IPSC 2015
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Download the 2015 Conference Schedule (PDF) (updated August 5, 2015)
General Info
The Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®) at DePaul University College of Law will host the 15th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference on August 6 and 7, 2015, at 25 E. Jackson Boulevard, in Chicago, Illinois.
The IP Scholars Conference brings together intellectual property scholars to present their works-in-progress in order to benefit from the critique of colleagues. The IPSC format is designed to facilitate free-ranging discussion and to help people hone their ideas. Papers presented should be works-in-progress that can benefit from substantial commentary and revision. Because of the importance of group discussion, we ask that attendees and presenters plan to stay for the entire conference.
There is no charge to attend the conference. Conference presenters and attendees are expected to pay for transportation and lodging. Please see the Accommodations and Directions tab for more information.
The host will provide complimentary food and beverages throughout the conference.
WELCOME RECEPTION & IP SCHOLARS DINNER
A reception will be held Wednesday, August 5, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Potter's Lounge in The Palmer House.
The IP Scholars Dinner will be held Thursday, August 6, at the Union League Club of Chicago, Crystal Room.
IMPORTANT DATES
May 01, 2015
Deadline for Submission of Requests to Present and Requests to Attend (see "Registration" below)May 15, 2015
Confirmation of Attendance / Decisions on Acceptance of RequestJuly 24, 2015
Deadline for Submission of Final Papers and PowerPoint Presentations. Papers are expected and are required by this date to be uploaded to the website.The conference is co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, Boalt Hall School of Law; the Intellectual Property Law Program, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University; the Center for Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology at DePaul University College of Law; and the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, Stanford Law School. Please contact Brett Harrison Davinger with any questions.
REGISTRATION
Registration is now closed. Presenters and attendees may still view the registration site for IPSC 2015 information.
Presenters/Topics (A-M)
Ryan Abbott
Southwestern Law School and UCLA School of Medicine
Hal the Innovator: Computational Invention and its Patentability Implication
Abstract | PaperJasmine Abdel-Khalik
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
Disparaging Trademarks: Defined and as Speech
AbstractClemens Appl
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Education 4.0 - Recent Challenges to Copyright
AbstractClark Asay
Brigham Young University Law http://www.umassd.edu/directory/rclifford/School
Patents as Informational Tools
AbstractStephanie Bair
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Employee Creativity: To Promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts in the Firm
AbstractShyam Balganesh
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Questionable Origins of the Copyright Infringement Analysis
Abstract | PaperAnn Bartow
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Gender and the Mascots of Coeducational High School and Collegiate Mascots
AbstractBarton Beebe
New York University School of Law
Is the Frontier Closing?: Registration Rates of Frequently Used Words on the PTO’s Trademark Register
AbstractAbraham Bell
Bar Ilan University
Trademarks as Club Goods
Abstract
The Dual-Grant Theory of Fair Use
AbstractDaniel Ben-Oliel
University of Haifa Faculty of Law
The Effect of Economic Crises on Patenting Activity Across Countries
AbstractMegan Rae Blakely
University of Glasgow – CREATe
The 'Tangification' of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Self-reinforcing Intellectual Property Systems and Norms
AbstractJeremy Bock
University of Memphis School of Law
The Patent System's Two-Sided Agency Problem
AbstractOren Bracha
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Copyright Accidents
AbstractRobert Brauneis
George Washington University Law School
Authors and Claimants in U.S. Copyright Registrations, 1978 – 2012
AbstractChristopher Buccafusco
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law; Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
A Theory of Copyright Authorship
AbstractDan Burk
University of California, Irvine, School of Law
Copyright and the Cybernetic Circuit
AbstractSarah Burstein
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Reviving Ornamentality
AbstractThomas Byron
Boston University
A la recherche du sens perdu: Deconstructing the Creativity Standard in Copyright
Abstract | PaperMegan M. Carpenter
Texas A&M University School of Law
Contextual Healing: Morality and Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act
AbstractMichael Carrier
Rutgers School of Law
Eight Reasons Why "No-Authorized-Generic" Promises Constitute Payment
AbstractMichael Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
Tailoring Intellectual Property Rights: An Overview
AbstractTun-Jen Chiang
George Mason University
Trolls, Orphans, and Holdup
AbstractRalph Clifford
University of Massachusetts School of Law
A Jukebox for Patents: Should Patent Licensing be Controlled by Compulsory Licensing?
