Licensing Law Materials

Selected Articles on Contract Law and Licensing

Abbot, Alden F.
• Intellectual Property Licensing and Antitrust Policy: A Comparative Perspective, by Alden F. Abbott - 34 Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus. 801 (2003)

Adams, John
• Digital Age Standard Form Contracts Under Australian Law: “Wrap” Agreements, Exclusive Jurisdiction, and Binding Arbitration Clauses, by John Adams - 13 Pac. Rim L. & Pol'y J. 503 (2004)

Alford, Duncan E.
• Negotiating and Analyzing Electronic License Agreements, by Duncan E. Alford - 94 Law Libr. J. (2002)

Andrews, Jeffrey A.
• Reversing Copyright Misuse: Enforcing Contractual Prohibitions on Software Reverse Engineering, by Jeffrey A. Andrews - 41 Hous. L. Rev. 975 (2004)[SUMMARY]

Anonymous
• California Labor Code Section 2855 and Recording Artists’ Contracts, 116 Harv. L. Rev. 2632 (2003)

• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds that Covenants Not to Compete Are not Assignable by Default and Are Not Enforceable to Protect Financial Interests Alone. --Hess V. Gebhard & Co., 808 A.2D 912 (PA. 2002) - 116 Harv. L. Rev. 2238 (2003)

Anorga, Omar
• Music Contracts Have Musicians Playing in the Key of Unconscionability, by Omar Anorga - 24 Whittier L. Rev. 739 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Augustine-Schlossinger, Leigh
• Endorsement Contracts for Professional Athletes, by Leigh Augustine-Schlossinger - 32-JAN Colo. Law. (2003)

Ayres, Ian
• Response: Valuing Modern Contract Scholarship, by Ian Ayres - 112 Yale L.J. 881 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Ayyappan, Ajay
• UCITA: Uniformity at the price of Fairness?, by Ajay Ayyappan - 69 Fordham L. Rev. 2471 (2001)

Balto, David A.
• Intellectual Property and Antitrust: General Principles, by David A. Balto & Andrew M. Wolman - 43 IDEA 395 (2003)

Basho, Kalinda
• The Licensing of Our Personal Information: Is It a Solution to Internet Privacy?, by Kalinda Basho - 88 Calif. L. Rev. 1507

Ben-Shahar, Omri
• “Agreeing to Disagree”: Filling Gaps in Deliberately Incomplete Contracts, by Omri Ben-Shahar - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 389 (2004)

• Contracts Without Consent: Exploring a New Basis for Contractual Liability, by Omri Ben-Shahar - 152 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1829 (2004)

• Freedom From Contract, by Omri Ben-Shahar - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 261 (2004)

Bern, Roger C.
• “Terms Later” Contracting: Bad Economics, Bad Morals, and a Bad Idea for a Uniform Law, Judge Easterbrook Notwithstanding, by Roger C. Bern - 12 J.L. & Pol'y 641 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Boyer, Michael L.
• Contract as Text: Interpretive Overlap in Law and Literature, by Michael L. Boyer - 12 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 167 (2003)

Braeger, Jessica L.
• Antiassignment Clauses, Mergers, and the Myth About Federal Preemption of Application of State Contract Law to Patent License Agreements, by Jessica L. Braeger - 50 Drake L. Rev. 639 (2002)

Braucher, Jean
• Allan Farnsworth and the Restatement (Second) of Contracts by Jean Braucher - 105 Colum. L. Rev. 1420 (2005)

Brewer, Jennifer A.
• Bankruptcy & Entertainment Law: The Controversial Rejection of Recording Contracts, by Jennifer A. Brewer - 11 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 581 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Brennan, Lorin
• Financing Intellectual Property under Revised Article 9: National and International Conflicts, by Lorin Brennan - 23 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 313 (2001)

• Why Article 2 Cannot Apply to Software Transactions, by Lorin Brennan - PLI Order No. G0-00J9 February-March, 2001

Budnitz, Mark E.
• Consumers Surfing for Sales in Cyberspace: What Constitutes Acceptance and What Legal Terms and Conditions Bind the Consumer?, by Mark E. Budnitz - 16 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 741 (2000)

Burnham, Scot J.
• Contractual Relations in Small Business: Do the Benefits of a Custom-made Contract Outweigh the Costs?, by Scott J. Burnham - 7 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 425 (2003)

