Mark D. Janis

Publications

• Design Patent Infringement as Unfair Competition
  66 WM. & MARY L. REV. 1155 (2025) · William & Mary Law Review · 2025
• Design Patent Law's Three Little Words
  100 IND. L.J. (2025) · Indiana Law Journal · 2025
• Foreword
  100 IND. L.J. (2025) · Indiana Law Journal · 2025
• A Closer Look at the "Eye" Test: The British Influence on Early American Design Patent Infringement Law
  IP Theory · 2023

• Disclosing Designs
  69 VAND. L. REV. 1631 (2016) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2016
• Patent-Eligible Processes: An Audience Perspective
  17 VAND. J. ENT. & TECH. L. 349 (2015) · Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law · 2015
• The Origins of American Design Patent Protection
  88 IND. L.J. (2013) · Indiana Law Journal · 2013
• Functionality in Design Protection Systems
  19 J. INTELL. PROP. L. 261 (2012) · Journal of Intellectual Property Law · 2012
• Tuning the Obviousness Inquiry after <i>KSR</i>
  7 WASH. J. L. TECH. & ARTS 335 (2012) · Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts · 2012
• Patent Law's Audience
  97 MINN. L. REV. 72 (2012) · Minnesota Law Review · 2012
• Panel II: The Global Contours of IP Protection for Trade Dress, Industrial Design, Applied Art, and Product Configuration
  20 FORDHAM INTELL. PROP. MEDIA & ENT. L.J. 783 (2010) · Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal · 2010

• Technological Change and the Design of Plant Variety Protection Regimes
  82 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1557 (2007) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2007
• Dilution's (Still) Uncertain Future
  105 MICH. L. REV. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 98 (2006) · Michigan Law Review First Impressions · 2006
• Comment: Equilibrium in a Technology-Specific Patent System
  54 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 743 (2004) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2004
• Balancing Ease and Accuracy in Assessing Pharmaceutical Exclusion Payments
  88 MINN. L. REV. 712 (2004) · Minnesota Law Review · 2004
• Supplemental Forms of Intellectual Property Protection for Plants
  6 MINN. J. L. SCI. & TECH. 305 (2004) · Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology · 2004
• Reforming Patent Validity Litigation: The Dubious Preponderance
  19 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 923 (2004) · Berkeley Technology Law Journal · 2004
• Anticompetitive Settlement of Intellectual Property Disputes
  87 MINN. L. REV. 1719 (2003) · Minnesota Law Review · 2003
• Patent Abolitionism
  17 BERKELEY TECH. L.J. 899 (2002) · Berkeley Technology Law Journal · 2002
• Sustainable Agriculture, Patent Rights, and Plant Innovation
  9 IND. J. GLOBAL LEGAL STUD. (2001) · Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies · 2001
• On Courts Herding Cats: Contending with the “Written Description" Requirement (and Other Unruly Patent Disclosure Doctrines)
  2 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 055 (2000) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 2000

• Inter Partes Patent Reexamination Essay
  10 FORDHAM INTELL. PROP. MEDIA & ENT. L.J. 481 (1999) · Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal · 1999
• Who's Afraid of Functional Claims? Reforming the Patent Law's §112, ¶6 Jurisprudence
  15 SANTA CLARA HIGH TECH. L.J. 231 (1999) · Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal · 1999
• A Tale of the Apocryphal Axe: Repair, Reconstruction, and the Implied License in Intellectual Property Law
  58 MD. L. REV. 423 (1999) · Maryland Law Review · 1999