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The ‘invention requirement’ leaves “every judge practically scot-free to decide this often controlling factor according to his personally philosophy of what inventions should be patented, whether or not he had any competence to do so or any knowledge of the patent system as an operative socioeconomic force.”

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About David

Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law. 2012-13, judicial clerk to Chief Judge Rader. Expert witness and consultant.