Tag Archives: presentations

Trademark overprotection panel, Suffolk

Posted on October 30, 2019 by rtushnet

Second Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference Suffolk University Law School NCSG The State of Trademark “Overprotection” by Courts and the PTO. What Happens When Institutions Overprotect Trademark Rights? Moderator: Leah Chan Grinvald, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor … Continue reading →

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CopyrightX: UGC panel

Posted on May 14, 2019 by rtushnet

Panel One: User-generated Content, Digital Labor, and Collaborative Authorship Moderator: Bethany Rabe Rebecca Tushnet: Fanworks, Fair Use, and Self-Actualization Through Transformative Expression Title assigned a few months ago is a little misleading because I actually wanted to take the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Legal Applications of Marketing Theory, part 5 (me on puffery)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by rtushnet

Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School, On Puffery Puffery is a concept that purports to be about things consumers ignore and don’t rely on. It is in fact a concept about things courts ignore and won’t rule on.  At the moment, … Continue reading →

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ICANN and the New Top-Level Domains part 1

Posted on February 25, 2019 by rtushnet

American University Washington College of Law YouTube link Welcome, Christine Haight Farley, American University Washington College of Law We are in the midst of an historic expansion of internet domain names with more than 1200 new generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) … Continue reading →

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Right of Publicity panel, Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression

Posted on June 4, 2018 by rtushnet

From Yale Law School’s Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression Commercial Speech and the First Amendment: Does the Right of Publicity Transcend Commercial Speech? Jennifer Rothman: Right of Publicity? Right of Privacy? Rothman gave a keynote summarizing highlights of her … Continue reading →

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2017 IPSC Conference at Cardozo School of Law

Posted on August 10, 2017 by rtushnet

Usual disclaimers; there were lots of overlaps where I had to make tough choices, and I favored presentations where I hadn’t previously commented on drafts. Day 1 Breakout Session I Trademark Doctrine Mapping Confusion – Mark. P. McKenna & Rebecca … Continue reading →

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2017 IPSC Conference at Cardozo School of Law

Posted on August 10, 2017 by rtushnet

Usual disclaimers; there were lots of overlaps where I had to make tough choices, and I favored presentations where I hadn’t previously commented on drafts. Day 1 Breakout Session I Trademark Doctrine Mapping Confusion – Mark. P. McKenna & Rebecca … Continue reading →

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GW/Harvard conference: Infringement and Defenses

Posted on March 10, 2017 by rtushnet

Infringement and Defenses Moderator: Prof. Michael B. Abramowicz, George Washington University Law School William F. Lee, WilmerHale LLP: Literal infringement/each and every element of the claim—useful for laypeople to think about the claim. In many jurisdictions (Germany, Netherlands, Japan) around … Continue reading →

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Bridging the Gap Between the Federal Courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Posted on February 24, 2017 by rtushnet

Boston University Journal of Science and Technology Law Symposium Sorry, guys, I did not follow the patent panels. Panel III: Trademarks Rebecca Tushnet, Fixing Incontestability: The Next Frontier Incontestability is a nearly unique feature of American trademark law, with a … Continue reading →

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Identifying Boundaries in Patent and Trademark Law.

Posted on January 27, 2017 by rtushnet

The American University Law Review is proud to present its annual Federal Circuit symposium,  Panel 2: Trademarks First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Trademarks: What Is, and What Should Be, the Relationship Between the Two? Christine Farley, American University Washington … Continue reading →

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