Abstract | PaperKevin Collins
Washington University School of Law
Patent-Ineligibility as Counteraction
AbstractJorge Contreras
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Silly Patents, Common Knowledge and the Elusive Prior Art of Everyday Life
AbstractTesh Dagne
Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law
The Implications of 3D Printing for Canadian Intellectual Property Law
AbstractBen Depoorter
University of California, Hastings, College of the Law; Stanford Law Center for Internet & Society
Enforcing Against Norms: Trial and Error in Copyright Law
AbstractDeven Desai
Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
The Chicago School Trap in Trademark: The Co-Evolution of Corporate, Antitrust, and Trademark Law
Abstract | PaperGraeme Dinwoodie - Opening Plenary
University of Oxford Faculty of Law
Niva Elkin-Koren
Haifa Center for Law & Technology
Rulifying Fair Use
Abstract | PowerPointRobin Feldman
University of California, Hastings, College of the Law
Patent Demands and Initial Public Offerings
Abstract | Paper
Federalism, First Amendment & Patents: The Fraud Fallacy
AbstractOrit Fischman-Afori
Haim Striks School of Law, College of Management Academic Studies
Rulifying Fair Use
Abstract | PowerPointJoseph Fishman
Vanderbilt Law School
The Copy Process
Abstract | PaperRoger Ford
University of New Hampshire School of Law
The Uneasy Case for Patent Federalism
AbstractMichael Frakes
Northwestern University School of Law
Patent Office Cohorts
AbstractJanet Freilich
Harvard Law School
An Empirical Assessment of Patent Scope Enforcement
AbstractBrett Frischmann - Closing Plenary
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawJeanne Fromer
New York University School of Law
Is the Frontier Closing?: Evidence from the PTO Trademark Registration Data Set
AbstractEvan Frondorf
UC Hastings College of the Law, Institute for Innovation Law
Patent Demands and Initial Public Offerings
Abstract | PaperBrian Frye
University of Kentucky College of Law
IP as Charity
AbstractChristopher Funk
Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel
The Integrated Patent Instrument
Abstract | PaperStefania Fusco
DePaul University College of Law, Notre Dame Law School
TRIPS Non-Discrimination Principle: Are Alice and Bilski Really the End of NPEs?
Abstract | PaperWilliam Gallagher
Golden Gate University School of Law
Do "Groundless Threats" Statutes Curtail IP Over-Enforcement?: Some Evidence from Australia and the U.K.
AbstractKristelia Garcia
University of Colorado Law School
Facilitating Competition by Punitive Regulation
AbstractAndrew Gilden
Stanford Law School
Rethinking Constraint
AbstractMidjohodo Franck Gloglo
Laval University
A Brief Analysis of the Least Developed Countries’ Endless Fight against the WTO’s Economic-Based IPRs Policy
Abstract | PowerPointJohn Golden
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
The USPTO as Prime Mover: Possibilities and Limitations for a Growing Agency
Abstract | PaperPatrick Goold
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Beyond Trespass: Unbundling the Tort of Copyright Infringement
Abstract
Copyright Accidents
AbstractBrad Greenberg
Columbia Law School
Bizarro Copyright
AbstractLeah Grinvald
Suffolk University Law School
Contracting Trademark Fame?
Abstract | PaperPaul Gugliuzza
Boston University School of Law
(In)Valid Patents
AbstractPaul Heald
University of Illinois College of Law
The Valuation of Unprotected Works: A Case Study of Public Domain
Abstract | PaperYaniv Heled
Georgia State University College of Law
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA): A Failed Experiment, Sham, or an Exercise in Futility?
AbstractKevin Hickey
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Center for Law & Technology
Copyright Paternalism
Abstract | PaperCynthia Ho
Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
Faith-Based Pharmaceutical Protection
AbstractTimothy Holbrook
Emory University School of Law
The Courts' Exceptional Treatment of Patented Processes
Abstract | PaperRyan Holte
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Idea Submission Policies: Do Industries Create Troll Behavior?
