Declare His Glory

...Today we are going to be able to be blessed by NARD Pugyao and we have a very unique opportunity. I\u27m not sure the last time we\u27ve had this opportunity at Biola to hear from a man who is a direct result of Bible translation work. NARD came from a tribe that Isnog tribe in the Philippines and he is a first-generation Christian, one of the first of his language groups. So I guess it was an unreached group. And here\u27s a direct result. He wanted me to make sure that the focus was on the fact that he is a result of missionary work

Taking the Word of God to Others

...But let me take you to my village and just think for one moment what it would feel like to be holding the Bible in your own heart language. It\u27s a second revision or the first revision of the Bible in there with Genesis and Exodus. But I wanted to take you back to my village in there where today you either go by airplane, missionary airplane, or you go to the end of the road and travel 3 hours by canoe going upstream

Brief Amici Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Petitoner

Congress enacted the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in 1946 as a comprehensive statute to regulate the field of federal administrative law. In holding that the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is not subject to the standards of judicial review set forth in the APA, the [Zurko] decision isolates patent law from the rest of administrative law and undermines the APA’s goal of achieving consistency and uniformity in federal administrative law

Dewey\u27s Democratic Economy: A Pragmatic Justification for Uber

This thesis investigates the changing regulatory environment around the ride-sharing platform, Uber. As Uber continues to expand, it poses a challenge for existing regulatory systems. This thesis offers a policy recommendation for regulatory agencies under the framework of a Deweyan Democratic Economy. Research was conducted in the three steps: a literature review; quantitative analysis of Uber\u27s wage, demographic, and surge pricing data; and a series of interviews with Uber drivers, consumers, and policy experts. In the literature review, it was found that a company could move towards a more democratic economy by increasing public access to information and economic participation. Analysis of Uber wage, demographic, and surge pricing data offered evidence that Uber does in fact increase access to information and economic participation. The experiences with Uber, characterized by interviews, revealed that primary method of addressing public concerns and increasing public benefit is encouraging a greater number of individuals to drive for Uber, while ensuring the safety of consumers. Given these findings, this thesis concludes with a recommendation that: licensing requirements be kept low, flexible insurance programs are created for Uber drivers, and municipalities have access to the identity of Uber drivers

Certainty, Fence Building, and the Useful Arts

In Certainty, Fence Building, and the Useful Arts, 74 Ind. L.J. 759-800 (1999), the author, based upon contract theory, economic theory, and an empirical survey of federal district court judges, proposes that the United States adopt a patent opposition proceeding. Whereas United States trademark law allows for the publication of and third-party opposition to the issuance of a federal trademark, American patent law, unlike European and Asian patent systems, allows for no such proceeding regarding the patentability of a claimed invention before issuance

Spread Spectrum Concept Applied in New Accurate Medium-Long Range Radiopositioning System

Principles of Spread Spectrum Systems (SSS) have already found several radiolocation applications well known in the field, such as Syledis, JTIDS or GPS Navstar. All these existing systems operate UHF or SHF with relative spectral widths which do not exceed 1 or 2 per cent of the frequency carrier. In the new application, subject of this paper, a far larger extension of the spectrum spread associated with a drastic narrowing of the base band useful for the radiopositioning information leads to a very high B/b0 bandwidth expansion ratio of 108 or so. This opens to the conception of a new precise (5 to 20 metres) land-based radiopositioning system which is lightweight, of high discretion, and capable of any weather long range operation (up to 1 200 kilometres). This system, named Geoloc, fully eliminates drawbacks often undergone by other existing systems such as ionospheric and multipath interferences, position or phase ambiguity and frequency allocation. Two years of prototype field experiments validate the overall concept of the system, the full compatibility with other radio services, the safety and reliability of position information offered. Either standing alone or integrated with other location means, Geoloc is a modem, precise, easy to set and move system. Its all-time, all-weather long range allows the easy coverage of extended continental shelves when the most precise and reliable positioning is required. For tomorrow this kind of system will offer either an important alternative to Global Positioning Systems or a useful complement to compensate the effects of a momentary precision shade-off or degrading, or some restriction in the use of these systems

Empirical Legal Scholarship: Reestablishing a Dialogue Between the Academy and Profession

Should legal academics begin to engage in a greater degree of empirical scholarship, I believe that the gap between law schools and the profession will not only cease to distend, but actually will begin to contract. If what I assert is true, or even partially true, the question remains: Why is there such a paucity of empirical legal scholarship? Part I of this article discusses the importance and value of the empirical method and empirical scholarship by briefly exploring the philosophy of Pragmatism and its influence on the law. Thereafter, part II explores why legal academics do not engage in empirical scholarship on a more frequent basis. Last, this article proposes a potential remedy with the hope of encouraging the production of more empirical scholarship

Legitimacy and the Useful Arts

The fundamental question this Article addresses is who should be primarily responsible for making patent validity determinations: the courts5 or the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)?6 Which entity *517 would best serve the constitutional goal of promoting the progress of the useful arts

Invention, Refinement and Patent Claim Scope: A New Perspective on the Doctrine of Equivalents

The doctrine of equivalents (DOE) allows courts to expand the scope of patent rights granted by the Patent Office. The doctrine has been justified on fairness grounds, but it lacks a convincing economic justification. The standard economic justification holds that certain frictions block patent applicants from literally claiming appropriately broad rights, and thus, the DOE is available at trial to expand patent scope and overcome these frictions. The friction theory suffers from three main weaknesses. First, the theory is implausible on empirical grounds. Frictions such as limits of language, mistake, and unforeseeability are missing from the leading cases. Second, there is not a convincing answer to the question of why the doctrine of equivalents, rather than some other doctrinal approach, should be used to overcome the frictions. The frictions can be overcome, or at least mitigated, for example, by astutely amending claims during prosecution; through a reissue proceeding after the patent issues; or through artful claim drafting as an initial matter. Third, proponents of a far-reaching DOE fail to pay adequate attention to the notice function of patent claims and are insufficiently sensitive to patent law\u27s delicate incentive dynamic. We develop a better explanation of why claim breadth falls short of the maximum breadth allowed by patent law. Our explanation replaces the passive patent attorney depicted in the friction theory with an active inventor and attorney who are capable of responding effectively to the frictions mentioned above. Whether an inventor obtains the broadest permissible claim breadth depends mostly on the talent and effort of the inventor and attorney in identifying what has been enabled. A good attorney predicts the embodiments that could be chosen by infringers and finds appropriate language to draft a suitably broad claim. We call this process claim refinement, and we develop a refinement theory of the doctrine of equivalents. We justify the doctrine of equivalents primarily as a tool for promoting efficient investment in claim refinement. Although critics of the DOE contend the doctrine unduly inhibits competition, we show the degree of competition is often unaffected by the presence or absence of the DOE. The inventor can block competition in the absence of the DOE by drafting broad patent claims. The DOE should be used to avoid socially wasteful preemptive refinement. We reject the popular notion that the DOE is especially appropriate in the case of unforeseeable, later-developed technology. We reach this conclusion because in certain cases patent applicants can capture unforeseen embodiments at relatively low cost through clever claim drafting strategies. And in other cases unforeseen equivalents are unattainable no matter the amount of time and money spent on refinement efforts. In the latter cases, patent applicants would not exert much effort refining their claims to cover these equivalents, and inventor\u27s incentives would not be much affected by a minute probability of loss of effective patent protection