Reposted by Brian J LoveTom Cotter @thomascotter1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Helmers and Love on Injunctions and Venture Capital: comparativepatentremedies.blogspot.com/2026/09/helm...comparativepatentremedies.blogspot.com 013
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Just in time for Collision v. Samsung, Christian Helmers and I have a new study that assesses the impact of eBay v. MercExchange on venture-backed startups. 111
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 01/07/2026My study (with Christian Helmers) examining Alice's effect on startups is now forthcoming in Research Policy. Our approach employs a variety of success metrics derived from detailed deal-level data, as well as multiple treatment definitions that capture Alice's impact on examination and litigation. 100
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My paper (with @ganglmair.bsky.social and Christian Helmers) analyzing the WDTX's 2022 shift to random district-wide patent case assignment is now published in JELS. We find that new case filings fell dramatically (by 67%). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comRandomly Albright: The End of Judge Shopping in the Western District of Texas?Because judges exercise discretion in how they handle and decide cases, heterogeneity across judges can affect case outcomes and, thus, preferences among litigants for particular judges. However, sel.... 122
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 11/03/2026A noteworthy development for those of you who teach (civil coercive) contempt in a Remedies class. Looks like H. Beatty Chadwick's record of 14 years won't be broken any time soon... www.cbsnews.com/news/tommy-t...cbsnews.comTreasure hunter who refused to disclose location of shipwreck's 500 gold coins is released from prison after a decadeTommy Thompson found the S.S. Central America and its thousands of pounds of sunken treasure that sat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for more than 150 years. 010
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Exciting news: Santa Clara Law's High Tech Law Institute (@scuhtli.bsky.social) will become the Datta Center for High Tech Law, thanks to an incredibly generous gift from alum Madhumita Datta! law.scu.edu/news-events/...law.scu.eduSanta Clara Law School Alumna Makes Monumental Gift to Support Excellence in High Tech Law 062
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Christian Helmers and I have posted a new working paper that assesses Alice's impact on software startups. While we aren't the first to write in this area, our analysis advances the literature in several ways. 111
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 13/06/2025The SCU Leavey School of Business posted an article about the research Christian Helmers and I have been doing on ideologically motivated judge shopping at the district court level. 011
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Yesterday's insightful thread from @adambonica.bsky.social spurred me to post a new related essay (with Christian Helmers) that uses Adam's ideology measure. We look at suits filed against the Trump admin and assess claims that they have been strategically directed to particularly liberal judges. 122
Reposted by Brian J LoveDatta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 08/03/2025A Truly Global Event! 🌍 Participants traveled from all over the country and the world to present at Santa Clara Law's Internet Law Works-in-Progress. 16 US states/districts and 5 continents are represented. #InternetLawWIP25 #HTLI #SantaClaraLaw 0114
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 25/02/2025In a new working paper, Christian Helmers, Louis-Daniel Pape, and I take a deep dive into the first Trump administration's impact on the ideology of US district courts. We focus on appointments to single-judge divisions and resulting opportunities for ideologically motivated judge shopping. 133
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 08/01/2025My paper (with Christian Helmers) comparing US SEP enforcement by NPEs vs. operating tech companies is now available in final published form in volume 77 of Oxford Economic Papers. academic.oup.com/oep/article/...academic.oup.comAre non-practising entities opportunistic? Evidence from litigation of standard essential patentsAbstract. Are non-practising entities (NPEs)—firms that specialize in the enforcement of patent rights rather than the commercialization of patented techno 143
Reposted by Brian J LoveDatta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Feeling stressed by the end-of-semester crush or state of the world in general? HTLI is here help. Throughout the coming holiday season we'll be spreading cheer by sharing the results of some recent `The Office'-inspired faculty "portraiture." Stay tuned to see the results! You won't want to miss it 002
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 26/06/2024In a newly revised paper now forthcoming in IRLE, Christian Helmers and I assess whether 4 of the most significant US patent system reforms of the last 20 years (eBay, PTAB, Alice, and TC Heartland) had a measurable impact on innovation: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 012
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 05/06/2024Last day of class photo for SCU Law's summer abroad program in Singapore (held on the SMU campus). Next week students transition to externships in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. 110
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 30/05/2024Happy to report that my study (w/ Christian Helmers) of SEP assertion by NPEs is forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers. We compare opportunism across NPE & op-co cases & find NPEs more likely to leverage declaration process, lack of market transparency, & supply chain papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 001
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Could this policy apply to IP cases, which strictly speaking can lead to "nationwide orders"? I can't find the text, only a press release (www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03... ) which says policy applies to cases that "seek to bar or mandate state or federal actions" www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/p...cnn.comFederal judiciary clamps down on ‘judge-shopping’ tactics that have helped Texas block Biden and liberal policies | CNN PoliticsThe policy-making body of the federal judiciary is clamping down on the system that conservatives have successfully used in recent years to hamstring President Joe Biden’s agenda and other federal pol... 011
Reposted by Brian J LoveDatta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 03/02/2024#WIPIP2024 011
Reposted by Brian J LoveDatta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 02/02/2024WIPIP 2024 is underway! #WIPIP2024 011
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 25/01/2024My paper with Christian Helmers and Yassine Lefouili examining the frequency and determinants of opportunistic conduct in SEP assertion was published this week by the American Law & Economics Review academic.oup.com/aler/advance... 111
Reposted by Brian J LoveDatta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 23/12/2023Happy Holidays from HTLI! 🎁 011
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 13/12/2023Remember, folks, there's only 50 shopping days remaining until WIPIP 2024! #GameOfDrones #WIPIPisComing 110
Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 17/11/2023Coming soon to an office near me: Zahr Said and @edleeprof.bsky.social!!! 171