Open-Access Resources and Casebooks
Jason Rantanen, Rules and Laws for Civil Actions, with Stella Burch Elias, Derek T. Muller, Caroline Sheerin, and Maya Steinitz. Iowa City: Iowa PressBooks, 2023.
Jason Rantanen, Introduction to Intellectual Property: Cases and Questions (2022 edition), 553 pages.
Jason Rantanen, Introduction to Intellectual Property: Cases and Questions (2021 edition), 588 pages.
Book Chapters
Jason Rantanen, "Studying Patent Infringement Litigation" in Research Handbook on Empirical Studies in Intellectual Property Law, Estelle Derclaye, ed. (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023)
Jason Rantanen, "Inequitable Conduct & Patent Misuse," with Lee Petherbridge, in Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. II Analytical Methods), Peter S. Menell & David L. Schwartz, eds. (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) at 367, 24 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Infringement," with Lee Petherbridge, in Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. II Analytical Methods), Peter S. Menell & David L. Schwartz, eds.(Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) at 326, 25 pages.
Articles
Jason A. Rantanen, "Predictable Unpredictability: The Surprising Administrability of Patent Subject Matter Eligibility," with Nikola L. Datzov, 110 Iowa Law Review 667 (2025), 83 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Legal Research As a Collective Enterprise: An Examination of Data Availability in Empirical Legal Scholarship," with Abigail A. Matthews, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (2024), 34 pages. DOI: 10.1093/jleo/ewae001
Jason Rantanen, "Who Appeals (and Wins) Patent Infringement Cases?," with Charles Neff, Eweosa Owenaze, & Allison Williamson, 60 Houston Law Review 289 (2022), 41 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Extraordinary Writ or Ordinary Remedy? Mandamus at the Federal Court," with J. Jonas Anderson and Paul R. Gugliuzza, 100 Washington University Law Review 327 (2022), 66 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Studying Nonobviousness," with Lindsay Kriz & Abigail A Matthews, 73 Hastings Law Journal 667 (2022), 56 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "'Missing Decisions' and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit," 170 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 73 (2022), 17 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Can Public Universities Patent Their Research?: The Tension between Open Records Laws and Patentability," with Madison Murhammer Colon, 69 Drake Law Review 117 (2021), 83 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Future of Empirical Legal Studies: Observations on Holte & Sichelman's Cycles of Obviousness," 105 Iowa Law Review Online 15 (2020), 18 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Administering Patent Law," 104 Iowa Law Review 2299 (2019), 14 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Patents as Credentials," with Sarah E. Jack, 76 Washington & Lee Law Review 311 (2019), 84 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Konami Gaming v. High 5 Games: Limitations On Gaming-Related Patents," 23 Gaming Law Review 416 (2019), 2 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Landscape of Modern Patent Appeals," 67 American University Law Review 985 (2018), 59 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Exceptional Nature of Method Claims: A Response to Professor Holbrook," 102 Iowa Law Review Bulletin 293 (2017), 17 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Doctrinal Structure of Patent Law's Enablement Requirement," Symposium: The Disclosure Function of the Patent System, 69 Vanderbilt Law Review 1679 (2016), 36 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Empirical Analyses of Judicial Opinions: Methodology, Metrics and the Federal Circuit," 49 Connecticut Law Review 227 (2016), 64 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "How Malleability Matters," 6 IP Theory 1 (2016), 28 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Malleability of Patent Rights," 2015 Michigan State Law Review 895, 60 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "Teva, Nautilus, and Change Without Change," 18 Stanford Technology Law Review 430 (2015), 19 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “Disuniformity,” with Lee Petherbridge, 66 Florida Law Review 2007 (2014), 37 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “Patent Law’s Disclosure Requirement (Symposium: Patents, Innovation, and Freedom to Use Ideas),” 45 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal 369 (2013), 20 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “Unenforceability,” with Lee Petherbridge and R. Polk Wagner, 70 Washington and Lee Law Review 1751 (2013), 30 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “Recalibrating Our Empirical Understanding of Inequitable Conduct,” 3 IP Theory 98 (2013), 16 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “The Federal Circuit’s New Obviousness Jurisprudence: An Empirical Study,” 16 Stanford Technology Law Review 709 (2013), 60 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “Peripheral Disclosure,” 74 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 1 (2012), 45 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “The Pseudo-Elimination of Best Mode: Worst Possible Choice?” with Lee Petherbridge, 59 UCLA Law Review Discourse 170 (2012), 8 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “In Memoriam Best Mode,” with Lee Petherbridge, 64 Stanford Law Review Online 125 (2012), 6 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “America Invents, More or Less?,” with Lee Petherbridge & Jay P. Kesan, 160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review PENNumbra 229 (2012), 25 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “Therasense v. Becton Dickinson: A First Impression,” with Lee Petherbridge, 14 Yale Journal of Law & Technology 226 (2012), 40 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “Toward a System of Invention Registration: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act,” with Lee Petherbridge, 110 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 24 (2011), 9 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “The Federal Circuit and Inequitable Conduct: An Empirical Assessment,” with Lee Petherbridge and Ali Mojibi, 84 Southern California Law Review 1293 (2011), 63 pages.
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Jason Rantanen, “An Objective View of Fault in Patent Infringement,” 60 American University Law Review 1575 (2011), 59 pages.
Jason Rantanen, "The Doctrine of Reverse Confusion Outside the United States," 19 Intellectual Property Litigation 16 (2008).
Jason Rantanen, “Slaying the Troll: Litigation as an Effective Strategy Against Patent Threats,” 39 Intellectual Property Law Review 101 (2007), 52 pages; reprinted from 23 Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal 159 (2006), 52 pages.
Jason Rantanen, “Slaying the Troll: Litigation as an Effective Strategy Against Patent Threats,” 23 Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal 159 (2006), 52 pages; reprinted in 39 Intellectual Property Law Review 101 (2007), 52 pages.
Book Reviews
Jason Rantanen, “Reading Patent Law,” review of Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts, by Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner. 6 Landslide 50 (2013), 5 pages.