AbstractPhilipp Homar
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Education 4.0 - Recent Challenges to Copyright
AbstractErik Hovenkamp
Northwestern University School of Law
Anticompetitive Patent Injunctions
AbstractCamilla Hrdy
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition
Patent Nationally, Innovate Locally
AbstractWilliam Hubbard
University of Baltimore School of Law
Principles of Problematic Patents
Abstract
Razing the Patent Bar
AbstractMargot Kaminski
Ohio State University College of Law
Zoom-in Zoom-out of Copyright
AbstractDmitry Karshtedt
The George Washington University Law School
Causal Responsibility and Patent Infringement
Abstract | PaperYuko Kimijima
Keio University, Faculty of Law
Patentable Invention as Property-Patent Transfer Remedy for a True Inventor and an Owner of Right in Invention in Case of Patent Derivation
AbstractYolanda King
Northern Illinois University College of Law
The Inadvisability of Nonuniformity in the Licensing of Cover Songs
AbstractMatthew B. Kugler
The University of Chicago Law School
Measuring Sponsorship Materiality
Abstract | PaperRoberta R. Kwall - Opening Plenary
DePaul University College of LawMary LaFrance
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
False Advertising Claims against Product Names and Labels
Abstract | PaperEdward Lee
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Fair Use of Musical Works – An Empirical Study
AbstractJyh-An Lee
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law
A Critical Review of FRAND Development in China
AbstractPeter Lee
University of California, Davis, School of Law
The Supreme Assimilation of Patent Law
Abstract | PaperMark Lemley - Opening Plenary
Stanford Law School
Ready for Patenting
Abstract | PaperDavid Levine
Elon University School of Law
What Trade Secrets Might Teach
Abstract | PaperJake Linford
Florida State University College of Law
Trademark Forfeiture and Residual Goodwill
AbstractGlynn Lunney
Texas A&M School of Law
Abstract Ideas 2.0
AbstractLisa Macklem
University of Western Ontario
Cash For Content: Profiting from Copyright on the Internet
Abstract | PaperIrina Manta
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Hello Barbie: First They Will Monitor You, Then They Will Discriminate Against You. Perfectly.
Abstract | PaperJonathan Masur
University of Chicago Law School
The Use and Misuse of Patent Licenses
Abstract | PaperMichael Mattioli
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
Pooling Data: Cooperative Barriers to Innovation
AbstractPeter Menell
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Percolating Intellectual Property Law through Circuit Stewardship: Empirical and Jurisprudential Analysis of En Banc Review
AbstractShawn Miller
Stanford Law School
First Look at the Stanford Litigated Patent Owner Dataset
AbstractChristina Mulligan
Brooklyn Law School
Killing Copyright (In Order to Save It)
AbstractPresenters/Topics (N-Z)
Sean O'Connor
University of Washington School of Law
Beyond Exhaustion: Why Sell When You Can Service?
Abstract
Dotan Oliar
University of Virginia
Authors and Claimants in U.S. Copyright Registrations, 1978 – 2012
Abstract
David Olson
Boston College Law School
Hello Barbie: First They Will Monitor You, Then They Will Discriminate Against You. Perfectly.
Abstract | Paper
Lucas Osborn
Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
The Case for Weaker Patents
Abstract | Paper
J. Janewa Osei-Tutu
Florida International University College of Law
Intellectual Property as a Human and Natural Right?
Abstract
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette - Closing Plenary
Stanford Law School
The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties Revisited
Abstract
Sean Pager
Michigan State University
Creative Development: Can Copyright Foster Content Industries in the Global South?
Abstract
Laura Pedraza-Farina
Northwestern University School of Law
Scaffolding Innovation: Constructing Collaboration Across Knowledge Domains
Abstract
Aaron Perzanowski
Case Western Reserve University
"Buy Now" and Other Lies
Abstract
Lee Petherbridge
Loyola Law School
Teva and the Process of Claim Construction
Abstract
Nicholson Price
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Promoting Healthcare Innovation on the Demand Side
Mira Sundara Rajan
University of Glasgow – CREATe
Of Murals and Morals: Recent Art Controversies and What They Signify for the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) of 1990
Abstract
Sarah Rajec
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
The Intellectual Property Hostage in Trade Retaliation
Abstract
Cesar Ramirez-Montes
Leeds University
Protecting “Service” Dress in Europe
Abstract | Paper | PowerPoint
Greg Reilly
California Western School of Law
Patent "Trolls" and Claim Construction
Abstract | Paper
Amelia Rinehart
University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
Justice Holmes and Patents
Abstract
Michael Risch
Villanova University School of Law
Do Patent Challenge Rights Lead to Placeholder Lawsuits?
