The Record

Finding a Proxy for Net Neutrality

Ignacio Cofone, L.L.M. Candidate, Yale Law School

January 11, 2016

In February 2015, the FCC approved net neutrality rules by classifying broadband as a utility under Title II of the Communications Act[i] and banning paid prioritization of data packages, which would effectively divide the Internet into “fast lanes” and “slow lanes.”[ii] However, in December, Republicans in Congress inserted a rider into the appropriati

Dolly The Sheep: A Cautionary Tale

Robin Feldman, Vern Norviel

January 8, 2016

Roughly twenty years ago, newspaper headlines were packed with stories about Dolly the sheep — the first cloned mammal. More recently, in 2014, In re Roslin[iii] finally laid the patent claims related to Dolly to rest. Although Roslin speaks specifically to cloning technologies, the saga highlights an essential problem in the current judicial approach to patenting life science inventions. We will look first at the history of Roslin and then at its implications for patent law.

Law vs. Regulations in the Common Rule

Jessica L. Roberts, Valerie Gutmann Koch

January 6, 2016

Inconsistencies in the Common Rule and the Law

Strict Liability and 3D-Printed Medical Devices

Eric Lindenfeld, Jasper L. Tran

December 11, 2015

The 3D printing of medical devices is now a reality. The rapidly expanding field allows for incredible improvements in patient care, especially with regard to cost-effectiveness, productivity, and a greater democratization and collaboration of design and manufacturing. 3D printing technologies have also expanded capabilities for mass customization of products.[i] For example, using only photographs, custom-fit hearing aids can now be designed in a matter of hours to mold perfectly to a patient’s ear canals.

Toward a Textualist Paradigm for Interpreting Emoticons

John S. Ehrett, J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School

October 27, 2015

Introduction

As online communications have proliferated, discursive norms unique to the medium have emerged. The use of emoticons and, more recently, emojis—pictograms often conveying multiple layers of semantic meaning—has figured prominently in this process.[i] In the normal course of online interaction, Internet users routinely parse the symbolic significance of various emoticons and emojis.