• How to Read a Contract, by Scott J. Burnham - 45 Ariz. L. Rev. 133 (2003)


Cahoy, Daniel R.
• Oasis or Mirage?: Efficient Breach as a Relief to the Burden of Contractual Recapture of Patent and Copyright Limitations, by Daniel R. Cahoy - 17 Harv. J. Law & Tec 135 [SUMMARY]

Campbell, David
• The Incompleteness of Our Understanding of the Law and Economics of Relational Contract, by David Campbell - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 645 (2004)

Casamiquela, Ryan J.
• Electronic Commerce: Contractual Assent and Enforceability in Cyberspace, by Ryan J. Casamiquela - 17 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 475 (2002)

Chin, Andrew
• Antitrust Analysis in Software Product Markets: A First Principles Approach, by Andrew Chin - 18 Harv. J. Law & Tec 1 (2004)

Chin, Yee Wah
• Antitrust Counseling in Intellectual Property Licenseing, by Yee Wah Chin, Kathryn E. Walsh - PLI Order Number 6250 June 13, 2005

Cisar, David I.
• Exclusive and Non-exclusive IP Licenses and Executory Contract Assumption and Assignment: Does Exclusivity Matter?, by David I. Cisar - 22-FEB Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 28 (2003)

Clark, James Bryce
• Technical Standards and Their Effects on E-commerce Contracts: Beyond the Four Corners, by James Bryce Clark - 59 Bus. Law. 345 (2003)

Clark Hughey, Rachel
• Implied Licenses by Legal Estoppel, by Rachel Clark Hughey - 14 Alb. L.J. Sci. & Tech. 53 (2003)

Clarke, Leo L.
• Performance Risk, Form Contracts and UCITA, by Leo L. Clarke - 7 Mich. Telecomm. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2000)

Coleman, Deborah A.
• Antitrust Issues in the Litigation and Settlement of Infringement Claims, Deborah A. Coleman - 37 Akron L. Rev. 263 (2004)

Cook, Revella
• The Impact of Digital Distribution on the Duration of Recording Contracts, by Revella Cook - 6 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 40 (2003)

Cooter, Robert
• Decreasing-Liability Contracts, by Robert Cooter, Ariel Porat - 33 J. Legal Stud. 157 (2004)

Craswell, Richard
• Response: In That Case, What is the Question? Economics and the Demands of Contract Theory, by Richard Craswell - 112 Yale L.J. 903 (2003)

Crotty, Sean F.
• The How and Why of Shrinkwrap License Validation Under the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by Sean F. Crotty - 33 Rutgers L. J. 745 (2002)

Dalton, Nicholas
• France: Copyright – Contracts by Authors – Granting Rights to Their Works, by Nicholas Dalton - Ent. L.R. 2004, 15(2), N13 (2004)

Daniel, Luanda Lowder
• Electronic Contracting Under the 2003 Revisions to Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code: Clarification or Chaos?, by Juanda Lowder Daniel - 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 319 (2004)

Davidson, Stephen J.
• New Rules for Software Contracting: UCITA and UETA, by Stephen J. Davidson, Miki Kapsner - PLI Order No. G0-00J9 February-March, 2001

de Werra, Jacques
• Moving Beyond the Conflict Between Freedom of Contract and Copyright Policies: In Search of a New Global Policy for On-Line Information Licensing Transactions: A Comparative Analysis Between U.S. Law and European Law, by Jacques de Werra - 25 Colum. J.L. & Arts 239 (2003) [SUMMARY]

DeMarco, Daniel A.
• Now UCITA, Now You Don't: A Bankruptcy Practitioner's Observations on the Proposed Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by: Daniel A. DeMarco - 23-4 ABIJ 34, May 2004

Denicolò, Vincenzo
• The Contract Theory of Patents, by Vincenzo Denicolò, Luigi Alberto Franzoni - 23 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 365 (2003)

Determann, Lothar
• Don’t Judge a Sale by its License: Software Transfers Under the First Sale Doctrine in the United States and the European Community, by Lothar Determann, Aaron Xavier Fellmeth - 36 U.S.F. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

Donovan, Richard E.
• Antitrust Issues in Licensing, by Richard E. Donovan - PLI Order Number 5939 June, 2005

Dow, Kenneth J,
• Improvements for Handling Improvement Clauses in IP Licenses: An Analytical Framework, by Kenneth J. Dow & Traci Dreher Quigley - 20 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 577 (2004)