Abstract
Keith Robinson
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Patent Quality and Claim Clarity
Abstract
Zvi Rosen
Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law
The Scope of Common-Law Copyright for Sound Recordings
Abstract
Betsy Rosenblatt
Whittier Law School
Belonging as Intellectual Creation
Abstract | Paper
Guy Rub
Ohio State University College of Law
Zoom-in Zoom-out of Copyright
Abstract
Rachel Sachs
Harvard Law School
Prizing Reimbursement: Prescription Drug Insurance as Innovation Incentive
Abstract
Matthew Sag
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
The Marginalization of Copyright by the DMCA
Abstract
Zahr Said
University of Washington School of Law
A Functionalist Approach to Copyright’s Lay Observer Standard
Abstract
Pamela Samuelson - Closing Plenary
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Functionality and Expression in Computer Programs
Abstract
Sharon Sandeen
Hamline University School of Law
What Trade Secrets Might Teach
Abstract | Paper
Joshua Sarnoff - Closing Plenary
DePaul University College of Law
Andres Sawicki
University of Miami School of Law
Law, Informal Rules, and the Problem of Creative Collaboration
Abstract
David Schwartz
Northwestern University Law School
Studying Uncertainty in Intellectual Property Valuation
Abstract
Lea Shaver
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Social Publishing
Abstract | Paper
Jeremy Sheff
St. John's University School of Law
Inclusive and Exclusive Definitions in Intellectual Property Doctrine
Jacob Sherkow
New York Law School
Disenablement: Scientific Irreproducibility in Patent Law
Abstract | Paper
Ted Sichelman
University of San Diego School of Law
Trademarks as Club Goods
Abstract
Brenda Simon
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Patenting Data-Generating Inventions
Abstract
Ned Snow
University of South Carolina School of Law
Discrimination in the Copyright Clause
Abstract
Christopher Sprigman
New York University School of Law
Make, Buy, or Innovate: Sequential Innovation and the Theory of the Firm
Abstract
James Stern
William and Mary Law School
Rivalry
Abstract
Katherine Strandburg
New York University School of Law
Patentable Subject Matter from First Principles: An Institutional Approach
Abstract | Paper
Eva Subotnik
St. John's University School of Law
The Stewardship of Intellectual Property
Abstract
Harry Surden
University of Colorado Law School
Principles of Problematic Patents
Abstract
Xiyin Tang
Yale Law School Information Society Project
A Phonaesthetic Theory of Trademark Functionality
Abstract
Qian Tao
Capital University of Economics and Business
Digital Publishing and the First Sale Doctrine
Abstract
David Taylor
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Amending Patent Eligibility
Abstract
Andrew Torrance
University of Kansas School of Law
Are Litigated Patents More Important?
Abstract
Marketa Trimble
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Patent Working Requirements
Abstract
Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law
Registering Discontent: Registration in Modern American Trademark Law
Abstract | Paper
Ryan Vacca
The University of Akron School of Law
Percolating Intellectual Property Law through Circuit Stewardship: Empirical and Jurisprudential Analysis of En Banc Review
Abstract
Shane Valenzi
Carmen D. Caruso Law Firm
Confederate Copyright: The Role of Nationalism in Designing a Copyright Regime
Abstract | Paper | PowerPoint
Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Texas A&M University School of Law
The Field of Invention
Abstract
R. Polk Wagner
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Teva and the Process of Claim Construction
Abstract
Ari Ezra Waldman
New York Law School
Social Network Norms and Intellectual Property: A Proposal for the Public Use Bar
Abstract | Paper
Andrea Wallace
University of Glasgow – CREATe and The National Library of Scotland
Claiming Surrogate IP Rights: When Cultural Institutions Repossess the Public Domain
Abstract
Melissa Wasserman
University of Illinois College of Law
What Administrative Law Can Teach the Trademark System
Abstract
Patent Office Cohorts
Abstract
Joy Xiang
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Climate Change and Technology Transfer: Domestic Innovation, International Aid and Collaboration
Abstract
Peter Yu - Opening Plenary
Texas A&M University School of Law
The Copy in Copyright
AbstractAttendees
Jonas Anderson
American University
Martin Adelman
George Washington University Law School
Silvia Beltrametti
University of Chicago Law School
Michael Burstein
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Peter DiCola
Northwestern University School of Law
John Duffy
University of Virginia School of Law
Rebecca Eisenberg
University of Michigan Law School
Laura Heymann
William and Mary Law School
Justin Hughes
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Sapna Kumar
University of Houston Law Center
Yvette Liebesman
Saint Louis University
Michael Madison
University of Pittsburgh Law
Maria Markovic
Acute Source, Inc.
Tal Niv
University of California, Berkeley
Lisa Ramsey
University of San Diego School of Law
Halim Safarov
Academy of Sciences of Republic of Tajikistan
Keita Sato
Chuo Faculty of Law
Sean Seymore
Vanderbilt University
Laura Sheridan
Google
Jule Sigall
Microsoft
Aaron Wright
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Felix Wu
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dong Zhang
Harbin Engineering University
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