Archive for April, 2009

Publication Announcement

Congratulations to the Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter members selected for publication in Volumes 21 & 22 of The Reporter:

Notes

Olivia Y. Truong: Virtual Inheritance: Assigning More Virtual Property Rights
Alison Taroli: Obvious Fallacy: Improving the Standard of Obviousness for Chemical Compounds to More Accurately Reflect Common Practice in the Art
Ju-Hyun Yoo: The Science of Identifying People by Their DNA, A Powerful Tool for Solving Crimes, Including Cold Cases From the Civil Rights Era
Emily Prudente: Open Source or Open Season? What legal professionals need to know about open source software before dealing in corporate transactions and the ramifications of GPLv3

Note Alternates

Jason Denrich: The Case for EBay: Domestic and International Disputes Concerning the Contributory Liability of Online Marketplaces for the Trademark Infringement of Users
Antonette Naclerio: Intuition Says, “First, Do No Harm:” Implications of Making Clinical Decision Support Systems Standard Practice through Health IT

Book Reviews

Heather Giglio, reviewing The Stem Cell Dilemma: Beacons of Hope or Harbingers of Doom?, by Leo Furcht & William Hoffman
Susan Azzarelli, reviewing Against Intellectual Monopoly, by Michele Boldrin & David K. Levine
Caitlyn Whitehead, reviewing The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security, edited by Geoff Tansey & Tasmin Rajotte
Susan Azzarelli, reviewing Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk, by James Bessen & Michael J. Meurer

Book Review Alternates

Heather Giglio, reviewing Body Shopping: The Economy Fueled by Flesh and Blood, by Donna Dickenson
Mallorie Rulison, reviewing Digital Rights Management: The Problem of Expanding Ownership Rights, by Christopher May

New SSTLR Executive Board

Congratulations to the 2009-2010 Syracuse Science and Technology Law Reporter Executive Board

Editor in Chief: Zac Champ
Managing Editor: Rocky Baye
F&A Editors: Olivia Truong and Alison Taroli
Lead Articles Editors: Jessie Sweetland and Emily Prudente
Notes and Comments Editors: Dennis Parad and Mukai Shumba
Computer Editor: Ravi Patel
Business Editor:Mallorie Rulison

Executive Editors
Sarah Treptow
Susan Azzarelli
Sam Davis
Antonette Naclerio
Joshua Meredith
Mohammad Uddin
Jennifer Reimers