Edlin, Aaron S.
• Optimal Penalties in Contracts, by Aaron S. Edlin, Alan Schwartz - 78 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 33 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Edwards, Caroline
• Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code and Consumer Protection: The Refusal to Experiment, by Caroline Edwards - 78 St. John's L. Rev. 663 (2004)

Eisenberg, Melvin A.
• Disclosure in Contract Law, by Melvin A. Eisenberg - 91 Cal. L. Rev. 1645 (2003) [SUMMARY]
• Mistake in Contract Law, by Melvin A. Eisenberg - 91 Cal. L. Rev. 1573 (2003)

Falkowski, Christopher J.
• An Innovation in Contract Drafting Open Source Licensing, by Christopher J. Falkowski - 84-MAY Mich. B.J. 30 (2005)

Feldman, Robin C.
• The Insufficiency of Antitrust Analysis for Patent Misuse, by Robin C. Feldman - 55 Hastings L.J. 399 (2003)

Fellmeth, Aaron Xavier
• Control Without Interest: State Law of Assignment, Federal Preemption, and the Intellectual Property License, By Aaron Xavier Fellmeth - 6 Va. J.L. & Tech. 8 (2001)

Femminella, Jennifer
• Online Terms and Conditions Agreements: Bound by the Web, by Jennifer Femminella - 17 St. John's J.L. Comm. 87 (2003)

Fendell, Charles H.
• UCITA is Coming!!! Part One: Practical Analysis for Licensee’s Counsel, by Charles H. Fendell, Dennis M. Kennedy - 17 No. 7 Computer Law. 3 (2000)

Fox Jr., James W.
• Relational Contract Theory and Democratic Citizenship, by James W. Fox Jr. - 54 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 1 (2003)

Friedman, Stephen E.
• Text and Circumstance: Warranty Disclaimers in a World of Rolling Contracts, Stephen E. Friedman - 46 Ariz. L. Rev. 677 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Gambrell, James, B.
• The Evolving Interplay of Patent Rights and Antitrust Restraints in the Federal Circuit, by James B. Gambrell - 9 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 137 (2001)

Garvin, Larry T.
• Small Business and the False Dichotomies of Contract Law, by Larry T. Garvin - 40 Wake Forest L. Rev. 295 (2005) [SUMMARY]

Gibbons, Llewellyn Joseph
• Entrepreneurial Copyright Fair Use: Let the Independent Contractor Stand in the Shoes of the User, by Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons - 57 Ark. L. Rev. 539 (2004)

• Stop Mucking Up Copyright Law: A Proposal for a Federal Common Law of Contract, by Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons - 35 Rutgers L. J. 959 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Giddens, Bryce R.
• The Treatment of Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy and Secured Transactions, by Teresa L. Johnson, Bryce R. Giddens - PLI Order Number 5939 June, 2005

Gillespie, Megan M.
• To Whom Does a New Use Belong?: An Analysis of the New Use Doctrine and the Protection it Affords After Random House v. Rosetta Books, by Megan M. Gillespie - 11 Wm. & Mary Bill of Rts. J. 809 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Gillette, Clayton P.
• Rolling Contracts as an Agency Problem, by Clayton P. Gillette - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 679 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Goldberg, Kimberly Rose
• Platform for Privacy Preferences ("P3P"): Finding Consumer Assent to Electronic Privacy Policies, by Kimberly Rose Goldberg - 14 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 255 (2003)

Gomulkiewicz, Robert W.
• De-Bugging Open Source Software Licensing, by Robert W. Gomulkiewicz - 64 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 75 (2002)

• Getting Serious About User-friendly Mass Market Licensing For Software, by Robert W. Gomulkiewicz - 12 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 687 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Gonzales, Andres Guadamuz
• Viral Contracts or Unenforceable Documents? Contractual Validity of Copyleft Licenses, by Andres Guadamuz Gonzalez - E.I.P.R. 2004, 26(8), 331-339 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Gordon, Caryn A.
• Reasonable Expectations Doctrine is an Unnecessary Means to Interpret the Ambiguous Language of a Contract, therefore it is Abolished. Wilkie v. Auto-Owners Insurance Co., 664 N.W.2D 776 (Mich. 2003), by Caryn A. Gordon - 82 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 331 (2005)

Greaves, Rosa
• An Academic Green Paper on European Contract Law, edited by Stefan Grundmann and Jules Stuyck; reviewed by Rosa Greaves - E.L. Rev. 2003, 28(6), 919-920 (2003)

