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DAVID L. SCHWARTZ

2023

Articles

• Political Ideology and Judicial Administration: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic, ___ Journal of Law, Economics & Organization ___ (forthcoming), Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-20 (2023) (Co-authored by: Adam Chilton, Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Kyle Rozema).

Working Papers

• Gender Discrimination in Online Markets, ___ American Law & Economics Review ___ (forthcoming), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 864, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 692, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-24 (2023) (Co-authored by: Christopher A. Cotropia, Jonathan S. Masur).

• Patents Used in Patent Office Rejections as Indicators of Value, SSRN (2023) (Co-authored by: Christopher A. Cotropia).

2022

Articles

• “Inventorless” Inventions? The Constitutional Conundrum of AI-Produced Inventions, 35 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 531 (2022) (Co-authored by: Max Rogers).

• The Promise of AI in an Open Justice System, AI Magazine 69 (Spring 2022) (Co-authored by: Adam R. Pah, Sarath Sanga, Charlotte S. Alexander, Kristian J. Hammond & Luís A.N. Amaral).

2021

Articles

• From Data to Information: Automating Data Science to Explore the U.S. Court System, 2021 ICAIL ’21: Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law 119 (Co-authored by: Adam Pah, Andrew Paley, Andong L. Li Zhao, Harper Pack, Sergio Servantez, Rachel F. Adler, Marko Sterbentz, Cameron Barrie, Alexander Einarsson & Kristian Hammond).

• Patently Risky: Framing, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Preferences, 34 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 191 (2020) (Co-authored by: Matthew L. Spitzer, Elizabeth Hoffman, & Eric L. Talley).

2020

Articles

• The Hidden Value of Abandoned Applications to the Patent System, 61 Boston College Law Review 2809 (2020) (Co-authored by: Christopher Anthony Cotropia).

• An Empirical Study of Design Patent Litigation, 72 Alabama Law Review 417 (2020) (Co-authored by: Xaviere Giroud).

• How to Build a More Open Justice System, 369 Science 134 (2020) (Co-authored by: Adam R. Pah, Sarath Sanga, Zachary D. Clopton, Peter DiCola, Rachel Davis Mersey, Charlotte S. Alexander, Kristian J. Hammond, & Luis A. Nunes Amaral).

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

• Tear Down This Judicial Paywal, Wall Street Journal (Dec. 13, 2020) (Co-authored by: Sarath Sanga).

2019

Books

• David L. Schwartz, and Peter S. Menell are the co-editors for Research Handbook on The Law & Economics Of Intellectual Property Law: Volume Ii (analytical Methods) (2019) (Co-authored by: and Peter S. Menell).

Articles

• Understanding Patent “Privateering”: A Quantitative Assessment, 16 Journal Of Empirical Legal Studies 343 (2019) (Co-authored by: Jay P. Kesan & Anne Layne Farrar).

Contributions to Books

• Empirical Studies of the International Trade Commission, in Handbook on The Law & Economics of Intellectual Property 175 (David L. Schwartz & Peter S. Menell eds. 2019) (Co-authored by: Colleen V. Chien).

• Data Sources in Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Other Intellectual Property, in Research Handbook on The Law & Economics of Intellectual Property 2 (David L. Schwartz & Peter S. Menell eds. 2019) (Co-authored by: Ted Sichelman).

Working Papers

• USPTO Patent Number and Case Code File Dataset Documentation, USPTO Economic Working Paper No. 2019-05, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-12 (2019) (Co-authored by: Ted M. Sichelman & Richard Miller).

2018

Articles

• Bridges II: The Law-STEM Alliance & Next Generation Innovation -- Introduction and Combined Responses, 112 Northwestern University Law Review Online 133 (2018) (Co-authored by: Pierre Larouche, Leslie Oster, Laura Pedraza-Fariña, Devin R. Desai, Jay P. Kesan, Daryl Lim, Ivory Mills, Pilar Ossorio, Jacob S. Sherkow, Jessica Silbey, D. Daniel Sokol, Harry Surden, Ryan Whalen, & Christopher S. Yoo).

• Heterogeneity Among Patent Plaintiffs: An Empirical Analysis of Patent Case Progression, Settlement, and Adjudication, 15 Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 80 (2018) (Co-authored by: Christopher Anthony Cotropia, & Jay P. Kesan) and SSRN(2017).

• How Often Do Non-Practicing Entities Win Patent Suits?, 32 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 237 (2017) (Co-authored by: John R. Allison, and Mark A. Lemley).

2017

Books

• The Law of Design: Design Patent, Trademark, & Copyright - Problems, Cases, and Materials (West Academic 2017) (Co-authored by: Edward S. Lee, & Mark McKenna).

Working Papers

• Progression and Workload in Civil Litigation: An Empirical Analysis of Patent Disputes, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-37 (2017) (Co-authored by: Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Jay P. Kesan, & Kyle Rozema).

• Endogenous Litigation Costs: An Empirical Analysis of Patent Disputes, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Law & Economics Series No. 17-01 (2017) (Co-authored by: Kyle Rozema, & Jay Kesan).

2015

Articles

• Understanding the Realities of Modern Patent Litigation, 92 Texas Law Review 1769 (2014) (Co-authored by: John R. Allison, & Mark A. Lemley).

• Our Divided Patent System, 82 University of Chicago Law Review 1073 (2015) (Co-authored by: John Allison & Mark Lemley).

2014

Articles

• Unpacking Patent Assertion Entities, 99 Minnesota Law Review 649 (2014) (Co-authored by: Christopher A. Cotropia & Jay Kesan).

• Analyzing the Role of Non-Practicing Entities in the Patent System, 99 Cornell Law Review 425 (2014) (Co-authored by: Jay Kesan).

• Standards of Proof in Civil Litigation: An Experiment from Patent Law, 26 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 429 (2013) (Co-authored by: Christopher Seaman).

• The Rise of Contingent Fee Representation in Patent Litigation, 64 Alabama Law Review 335 (2012).

• An Empirical Assessment of the Supreme Court’s Use of Legal Scholarship, 106 Northwestern University Law Review 995 (2012) (Co-authored by: Lee Petherbridge).

• Explaining the Demise of the Doctrine of Equivalents, 25 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 1157 (2011).

• Practice Makes Perfect? An Empirical Study of Claim Construction Reversal Rates in Patent Cases, 107 Michigan Law Review 223 (2008).