Intellectual Property and Cyberinfrastructure Dan L. Burk University of Minnesota Law School

Distributed Computing Access Access Data repositories Data repositories Shared resources Shared resources Grid technologies Grid technologies Collaboration Collaboration Collaboratories Collaboratories Communication Communication Transborder activities Transborder activities

Transborder Patent Issues Invention Invention First to file/first to invent First to file/first to invent Prior art biases Prior art biases Infringement Infringement Subject matter differences Subject matter differences Research exemption Research exemption Situs of activity Situs of activity

Recent Examples NTP v. Research In Motion NTP v. Research In Motion Blackberry handheld Blackberry handheld system server in Canada system server in Canada Control and beneficial use Control and beneficial use Microsoft v. Eolas Microsoft v. Eolas Master “golden disc” Master “golden disc” Liability for copies produced outside U.S. Liability for copies produced outside U.S.

Partial Solutions Do nothing Do nothing Public Public Statutory amendment Statutory amendment Research exemption Research exemption Private Private Licensing Licensing Secured perimeter Secured perimeter “Open source” “Open source” Metadata tracking Metadata tracking

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