The Yale Law Journal

Ben Picozzi

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What’s Wrong with Intentionalism? Transformative Use, Copyright Law, and Authorship

Ben Picozzi

Copyright law’s experiment with transformative use is failing. So argue a growing number of scholars who contend that the standard conflicts with the goals of art. In their view, transformative use goes astray by conflating the accused work’s meaning with the defendan…

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Reimagining Finality in Parallel Patent Proceedings

Ben Picozzi

Parties may challenge the validity of issued patents in federal courts and before the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and its administrative tribunal, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Recently, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive appellate jurisdict…