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Jaszi festschrift, Panel 1 – Traditional Knowledge

Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Toward a Festschrift for Peter A. Jaszi Boatema Boateng, “Tradition” and the Production of the Other in Intellectual Property Law Jaszi’s questioning of received wisdom of copyright law is a key influence.  How different … Continue reading →

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Peter Jaszi lecture, Confessions of a recovering auteurist

This was a lecture given in honor of Prof. Jaszi’s retirement from teaching, before a festschrift for his work. New Librarian of Congress said that she’d have the CO serve the interests of authors—assumption that authors are ©’s beneficiaries.  Metaphor … Continue reading →

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Unclear on the concept? publisher boilerplate + CC license

I can read these sentences in a way that makes them consistent … but not easily. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2eKKCrH

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Reading list: Free Innovation by Eric von Hippel

E von Hippel, 2017. Free Innovation. Cambridge MA: MIT Press Abstract:      In this book I integrate new theory and new research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation involves innovations developed and given away by consumers … Continue reading →

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Tamicus: IP profs’ amicus brief in Lee v. Tam with Christine Farley

Hot off the presses.  Read it here.  Thanks to all who commented and signed on. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2fYVmhY

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Mark McKenna reviews Registering Disagreement

At Jotwell, here.  Thanks for the kind review! from Blogger http://ift.tt/2ggKzUy

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Announcing my upcoming move to Harvard

Beginning next academic year, I will be joining the faculty of Harvard Law as the inaugural Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law. I’ll miss the wonderful students, staff and faculty of Georgetown, but I’m incredibly excited for this new … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Panel Three

Moderated by Shubham Mukherjee Graeme B. Dinwoodie, University of Oxford Law, “Territoriality in the Protection and Enforcement of Trademark Rights” As trade becomes more geog. expansive, so too do TM rights need to expand. Not new: goes back to 1883 … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Keynote Address – Honorable David W. McKeague, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Dissenter in Varsity Brands.  Case touches on boundary issues that are our subject. Perspective of a judge.  Apparel industry is huge; could also affect robotics, 3D printing, digital video.  We don’t know what they might do/how broad the scope of … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Law Review Symposium, Negotiating IP’s Boundaries in an Evolving World

Panel One – Moderated by Joseph D. Bauer Mark P. McKenna, Notre Dame Law School & Lucas S. Osborn, Campbell Law School, “Trademarks and Digital Goods” BMW sued Turbosquid for hosting digital models of BMW cars—models could be used in … Continue reading →

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