Hahn, Robert W.
• An Economic Assessment of UCITA, by Robert W. Hahn and Anne Layne-Farrar - 24 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 335 (2002)

Hammond, Celeste M.
• The (Pre) (As)summed “Consent” of Commercial Binding Arbitration Contracts: An Empirical Study of Attitudes and Expectations of Transactional Lawyers, by Celeste M. Hammond - 36 J. Marshall L. Rev. 589 (2003)

Hardwick, Abby J.
• Amending the Uniform Commercial Code: How Will a Change in Scope Alter the Concept of Goods?, by Abby J. Hardwick - 82 Wash. U. L. Q. 275 (2004)

Harner, Michelle Morgan
• Debtors Beware: The Expanding Universe of Non-Assumable/Non-Assignable Contracts in Bankruptcy, by Michelle Morgan Harner, Carl E. Black, and Eric R. Goodmand - 13 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 187 (2005)

Hartzog, Neal
• Gaining Momentum: A Review of Recent Developments Surrounding the Expansion of the Copyright Misuse Doctrine and Analysis of the Doctrine in its Current Form, by Neal Hartzog - 10 Mich. Telecomm. Tech. L. Rev. 373 (2004)

Heide, Thomas
• Copyright, Contract and the Legal Protection of Technological Measures – Not “The Old Fashioned Way”: Providing a Rationale to the “Copyright Exceptions Interface”, by Thomas Heide - 50 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 315 (2003)

Hemlock, Adam
• U.S. Antitrust Implications of Patent Licensing, by Adam Hemlock, Jennifer Wu - 52-JUN Fed. Law. 39 (2005)

Horwitz, Ethan
• Patent & High Technology Licensing, by Ethan Horwitz - PLI Order Number 5939 June, 2005

Houh, Emily M.S.
• Critical Interventions: Toward an Expansive Equality Approach to the Doctrine of Good Faith in Contract Law, by Emily M.S. Houh - 88 Cornell L. Rev. 1025 (2003)


• The Doctrine of Good Faith in Contract Law: A (Nearly) Empty Vessel?, by Emily M.S. Houh - 2005 Utah L. Rev. 1 (2005) [SUMMARY]

Hoye, James C.
• Click – Do We Have a Deal?, by James C. Hoye - 6 Suffolk J. Trial & App. Adv. 163

Hull, Katy
• The Overlooked Concern with the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by Katy Hull - 51 Hastings L.J. 1391 (2000)

Ilardi, Terry J.
• Shrinkwraps, Clickwraps and Browsewraps, by Terry J. Ilardi - PLI Order Number 5939 June, 2005

Janger, Ted
• The Public Choice of Choice of Law in Software Transactions: Jurisdictional Competition and the Dim Prospects for Uniformity, by Ted Janger - 26 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 187 (2000)

Jones, Colin P. A.
• Sarbanes-Oxley and the Inch-thick Contract, by Colin P.A. Jones - 5 Rich. J. Global L. & Bus. 1 (2005)

Jones, III, Henry W. (“Hank”)
• Internet Content Licensing: New Challenges and Best Practices, by Henry W. ("Hank") Jones, III, Esq. - PLI Order No. G0-00PW October 15-16, 2001

Judge, Katherine
• Rethinking Copyright Misuse, by Kathryn Judge - 57 Stan. L. Rev. 901 (2004)

Kaiser, Christopher M.
• Take It or Leave It: Mosanto v. McFarling, Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, and the Federal Circuit’s Formalistic Approach to Contracts of Adhesion, by Christopher M. Kaiser - 80 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 487 (2005)

Katz, Avery Weiner
• The Economics of form and Substance in Contract Interpretation, by Avery Wiener Katz - 104 Colum. L. Rev. 496 (2004) [SUMMARY]

• The Relative Costs of Incorporating Trade Usage Into Domestic Versus International Sales Contracts: Comments on Clayton Gillette, Institutional Design and International Usages Under the CISG, by Avery Wiener Katz - 5 Chi. J. Int'l L. 181 (2004)

Kenny, Mel
• The 2003 Action Plan on European Contract Law: Is the Commission Running Wild, by Mel Kenny - E.L. Rev. 2003, 28(4), 538-550 (2003)

