IPSC 2025

DePaul's Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology (CIPLIT®) hosted the 25th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC) on August 7 and 8, 2025, at 1 E. Jackson Boulevard, 8th Floor, in Chicago, Illinois. There was a welcome reception on Wednesday, August 6.

IPSC 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.

The conference was co-sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, UC Berkeley 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.

Ana Alba (& Emanuel Rodriguez)
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Legal Protection of Ethnic Avatars and Their Cultural Markers
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PowerPoint

Mary Catherine Amerine
The George Washington University Law School
Mind the Gap: How Brand Gimmicks Have Made Infinite the Zone of Expansion
Abstract

Jonas Anderson
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Demystifying Third-Party Litigation Funding
Abstract

Stefan Bechtold
ETH Zurich
Out of Tune? Investigating YouTube's Copyright Enforcement
Abstract

Barton Beebe (w/ Jeanne Fromer & David Stein)
New York University School of Law
Trademark Law's Theory of the Image: An Empirical Investigation
Abstract

Ximena Benavides
Yale University; University of Georgia
Confronting Biomedical Progress Beyond Patents
Abstract
PowerPoint

Matt Blaszczyk
University of Michigan Law School
Posthuman Copyright: Copyright, AI, and Legitimacy
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Paper
PowerPoint

Doni Bloomfield
Fordham University School of Law
The Republic of Science Grants
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Jeremy Bock
Tulane University Law School
Opting into Precedents
Abstract

Bruce Boyden
Marquette University Law School
Levels of Expression
Abstract

Robert Brauneis
The George Washington University Law School
CLOSING PLENARY: 50 Year Review of the 1976 Copyright Act (w/ Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Brandy Karl, and Zvi Rosen)

Christopher Buccafusco (& Sari Mazzurco)
Duke University School of Law
Style Marks?

Eric Budish
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research
Missing Markets for Innovation: Evidence from New Uses for Existing Drugs
Abstract

Michael Burstein
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
"Critical Technologies" and the Law and Geopolitics of Innovation Policy
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Felicia Caponigri
Marquette University Law School
Pantone's Color Monopoly?
Abstract
Paper

Michael Carroll
American University Washington College of Law
Fair Breach
Abstract
PowerPoint

Anne-Marie Carstens
University of Baltimore School of Law
Political Monuments & "Cultural Property"
Abstract
PowerPoint

Bernard Chao
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Real Hypothetical Negotiations
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Tun-Jen Chiang
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
Regulating Patent Claiming
Abstract

Andrew Chin
University of North Carolina School of Law
Warranting Words: Empirical Verification in Written Description Doctrine after Generative AI
Abstract
Paper

Kevin Collins
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Trademarks and Clarity in Consumer Expression
Abstract
Paper

Jorge Contreras
University of Utah College of Law
Stopping Infringement at the Border: Rebalancing Import Exclusion Authority Among the ITC, CBP and the Courts
Abstract

Zachary Cooper
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dams in the Infinite River: Next-Generation Copyright In Next-Generation Interactive Media
Abstract

Christopher Cotropia
The George Washington University Law School
Examining the Value of Small Entity Patents
Abstract
PowerPoint
CLOSING PLENARY: DOGE Days at the USPTO? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Administrative Reform (w/ David Schwartz)
Abstract

Courtney Cox
Fordham University School of Law
Hardwiring Hercules?
Abstract

Carys Craig
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
Copyright’s Constitution: User Rights and the ‘Deprivation of Property’ Misdiagnosis (Or: Lessons from South Africa’s Constitutional Debacle over the Copyright Amendment Bill)
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PowerPoint

Dennis Crouch
University of Missouri School of Law
Mentor Factors in Intellectual Property
Abstract

Nikola Datzov
University of North Dakota School of Law
IP Exceptionalism in the Age of AI
Abstract

Dr. Gururaj Devarhubli (& Dr. Taruna Jakhar)
Nirma University, Institute of Law, Ahmedabad
Analyzing Cross-border Regime for Enforcing Copyright in the Age of Digital Piracy: A Comparative Study of Music Piracy in India and China
Abstract
PowerPoint

Rachael Dickson
Willamette University School of Law
"Big, Fun Art": The IP Of Immersive Art Experiences
Abstract

Graeme Dinwoodie
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Not Just The Gutting of Rogers: A Window Into Modern Trademark Challenges
Abstract
PLENARY 1: Past, Present, and Future of IPSC & Honoring Bobbi Kwall

Stacey Dogan
Boston University School of Law
Hollywood's Trademark Law
Abstract
PowerPoint

Laura Dolbow
University of Colorado Law School
The Public Franchise Tradition as a Limit on Patent Takings
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Charles Duan
American University Washington College of Law
It's a Prop!
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Maya Durvasula
Stanford University; Stanford Law School
Regulating the Diagnosis of Disease
Abstract

