Download This PaperFirst-to-File as a Rule of Evidence
7 Pages Posted: 12 Dec 2012
Date Written: December 11, 2012
Abstract
Some have argued that the new first-to-file patent system is unconstitutional because the Constitution contains a principle that patents should be granted only to first inventors. In this Essay, I argue that, even accepting such a constitutional principle, a first-to-file system is permissible because it relies on a reasonable evidentiary proxy for determining the first inventor.
JEL Classification: K23, O31, O34
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Chiang, Tun-Jen, First-to-File as a Rule of Evidence (December 11, 2012). 30 Yale Journal on Regulation Online 11 (2012), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 12-83, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2188102
Tun-Jen Chiang (Contact Author)
George Mason University School of Law ( email )
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