Khaliq, Imran A.
• The Effect of Bankruptcy on Intellectual Property License Agreements, by Imran A. Khaliq - 8 No. 2 Intell. Prop. L. Bull. (2003)

Kidd, Jr., Donnie L.
• Adapting Contract Law to Accommodate Electronic Contracts: Overview and Suggestions, by Donnie L. Kidd, Jr. & William H. Daughtrey, Jr. - 26 Rutgers Computer & Tech. L.J. 215 (2000)

Kinstlick, Riva F.
• Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: A Broad Perspective 2001: Overview of UCITA, by Riva F. Kinstlick - PLI Order No. G0-00WN October 17, 2001

Kiritsov, Simona
• Can Millions of Internet Users Be Breaking the Law Every Day?: An Intellectual Property Analysis of Linking and Framing and the Need for Licensing, by Simona Kiritsov - 2000 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 1 (2000)

Kissman, Lee
• Revised Article 2 and Mixed Goods/Information Transactions: Implications for Courts, by Lee Kissman - 44 Santa Clara L. Rev. 561 920040

Kordana, Kevin A.
• Rawls and Contract Law, by Kevin A. Kordana & David H. Tabachnick - 73 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 598 (2005)

Korobkin, Russell
• Bounded Rationality, Standard Form Contracts, and Unconscionability, by Russell Korobkin - 70 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1203 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Kostritsky, Juliet P.
• Taxonomy for Justifying Legal Intervention in an Imperfect World: What to do When Parties Have Not Achieved Bargains or Have Drafted Incomplete Contracts, by Juliet P. Kostritsky - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 323 (2004)

Kramer, Adam
• Common Sense Principles of Contract Interpretation (And How We’ve Been Using Them All Along), by Adam Kramer - 23 Oxford J. Legal Stud. 173 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Kuney, David R.
• Intellectual Property Law in Bankruptcy Court: The Search for a More Coherent Standard in Dealing with a Debtor's Right to Assume and Assign Technology Licenses, by David R. Kuney - 9 Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 593 (2001)

Lawrence, William H.
• Rolling Contracts Rolling Over Contract Law, by William H. Lawrence - 41 San Diego L. Rev. 1099 (2004)

Levinsohn, Jeffrey M.
• Intellectual Property Collaboration Stresses in Bankruptcy: Protecting the Rights of the Nonbankrupt Parties, by Jeffrey M. Levinsohn - 54 Hastings L.J. 471 (2003)

Lidgard, Hans Henrik
• European Perspective on Licensing in a Network Environment, by Hans Henrik Lidgard - 23 Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 437 (2000)

Lipshaw, Jeffrey M.
• Contingency and Contracts: A Philosophy of Complex Business Transactions, by Jeffrey M. Lipshaw - 54 DePaul L. Rev. 1077 (2005)

Lipson, Jonathan C.
• Remote Control: Revised Article 9 and the Negotiability of Information , Jonathan C. Lipson - 63 Ohio St. L.J. 1327 (2002) [SUMMARY]

Lipton, Jacqueline
• The Law of Unintended Consequences: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Interoperability, by Jacqueline Lipton - 62 Wash & Lee L. Rev. 487 (2005) [SUMMARY]

Lockerby, Michael J.
• UCITA: The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by Michael J. Lockerby - 7 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 12 (2000)

Loza, Emile
• Intellectual Property Licensing: More Pervasive Than You Might Imagine, by Emile Loza - 48-JUN Advocate (Idaho) 18 (2005)

Macaulay, Stewart
• Freedom From Contract: Solutions in Search of a Problem?, by Stewart Macaulay - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 777 (2004)

Macdonald, Elizabeth
• Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts, by Elizabeth Macdonald - L.Q.R. 2005, 121(JAN), 38-41 (2005)

Madison, Michael J.
• Reconstructing the Software License, by Michael J. Madison - 35 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 275 (2003) [SUMMARY]

• Rights of Access and the Shape of the Internet, by Michael J. Madison - 44 B.C. L. Rev 433 (2003)

Mann, Richard A.
• CyberLaw: A Brave New World, by Richard A. Mann & Barry S. Roberts - 106 Dick. L. Rev. 305 (2001)

Mann, Ronald J.
• Contracts – Only with Consent, by Ronald J. Mann - 152 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1873 (2004)

Marella, Fabrizio
• Choice of Law in Third-Millennium Arbitrations: The Relevance of the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts, by Fabrizio Marrella - 36 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1137 (2003)

