“There is no disputing that The Patent Crisis and How the Courts Can Solve It is a descriptive tour de force. No one else has done as comprehensive a job of summarizing today’s patent theories nor done more to bring them together than Burk and Lemley. This book will certainly be a success on almost any terms.”

Thomas B. Nachbar, Professor of Law and Class of 1963 Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

“Burk and Lemley offer the right diagnosis of the illness (i.e. sectorial shortcomings) of the patent system and suggest the right sectorial therapies, as well the right doctors—judges. This book should be carefully read, not only by the doctors, but by all players in the field, who soon may be facing the Burk and Lemley therapy.”

Joseph Straus, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition, and Tax Law

“Every chief patent counsel in a major U.S. company should read this book by Dan Burk and Mark Lemley. It provides the first comprehensive explanation of why the patent system is perceived by different industries in fundamentally different ways. Burk and Lemley make a credible case that the courts might be more effective than Congress in achieving some reforms, by tailoring patent law to specific industries through more than a dozen ‘policy levers’ and common law doctrines that are enumerated in the book.”

Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director, Intellectual Property Owners Association

"A fascinating introduction to a scholarly literature that, at least so far, raises as many questions as it answers."

Rebecca S. Eisenberg | Science

"[The authors’] book is a must-read because of its provocative ideas. More importantly, their ideas provide a beacon of reason and intelligence in what has been a complex mess of patent reform. Published in a year that has shown how convoluted legislative reform often is, this engaging book shows how it is possible to have politics and reform that is potentially free of the byzantine web of influence and diatribe."

Shubha Ghosh | IP Law Book Review