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Research Interests
Focuses on empirical studies of patent law and judicial behavior, including of the use contingent fee representation in patent litigation; reversal rates in patent claim construction cases; litigation involving non-practicing entities; the effect of the presumption of validity on jurors; and the doctrine of equivalents. He has also studied the use of legal scholarship by the judiciary.
Education/Academic qualification
JD, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, MI
… → 1995
Chemical Engineering, BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
… → 1992
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Grants 2016 2016
- 1 Finished
Conference on Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship
United States Patent and Trademark Office
3/22/16 → 12/31/16
Project: Research project
intellectual property
entrepreneurship
studies (academic)
Law
economics
Research Output 2005 2019
Understanding Patent “Privateering”: A Quantitative Assessment
Kesan, J. P., Layne-Farrar, A. & Schwartz, D. L., Jun 1 2019, In : Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 16, 2, p. 343-380 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
patent
Heterogeneity Among Patent Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Patent Case Progression, Settlement, and Adjudication
Cotropia, C. A., Kesan, J. P. & Schwartz, D. L., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 15, 1, p. 80-125 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
patent
holding
reform policy
fee
lawyer
Our divided patent system
Allison, J. R., Lemley, M. A. & Schwartz, D. L., Jun 1 2015, In : University of Chicago Law Review. 82, 3, p. 1073-1154 82 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
patent system
patent
industry
electronics industry
pharmaceutical industry
Analyzing the role of non-practicing entities in the patent system
Schwartz, D. L. & Kesan, J. P., Feb 13 2014, In : Cornell Law Review. 99, 2, p. 425-456 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
patent system
patent
costs
system change
lawsuit
On Mass Patent Aggregators: A Response to Mark A. Lemley & A. Douglas Melamed's Missing the Forest for the Trolls
Schwartz, D. L., May 15 2014, In : Columbia Law Review Sidebar. 114, p. 51-69Research output: Contribution to journal › Article