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Emily Guzan, Editor-in-Chief

Laura Kress, Executive Editor

David Mongillo, Executive Editor

Journal of Technology Law & Policy
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
3900 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Telephone: (412) 648-1400

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Welcome to Pitt Law JTLP!

       The Journal of Technology Law & Policy is one of the nation's most distinguished scholarly publications. It is a student-run journal at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and publishes twice every academic year. In addition, JLTP members work tirelessly to keep practitioners, judges, academics, and policymakers in the know by producing journal notes that cover subject matter where there is little scholarly commentary as well as shorter articles on cutting-edge issues.

 

Volume X - Spring 2009

An Interaction Between Enhancing the Capacity for Independent Innovation and Patent Protection: A Perspective on the Third Amendment to the Patent Law of the P.R. China

Xiaoqing Feng

 

A 'Sound' Policy? The RIAA and The Copyright Act

Chadwick Schnee

 

The Girl Talk Dilemma: Can Copyright Law Accommodate New Forms of Sample-Based Music?

David Mongillo

 

Volume IX - Fall 2008

"Too Legit to Quit": Free Speech Clause Protection for Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Broadcasters

Jonathan A. Messier

 

To Catch a Predator? A Comparative Look at Online Sexual Predators & the Defenses Made Available to Them

Emir Aly Crowne Mohammed and Stephane Christopher McRoberts

 

Impact of Global Patent and Regulatory Reform on Patent Strategies for Biotechnology

Vincent J. Napoleon

Presented at the 7th International Bio Forum & Expo Japan

 

Front Matter for JTLP IX - Fall 2008

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CURRENTS, Featured Articles on Pressing Issues

CURRENTS is a regularly updated resource of short, member-authored pieces that discuss a novel issue in technology law, providing analysis and research direction. CURRENTS is a supplement to the regular publishing of JTLP that occurs each law school semester. If you are interested in being a guest writer for CURRENTS, please contact Colleen Taylor, Editor-in-Chief.

 

 

 

 

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION: IS THE RISK WORTH THE REWARD?
by Stephen DiLorenzo

04/03/2008
       Back when the new millennium was still a ways off, sci-fi television shows and movies depicted futuristic technologies such as auto-piloted flying cars, housekeeping robots, and tiny implantable microchips. While we are still waiting for flying cars and affordable versions of “Rosie” from “The Jetsons,” Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, which uses tiny microchips known as RFID “tags,” is set to revolutionize the banking, identification, healthcare, and many other industries. Despite the tremendous potential this technology holds, there are some significant security and privacy concerns associated with a large-scale use of RFID technology.
       This article will provide a brief background of RFID technology, an overview of its potential advantages and uses, and conclude with an analysis of the potential risks associated with the use of RFID technology...more

 

 

 

 

“First-to-Invent” Versus “First-to-File”: Which Patent System is Best for the U.S.?

by Stephen DiLorenzo

02/21/2008

       The United States is the only country in the world which still awards patents under a “first-to-invent,” rather than under a “first-to-file” system.  If identical bills S.1145 and H.R.1908, both titled “Patent Reform Act of 2007,” are passed into law, the “first-to-invent” patent system will officially become extinct. One of the main provisions of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 modifies 35 U.S.C §102 and converts the United States patent regime to a “first-to-file” system. Opponents of the “first-to-file” system argue that “[t]he first to invent principle is the jewel in the crown of [the U.S.] system. It is based on ultimate and unequivocal fairness.” While proponents of the change argue instead that “the U.S. first-to-invent system[] ‘yields results that are inherently unstable and unpredictable.’" (footnotes omitted) ...more