Dan L. Burk

Chancellor’s Professor of Law

Publications

Books

• The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It (U. Chicago Press, 2009) (with Mark A. Lemley)

Articles

• Patent Silences, 69 Vand. L. Rev. 1603 (2016).
• On the Sociology of Patenting, 101 Minn. L. Rev. 421 (2016).
• Copyright, Culture, and Community in Virtual Worlds, 5 Laws 40 (2016).
• Beyond Abstraction: Applying the Brakes to Runaway Patent Ineligibility, 3 J.L. & Biosciences 697 (2016).
• Copyright and the New Materialism in Intellectual Property and Access to Im/Material Goods 44 (Jessica Lai & Antoinette Maget eds, 2016).
• Patents as Data Aggregators in Personalized Medicine, 21 B.U.J. Sci. & Tech. L 233 (2015).
• Diversity Levers, 23 Duke J. Gender L. & Pol’y 25 (2015).
• Dolly and Alice, 3 J.L. & Biosciences 1 (2015).
• The 'Creating Around' Paradox, 128 Harv. L. Rev. F. 118 (2015).
• The Curious Incident of the Supreme Court in Myriad Genetics, 90 Notre Dame L. Rev. 505 (2014).
• The Inventive Concept in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 46 IIC – Int’l Rev. Intell. Prop. & Competition L. 866 (2014).
• Copyright and the Architecture of Digital Delivery, 19 First Monday (Oct. 6, 2014).
• Inventing Around Copyright, 109 Nw. U. L. Rev. Online 64 (2014).
• Patents as Genre: A Prospectus, 26 Law & Lit. 190 (2014) (with Jessica Reyman)
• Means and Meaning in Patent Remedies, 92 Tex. L. Rev. See Also 13 (2013)
• Ancillary Patent Markets and the Firm, 3 Queen Mary J. Intell. Prop. 118 (2013) (with Brett A. McDonnell)
• Are Human Genes Patentable?, 44 IIC – Int’l. Rev. Intell. Prop. & Competition L. (2013)
• Owning e-Sports: Proprietary Rights in Professional Computer Gaming, 161 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1535 (2013)
• Edifying Thoughts of a Patent Watcher: The Nature of DNA, 60 UCLA L. Rev. Discourse 92 (2013)
• Anticipating Patentable Subject Matter, 65 Stan. L. Rev. Online 109 (2013)
• The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property: In Search of First Principles, 8 Ann. Rev. L & Soc. Sci. 397 (2012)
• New patent law’s ethical quandary, Orange Co. Reg. (Oct. 5, 2011)
• Should it be first to invent or first to file? Orange Co. Reg. (April 2011)
• Authorization and governance in virtual worlds, First Monday (May 2010)
• Don't Tailor Make Patent Act, Nat'l L. J.  (May 11, 2009) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Contractual and Technical Restrictions of Patent Limitations, Expert Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (March 2009)
• Policy Levers in Patent Law, Intell. Prop. L. & Pol’y J. 1, Chinese tr. Tang Junfang & He Xiaohua (2009) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Trademarks and the Boundaries of the Firm, 51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. (2009) (with Brett H. McDonnell)
• Fence Posts or Sign Posts? Rethinking Patent Claim Construction, 157 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1743 (2009) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• The Role of Patent Law in Knowledge Codification, 23 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 1009 (2008)
• Information Ethics and the Law of Data Representations, 10 Ethics & Info. Tech. 135 (2008)
• The Mereology of Digital Copyright, 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. L.J. (2008)
• Method and Madness in Copyright Law, 2007 Utah L. Rev. 587
• Ethical Approaches to Robotic Data Gathering in Academic Research, 1 Int'l J. of Internet Res. Ethics 9 (2008) (with Gove N. Allen & Charles Ess)
• Patents, Tax Shelters, and the Firm, 26 Va. Tax. Rev. 981 (2007) (with Brett H. McDonnell).
• Intellectual Property and Cyberinfrastructure, 12 First Monday (2007)
• Feminism and Dualism in Intellectual Property, 15 J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 183 (2007)
• Intellectual Property in the Context of e-Science, 12 J. Computer Med. Comm'n (2007)
• The Goldilocks Hypothesis: Balancing Intellectual Property Rights at the Boundary of the Firm, 2007 U. Ill. L. Rev. 101 (with Brett H. McDonnell)
• The Problem of Process in Biotechnology, 43 Houston L. Rev. 561 (2006)
• Autonomy and Morality in DRM and Anti-Circumvention Law 4 Triple C: Cognition, Communication, Cooperation 239 (2006) (with Tarleton Gillespie)
• Academic Data Collection in Electronic Environments: Defining Acceptable Use of Internet Resources, 30 MIS Q. 599 (2006) (with Gove N. Allen & Gordon B. Davis)
• Copyright and Feminism in Digital Media, 14 J. Gender Soc. Pol'y & L. 519 (2006)
• Electronic Gaming and the Ethics of Information Ownership, 4 Int'l Rev. Info. Ethics (2005)