Martone, Richard M.
• The Patent Misuse Defense – Does it Still Have Vitality?, by Patricia A. Martone, Richard M. Feustel, Jr. - PLI Order Number 6250 June 13, 2005

Maxeiner, James R.
• Standard-Terms Contracting in the Global Electronic Age: European Alternatives, by James R. Maxeiner - 28 Yale J. Int'l L. 109 (2003) [SUMMARY]

McDonald, Scott
• Noncompete Contracts: Understanding the Cost of Unpredictability, by M. Scott McDonald - 10 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 137 (2003)

McGowan, David
• Legal Implications of Open-Source Software, by David McGowan - 2001 U. Ill. L. Rev. 241 (2001)

McJohn, Stephen M.
• The Paradoxes of Free Software, by Stephen M. McJohn - 9 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 25 (2000) [SUMMARY]

Meuser, Julia
• Germany: Electronic Commerce – Contract Law, by Julia Meuser - C.T.L.R. 2003, 9(7), N99 (2003)

Michaud, Celine
• Idea Men Should be Able to Enforce Their Contractual Rights: Considerations Rejecting Preemption of Idea-Submission Contract Claims, by Celine Michaud & Gregory Tulquois - 6 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 75 (2003)

Mitchell, Catherine
• Leading a Life of Its Own? The Roles of Reasonable Expectation in Contract Law, by Catherine Mitchell - 23 Oxford J. Legal Stud. 639 (2003)

Mitchell, Thomas A.
• Undermining the Initial Allocation of Rights: Copyright Versus Contract and the Burden of Proof, by Thomas A. Mitchell - 27 Hastings Comm. & Ent L.J. 525 (2005) [SUMMARY]

Morant, Blake D.
• The Quest for Bargains in an Age of Contractual Formalism: Strategic Initiatives for Small Businesses, by Blake D. Morant - 7 J. Small & Emerging Bus. L. 233 (2003)

Mountain, Darryl
• XML E-contracts: Documents that Describe Themselves, by Darryl Mountain - 11 Int'l J.L. & Info. Tech. 274 (2003)

Murray, John E.
• The Definitive “Battle of the Forms”: Chaos Revisited, by John E. Murray, Jr. - 20 J.L. & Com. 1 (2000)

Murumba, Samuel, K.
• The Emerging Law of the Digital Domain and the Contract/IP Interface: An Antipodean Perspective, by Samuel K. Murumba - 26 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 91 (2000)

Nakhla, Michael
• Information, Coordination, and Contractual Relations in Firms, by Michael Nakhla - 23 Int'l Rev. L. & Econ. 101 (2003)

Nimmer, Raymond T.
• International Information Transactions: An Essay on Law in an Information Society, by Raymond T. Nimmer - 26 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 5 (2000)

• Licensing in the Contemporary Information Economy, by Raymond T. Nimmer - 8 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 99 (2002)

• Revised Article 9 and Intellectual Property Asset Financing, by Raymond T. Nimmer - 53 Me. L. Rev. 287 (2001)


Oman, Nathan
• Unity and Pluralism in Contract Law, by Nathan Oman - 103 Mich. L. Rev. (2005)

O’Rourke, Maureen A.
• A Brief History of Author-Publisher Relations and the Outlook for the 21st Century, by Maureen A. O'Rourke - 50 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 425 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Oren, Joakim S.T.
• International Jurisdiction Over Consumer Contracts in E-Europe, by Joakim ST Oren - 52 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 665 (2003)

Pallas Loren, Lydia
• Slaying the Leather-Winged Demons in the Night: Reforming Copyright Owner Contracting with Clickwrap Misuse , by Lydia Pallas Loren - 30 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. 495 (2004)

Park, Steve B.
• Battle of Titans: Intellectual Property Regime v. UCC, by Steve B. Park - 2003 U. Ill. J.L. Tech. & Pol'y 531 (2003)

Pearson, Lara
• The Importance of Work for Hire Agreements under the 1976 Copyright Act, by Lara Pearson - 11-APR Nev. Law. 8 (2003)

Philippe, Julie M.
• French and American Approaches to Contract Formation and Enforceability: A Comparative Perspective, by Julie M. Philippe - 12 Tulsa J. Comp. & Int'l L. 357 (2005)

