 Chapter 5: From Cutting Edge to Front Page
Chapter 11 Chapter 6: Innovation Regulation
Part 12 Part III: Not Just the Patent Court
Chapter 13 Chapter 7: Are We Poor Enough Yet?
Chapter 14 Chapter 8: Looking Forward
Chapter 15 Chapter 9: It's Good to be the Government
Chapter 16 Chapter 10: The Divine Dignity of the Infringer
Part 17 Part IV: The Circuit's Secrets
Chapter 18 Chapter 11: Peripheral Vision
Chapter 19 Chapter 12: Dawn of the Digital Millennium
Chapter 20 Chapter 13: Sherman's March
Chapter 21 Chapter 14: Misuse Abuse
Chapter 22 Chapter 15: The Permanent Experiment