• Legal and Technical Standards in Digital Rights Management Technology, 74 Fordham L. Rev. 537 (2005)
• Inherency, 47 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 371 (2005) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Expression, Selection, Abstraction: Copyright’s Golden Braid, 55 Syr. L. Rev. 101 (2005)
• DNA Rules: Legal & Conceptual Implications of Biological “Lock-Out” Systems, 92 Cal. L. Rev. 1553 (2004)
• Quantum Patent Mechanics, 9 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 29 (2004) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Intellectual Property and the Firm, 70 U. Chi. L. Rev. 3 (2004)
• Biotechnology’s Uncertainty Principle, 54 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 691 (2004) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Open Source Patenting, 1 J. Int’l Biotech. L. 221 (2004)( with Sara Boettiger)
• Legal Constraint of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies, 6 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 254 (2004)
• A Clockwork Lemon: Biotechnology in the Federal Circuit, 46 Ariz. L. Rev. 441 (2004)
• Policy Levers in Patent Law, 79 Va. L. Rev. 101 (2003) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Anti-Circumvention Misuse, 50 UCLA L. Rev. 1095 (2003)
• Is Patent Law Technology-Specific?, 17 Berkeley Tech L.J. 1155 (2003) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Reflections in a Darkling Glass: A Comparative Contemplation of the Harvard College Decision, 40 Canadian Bus. L.J. 219 (2003)
• Lex Genetica: The Law and Ethics of Programming Biological Code, 4 Ethics & Info. Tech. 109 (2002)
• Fair Use Infrastructure for Copyright Management Systems, 15 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 41 (2001) (with Julie E. Cohen)
• Patenting Speech, 79 Tex. L. Rev. 99 (2000)
• The Trouble With Trespass, 4 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 27 (2000)
• Muddy Rules for Cyberspace, 21 Cardozo L. Rev. 121 (1999)
• Cyberlaw and the Norms of Science, 1999 B.C. Intell. Prop. & Tech. F.
• Virtual Exit in the Global Information Economy, 73 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev. 143 (1998)
• Trademark Doctrines for Global Electronic Commerce, 49 S.C. L. Rev. 695 (1998)
• Ownership Issues in On-Line Use of Institutional Materials, Cause/Effect, Fall 1998
• Proprietary Rights in Hypertext Linkages, 1998 J. Info. L. & Tech. (June 30, 1998)
• The Milk Free Zone: Federal and Local Interests in Regulating Recombinant bST, 22 Columbia J. Env. L.  227 (1997)
• How State Regulation of the Internet Violates the Commerce Clause, 17 CATO J. 147. (1997)
• Ownership of Electronic Course Materials in Higher Education, Cause/Effect, Fall 1997, at 13.
• Jurisdiction in a World Without Borders, 1 Va. J.L. & Tech. (Feb. 1, 1997)
• Federalism in Cyberspace, 28 U. Conn. L. Rev. 1095 (1996)
• Research Misconduct: Deviance, Due Process, and the Disestablishment of Science, 3 Geo. Mason Indep. L. Rev. 305 (1995)
• Trademarks Along the Infobahn: A First Look at the Emerging Law of Cybermarks, 1 U. Rich. J.L. & Tech. (Apr. 10, 1995)
• Genetic Privacy: Constitutional Considerations in Forensic DNA Testing, 3 Geo. Mason U. Civ. Rts. L.J. 201 (1994) (with Jennifer A. Hess)
• Biotechnology and Tort Liability: A Strategic Industry at Risk, 55 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 791 (1994) (with Barbara A. Boczar)
• Misappropriation of Trade Secrets in Biotechnology Licensing, 4 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 121 (1994)
• Transborder Intellectual Property Issues on the Electronic Frontier, 5 Stan. L. & Pol'y Rev. 9 (1994)
• Patents in Cyberspace: Territoriality and Infringement on Global Computer Networks, 68 Tulane L. Rev. 1 (1993)
• Patenting Transgenic Human Embryos: A Nonuse Cost Perspective, 30 Houston L. Rev. 1597 (1993)
• Protection of Trade Secrets in Outer Space Activity: A Study in Federal Preemption, 23 Seton Hall L. Rev. 560 (1993)
• When Scientists Act Like Lawyers: The Problem of "Adversary Science," 33 Jurimetrics J. 363 (1993)
• Application of United States Patent Law to Commercial Activity in Outer Space, 6 Santa Clara Comp. & High Tech. L.J. 295 (1991)
• Biotechnology and Patent Law: Fitting Innovation to the Procrustean Bed, 17 Rutgers Comp. & Tech. L.J. 1 (1991)
• DNA Identification: Possibilities and Pitfalls Revisited, 31 Jurimetrics J. 53 (1990)
• Copyrightability of Recombinant DNA Sequences, 29 Jurimetrics J. 469 (1989)
• Failure to Prepare: Who's Liable in a Computer Disaster?, 5 Santa Clara Comp. & High Tech. L.J. 19 (1989)(with Lawrence H. Winer)

