The Intellectual Property Law Center At Golden Gate University School of Law

Vol. 1 May 2010 - Books Reviewed in This Issue - Click on the title to access the review:

1. WORKING KNOWLEDGE: EMPLOYEE INNOVATION AND THE RISE OF CORPORATE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, 1800-1930, by Catherine Fisk; Reviewed by Kara W. Swanson, Northeastern University
School of Law

2.  THE PATENT CRISIS AND HOW THE COURTS CAN SOLVE IT, by Dan L. Burk and Mark A. Lemley; Reviewed by Shubha Ghosh, University of Wisconsin Law School

3.  PATENT FAILURE: HOW JUDGES, BUREAUCRATS AND LAWYERS PUT INNOVATORS AT RISK, by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer; Reviewed by Jeffrey Lefstin, University of California Hastings College of the Law

4.  THE RHETORIC OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: COPYRIGHT LAW AND THE REGULATION OF DIGITAL CULTURE, by Jessica Reyman; Reviewed by Jessica Silbey, Suffolk University School of Law

5.  TRADE SECRET LITIGATION AND PROTECTION IN CALIFORNIA, 2ND ed., Randall E. Kay and Rebecca Edelson, (eds.); Reviewed by Joseph A. Meckes, Squire, Sanders& Dempsey LLP

6.  PATENT ETHICS: PROSECUTION, by David Hricik and Mercedes Meyer; Reviewed by Christopher M. Holman, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

7.  HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WTO: THE CASE OF PATENTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES, by Holger Hestermeyer; Reviewed by Andrew W. Torrance, University of Kansas School of Law

Practitioners and academics working in the field of intellectual property law are innundated with a dizzying array of books dealing with the complex and diverse theoretical, policy-oriented, and practitioner oriented issues which arise in this area of the law.

The IP Law Book Review, edited and published by the IPLC at Golden Gate University, offers in depth reviews of new works in the IP field. The reviews are written by recognized authorities from IP academia and practice. Each review offers important and valuable insights into the merits, and weaknesses, of these recently published works.  Published twice, and sometimes three times per year, the Review offers readers a means to evaluate and choose the best IP literature available to enhance their understanding of this fascinating field of law.