Poggi, Christopher T.
• Electronic Commerce Legislation: An Analysis of European and American Approaches to Contract Formation, by Christopher T. Poggi - 41 Va. J. Int'l L. 224 (2000) [SUMMARY]

Posner, Eric A.
• Economic Analysis of Contract Law After Three Decades: Success or Failure, by Eric A. Posner - 112 Yale L.J. 829 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Posner, Richard A.
• The Law and Economics of Contract Interpretation, by Richard A. Posner - 83 Tex. L. Rev. 1581(2005) [SUMMARY]

Radin, Margaret Jane
• Humans, Computers, and Binding Commitment, by Margaret Jane Radin - 75 Ind. L.J. 1125 (2000) [SUMMARY]

Rahmatian, Andreas
• Contracts Infringing Intellectual Property Rights, by Andreas Rahmatian - I.P.Q. 2003, 4, 411-444 (2003)

Rakoff, Todd D.
• Is “Freedom from Contract” Necessarily a Libertarian Freedom?, by Todd D. Rakoff - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 477 (2004)

Rasmusen, Eric.
• Agency Law and Contract Formation, by Eric Rasmusen - 6 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. (2004)

Razook, Nim
• The Politics and Promise of UCITA, by Nim Razook - 36 Creighton L. Rev. 643 (2003)

Reichman, J. H.
• A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data in a Highly Protectionist Intellectual Property Environment, by J. H. Reichman & Paul F. Uhlir - 66 Law & Contemp. Probs. 315 (2003)

Ribstein, Larry E.
• State Regulation of Electronic Commerce, by Larry E. Ribstein & Bruce H. Kobayashi - 51 Emory L.J. 1 (2002)

Rice, David A.
• Copyright and Contract: Preemption After Bowers v. Baystate, by David A. Rice - 9 Roger Williams U. L. Rev. 595 (2004)

Robertson, Melissa
• Is Assent Still a Prerequisite for Contract Formation in Today’s E-conomy?, by Melissa Robertson - 78 Wash. L. Rev. 265 (2003)

Rohrbacher, Blake
• More Equal Than Others: Defending Property-Contract Parity in Bankruptcy, by Blake Rohrbacher - 114 Yale L.J. 1099 (2005)

Sandeen, Sharon K.
• A Contract by Any Other Name is Still a Contract: Examining the Effectiveness of Trade Secret Clauses to Protect Databases, by Sharon K. Sandeen - 45 IDEA 119 (2005) [SUMMARY]

Schinler, Erika E.
• Trouble at the Sausage Factory: Has the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act Been Unjustly Stigmatized?, by Erika E. Schinler - 75 Tul. L. Rev. 507 (2000)

Schuchman, III, Frederick E.
• A Law For Contracting in the 21st Century: The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act is a Statute Whose Time Has Come, by Frederick E. Schuchman, III - 80 MI Bar Jnl. 60 (2001)

Schultz, Rob
• Rolling Contract Formation Under the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, by Rob Schultz - 35 Cornell Int'l L.J. 263 (2002) [SUMMARY]

Schwartz, Alan
• The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting, by Alan Schwartz & Joel Watson - 20 J.L. Econ. & Org. 2 (2004)

Scott, Robert E.
• Contract Theory and the Limits of Contract Law, by Robert E. Scott - 113 Yale L.J. 541 (2003) [SUMMARY]

• Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation in Contract Law, by Robert E. Scott & George G. Triantis - 104 Colum. L. Rev. 1428 (2004)

Scott, W. Andrew
• California Populism, Contract Interpretation, and Franchise Agreements, by W. Andrew Scott, R. Samuel Snider - 24-SPG Franchise L.J. 248 (2005)

Self III, Henry L.
• Settlement of Infringement Claims by Copyright Co-Owners, by Henry L. Self III - 13 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. 65 (2004)

Seo, Cheon-Seok
• Licenses and the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by Cheon-Seok Seo - 1 Buff. Intell. Prop. L.J. 146 (2001)

Son, Seungwoo
• Can Black Dot (Shrinkwrap) Licenses Override Federal Reverse Engineering Rights?: The Relationship Between Copyright, Contract, and Antitrust Laws, by Seungwoo Son - 6 Tul. J. Tech. & Intell. Prop. 63 (2004)

Smith, Matthew J.
• An Overview of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: Warranties, Self-Help, and Contract Formation Why UCITA Should Be Renamed “The Licensors' Protection Act” , by Matthew J. Smith - 25 S. Ill. U. L. J. 389 (2001)

