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    This section contains student final reports for 6.901. More recent reports are presented for 2004-2005 under various subject matter categories (I-VII), with the student authors identified with their respective papers. All papers present background study and offer original suggestions for possible improvement of systemic world-wide problem areas involving intellectual property.

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    All papers appear courtesy of the students named and are used with permission. The citations were accurate at the time the papers were written but may have changed.

    2004-2005 Term

    STUDENT PAPERS AUTHORS
    I. Intellectual Property In Nanotechnology
    Intellectual Property Issues Associated with the Emerging Fields of Nanotechnology (PDF) Benjamin Cooper
    Nanobiotechnology Patents (PDF) Byron Hsu, Forrest Liau, and David Lin
    II. Software-Copyright Intellectual Property Issues
    Software Intellectual Property (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Michael Matczynski and Marcos Flores
    Copyright Infringement Due To Online File Sharing (PDF) Gabriel Alatorre, Christina Huang, and Ethan Rigel
    Death of a Cracker - The Failure of the DMCA and How Digital Copyright Can Be Saved (PDF) Brian Keegan
    Conceal or Perish? An Overview of Trade Security and the Software Industry (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Louise Giam and Albert Leung
    The Software Protection Debate (PDF) Tri Ngo and Richard Sinn
    Copyright Infringement in Music and an Alternative to Piracy (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) John Pavlish
    III. Patent Strategies
    Patent Strategies and the Progress of Science and Useful Arts (PDF) Sebastian Buermeyer
    Athletic Performance Enhancing Inventions; the Conflicting Interests of Inventors, Spectators, Athletes and Companies (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Nicholas Sidelnik
    Improving Upon the Current Patent System (PDF) Cliff Roscow, Mitun Ranka, and Sedrick Tydus
    Effects of Patent Policies on Innovation (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.2 MB) Raul Barreto, Julian Caballero, and Emyluz Rodriguez
    Defending Open Science from Patent Infringement (What Does the Future Hold for University Research?) (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Minna H. Ahn
    Proposal for Fostering Commercialization of Patents (PDF) Andrew Pinkham
    The Difficulty of Protecting Design (PDF) Samantha Bennett
    IV. Drug-Pharmaceutical Patents and Issues
    Life Patents: The Reason, the Ramifications, the Proposed Reversal (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Anonymous
    Prospects for Drug Accessibility and Economic Growth as Indian Pharmaceuticals Enter the Product Patent Era (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Imran Hendley, Danielle Chu, Kova Jura, and Jane Yoon
    Prescription Drug Re-Importation (PDF) Christopher Suarez and David Tobias
    Brazil's Generic Drug Manufacturing Success and the Policies That Permitted It (PDF) Natalia Arzeno, Rebeca Diaz, and Sandra Gonzalez
    Human Cloning and the United States Patent Office (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Ashley Finan
    V. Global Considerations
    The Developing World and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies (PDF) Mohamed Haji and Anrupa Ganguly
    Software Piracy in Developing Countries - A Mounting Problem and Proposed Solutions (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Paul Wehner, Arun Agarwal, and Jamal Isa
    Intellectual Property Protection and China (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 1.1 MB) Elizabeth Eames, Qian Wang, Steven Stoddard, Spencer Cross, and Christina Chae
    Strategies for Moving U.S. Business Into China (PDF) Samuel Hwang, Kimberly Kam, and Melvin Makhni
    A Comparison Study of the United States Patent System and the System of the Former Soviet Union and Current Russia (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 4.4 MB) Helen, Belogolova, Sal Pallante, and Jonathan Wu
    A Global Patent System - From Fantasy to Functional (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Nima Veiseh
    A Medical Patent System for Global Warfare (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Jordan Wan
    VI. Commercialization Requirements
    Lack of Commercialization of 'Concept' Patents. How it Affects Independent Inventors (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF) Jesus Alvarez
    In Defense of the Current Patent System With No Requirement of Commercialization for Patent Rights Retention (PDF) Jeremiah Egger
    Consequences of the Bayh-Dole Act (PDF) David Levenson
    VII. Patents and National Security
    Effects of National Security Concerns on the Patent Process (PDF) Aaron Bell

    2003-2004 Term

    STUDENT PAPERS AUTHORS
    Globalization is a Catalyst for Change in Intellectual Property Systems: Case Studies in India and China (PDF) Sisir Botta and Christopher Tsai
    Implications of the World Trade Organization's Intellectual Property Policies on Third-World Countries' Access to Vital Medicines (PDF) Cynthia Caramana
    Software Licenses: Taxonomy and Analysis (PDF) Daniel Loreto, Adam Oliner, and Ram Woo
    The Condom Project (PDF) Amit Gupta, Samuel Hwang, and Eric Makhni