Book Chapters

• Copyright and Paratext in On-Line Gaming, in Emerging Ethical Issues of Life in Virtual Worlds (Charles Wankel & Sean Malleck eds., forthcoming 2009)
• Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Molecular Futures: Bargaining in the Shadow of the Cathedral, in Gene Patents and Clearing Models: From Concepts to Cases (Geertrui Van Overwalle, ed., 2009)
• Privacy and Property in the Global Datasphere, in Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives (Soraj Hongladarom & Charles Ess, eds., 2006)
• Designing Optimal Software Patents, in Intellectual Property Rights in Frontier Industries: Software and Biotechnology 81 (Robert Hahn, ed., 2005) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Feminism and Copyright in Digital Media, in Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice 161 (Richard A. Spinello & Herman T. Tavani eds., 2004)
• Legal Consequences of the Cyberspatial Metaphor, in Internet Research Annual Vol. 1: Selected Papers From the Association of Internet Researchers Conferences 2000-2002 17 (Mia Consalvo et al., eds., 2003)
• American Internet Users and Privacy: A Safe Harbor of Their Own?, in Society Online: The Internet in Context 275 (Philip E.N. Howard & Steve Jones, eds., 2003) (with Doreen Starke-Meyering & Laura J. Gurak)
• Federalism in Cyberspace Revisited, in Who Rules the Net? Essays on Internet Governance and Jurisdiction 119 (Adam Theier & Wayne Crews, eds., 2003)
• Biotechnology’s Uncertainty Principle, in Perspectives on Properties of the Human Genome Project: Advances in Genetics, Vol. 50, 305 (F. Scott Kieff ed., 2003) (with Mark A. Lemley)
• Anti-Circumvention Misuse, in Rethinking Rights and Regulations: Institutional Responses to New Communication Technologies 279 (Lorrie Cranor & Steve Wildman eds., 2003)
• Intellectual Property Issues in Electronic Collaboration, in Electronic Collaboration in Science: Progress in Neuroinformatics, Vol. 2 (S. Koslow & M. Huerta eds., 2000)
• Muddy Rules for Cyberspace, in Telephony, the Internet, and the Media: Selected Papers from the 1997 Telecommunications Policy and Research Conference (J. MacKie-Mason & D. Waterman, eds. 1998)
• The Market for Digital Piracy, in Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure 205 (B. Kahin & C. Nesson eds., 1997)