Resumen de Peer to Peer Meets the World of Legal Information: Encountering a New Paradigm

Ethan Katsh, Beth Noveck

• The authors describe a proposed system for patent application reviews that uses new technologies to access information�community peer reviews. By allowing examiners to �mine for data� in the heads of experts rather than in libraries or databases, the proposal illustrates how new technology could change the boundaries of legally authoritative and relevant information and make it possible to identify legitimate authority from new sources.