Any of the three branches can “strengthen” IPR
Sung 92, PhD. (Lawrence M., Fall 1992, “COMMENT: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION OR PROTECTIONISM? DECLARATORY JUDGMENT USE BY PATENT OWNERS AGAINST PROSPECTIVE INFRINGERS”., 42 Am. U.L. Rev. 239, 242. Lexis accessed online via KU libraries)
The expansion of patent owners' rights through the use of declaratory judgment reflects a judicial trend toward increased patent protection. 21 This judicial trend is a significant aspect of a deliberate effort by the United States to strengthen intellectual property rights in the hope of promoting and protecting domestic technological innovations, thereby preserving American competitiveness in the world marketplace. 22
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See infra notes 39-47 and accompanying text (considering decline of American economic and technological status in world market and concerted response by executive, legislative, and judicial branches of United States Government to maintain competitiveness by strengthening intellectual property protections).
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