Smith, Nathan
• The Shrinkwrap Snafu: Untangling the "Extra Element" in Breach of Contract Claims Based on Shrinkwrap Licenses, by Nathan Smith - 2003 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1373 (2003)

Smythe, Donald J.
• Bounded Rationality, the Doctrine of Impracticability, and the Governance of Relational Contracts, by Donald J. Smythe - 13 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. 227 (2004)

Stempel, Jeffrey W.
• Arbitration, Unconscionability, and Equilibrium: The Return of Unconscionability Analysis as a Counterweight to Arbitration Formalism, by Jeffrey W. Stempel - 19 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 757 (2004)

Stimson, Michael J.
• Damages for Infringement of Research Tool Patents: The Reasonableness of Reach Through Royalties, by Michael J. Stimson - 2003 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 3 (2003)

Stolworthy, Jason C.
• Common Pitfalls in Transactions Involving Patents, by Jason C. Stolworthy - 48-JUN Advocate (Idaho) 21 (2005)

Streeter, Dan
• Into Contract's Undiscovered Country: A Defense of Browse-Wrap Licenses, by Dan Streeter - 39 San Diego L. Rev. 1363 (2002)

Suchman, Mark C.
• The Contract as Social Artifact, by Mark C. Suchman - 37 Law & Soc'y Rev. 91 (2003)

Sullivan, E. Thomas
• The Confluence of Antitrust and Intellectual Property at the New Century, by E. Thomas Sullivan - 1 Minn. Intell. Prop. Rev. 1 (2000)


Towle, Holly K.
• Legal Developments in Electronic Contracting, by Holly K. Towle - PLI Order No. G0-00D6 June, 2000

• Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2000: Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, by Holly K. Towle - PLI Order No. G0-00CR October, 2000

Tussey, Deborah
• UCITA, Copyright, and Capture, by Deborah Tussey - 21 Cardozo Arts & Ent LJ 319 (2003)

Vetter, Greg R.
• “Infectious” Open Source Software: Spreading Incentives or Promoting Resistance?, by Greg R. Vetter - 36 Rutgers L. J. 53 (2004)

• The Collaborative Integrity of Open-Source Software, by Greg R. Vetter - 2004 Utah L. Rev. 563 (2004)

Watnik, Valerie
• The Electronic Formation of Contracts and the Common Law “Mailbox Rule”, by Valerie Watnick - 56 Baylor L. Rev. 175 (2004)

Weinrib, Ernest J.
• Punishment and Disgorgement as Contract Remedies, by Ernest J. Weinrib - 78 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 55 (2003)

Whitford, William C.
• Relational Contracts and the New Formalism, by William C. Whitford - 2004 Wis. L. Rev. 631 (2004) [SUMMARY]

Wilson Marshall, Juli
• Litigation Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, by Juli Wilson Marshall & W. Bryan Lytton - PLI Order Number 3139 October, 2004

Wolff, Lutz-Christian
• Assignment Agreements Under English Law: Lost Between Contract and Property Law, by Lutz-Christian Wolff - J.B.L. 2005, JUL, 473-493 (2005)

Wolf-Smith, Risa Lynn
• Executory Contracts and the Franchise Relationship, by Risa Lynn Wolf-Smith - 23-JUN Am. Bankr. Inst. J. 18 (2004)

Yamaguchi, Mikio
• The Problem of Delay in the Contract Formation Process: A Comparative Study of Contract Law, by Mikio Yamaguchi - 37 Cornell Int'l L.J. 357 (2004)

Yang, Sun
• Considerations for the Patent Holder: The Transfer of Patent Licenses in the Context of a Merger, by Sung Yang - 42 IDEA 515 (2002) [SUMMARY]

Zavaletta, Joseph A.
• Widgets to Windows: The "Webolution" of Commercial Sales, by Joseph A. Zavaletta & Edward B. Hymson - 6 Comp. L. Rev. & Tech. J. 243 (2002)

Zinster, Alexander
• The European Commission Decision on Standard Contractual Clauses for the Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries: An Effective Solution?, by Alexander Zinser -3 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 24 (2003) [SUMMARY]

Zohur, Alia Susann
• Acknowledging Information Technology Under the Civil Code: Why Software Transactions Should Not Be Treated as Sales, by Alia Susann Zohur - 50 Loy. L. Rev. 461 (2004) [SUMMARY]


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