Tabrez Y. Ebrahim
Lewis & Clark Law School
Virtuous Progress
Abstract

Sarah Fackrell
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Amending Schedule A
Abstract

Joseph Fishman
Vanderbilt Law School
Revenue Streams Without Streaming Revenue
Abstract
PowerPoint

Jeanne Fromer (w/ Barton Beebe & David Stein)
New York University School of Law
Trademark Law's Theory of the Image: An Empirical Investigation
Abstract

Elizabeth Townsend Gard
Tulane University Law School
The Economy of Cultural Accountability, or the Economic Role of Moral Rights in the YouTube Age (w/ Sidne Gard)
Abstract
CLOSING PLENARY: 50 Year Review of the 1976 Copyright Act (w/ Robert Brauneis, Brandy Karl, and Zvi Rosen)

Sidne Gard (& Elizabeth Townsend Gard)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The Economy of Cultural Accountability, or the Economic Role of Moral Rights in the YouTube Age
Abstract

Aman Gebru
University of Houston Law Center
Truthfulness in Trademarks
Abstract

Katrina Geddes
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
The New Art Forgers
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Paper
PowerPoint

Patty Gerstenblith
DePaul University College of Law
State Ownership of Cultural Artifacts and the Inadequacy of 1970 as a Legal and Ethical Marker
Abstract
PLENARY 1: Past, Present, and Future of IPSC & Honoring Bobbi Kwall

Andrew Gilden (& Eva Subotnik)
Southwestern Law School
Digital Replica Rights and Postmortem Policy Levers
Abstract

Michael Goodyear
New York Law School
Dignity and Deepfakes
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Wendy Gordon
Boston University School of Law
PLENARY 1: Past, Present, and Future of IPSC & Honoring Bobbi Kwall

James Grimmelmann
Cornell Law School; Cornell Tech
No Mods, No Masters: The Cyber-Libertarian Dream and the Inevitability of Content-Moderation Bureaucracy
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Richard Gruner
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Patents and Technology Evolution: Altering Innovations and Innovators via Patent Influences
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Michael Grynberg
DePaul University College of Law
All Brands Great and Small
Abstract

Terry Taorui Guan
The University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Towards a Balanced Legal Framework of AI Distillation
Abstract
PowerPoint

Paul Gugliuzza
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Our _____ Patent System
Abstract

Thomas Haley
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Copyright Disincentives
Abstract
Paper

Cynthia Ho
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Registered but Replaced
Abstract

Tim Holbrook
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Patent Claim Dissection
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Camilla Hrdy
Rutgers Law School
Trade Secret Law's On-Sale Bar
Abstract

Dr. Taruna Jakhar (& Dr. Gururaj Devarhubli)
Nirma University, Institute of Law, Ahmedabad
Analyzing Cross-border Regime for Enforcing Copyright in the Age of Digital Piracy: A Comparative Study of Music Piracy in India and China
Abstract
PowerPoint

John Jarosz
Analysis Group, Inc.
Mending the Fence: Commercial Success and the Blocking Patent Defense in Pharmaceutical Litigation
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

D.R. Jones
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Libraries, Contract, and Copyright
Abstract
PowerPoint

Brandy Karl
U.S. Copyright Office
CLOSING PLENARY: 50 Year Review of the 1976 Copyright Act (w/ Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Robert Brauneis, and Zvi Rosen)

Sapna Kumar
University of Minnesota Law School
Geopolitical Patents
Abstract

Roberta Kwall
DePaul University College of Law

Rachel Landy
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Did Copyright Fail Music Artists?
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Christa Laser
Cleveland State University College of Law
Intangible: How Intellectual Property Law Shapes Our Lives, from Alzheimer’s Drugs to Taylor Swift, and Why Recipe Blogs Are So Darn Long

Edward Lee
Santa Clara University School of Law
Is the Lay Audience Real or Fake?
Abstract

Mark A. Lemley
Stanford Law School
Patent Law's Era of Normalcy
Abstract
Paper
Anticompetitive Acquiescence (w/ Jacob Noti-Victor)
Abstract
Paper
PLENARY 1: Past, Present, and Future of IPSC & Honoring Bobbi Kwall

Jack Lerner
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Five Years of Fair Use: Lessons from Recent Case Law on Fair Use In Copyright
Abstract

Gi-Kuen Jacob Li
National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) Institute of Law for Science and Technology
Government Use of Copyrighted Works: The Case of Taiwan’s TAIDE AI Project
Abstract

Jake Linford
Florida State University College of Law
Content-Based Trademark Regulation
Abstract
PowerPoint

Ari Lipsitz
Boston University School of Law
Tarot's Uneasy Copyright
Abstract
PowerPoint

Miriam Marcowitz-Bitton
Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law
Gendered Words and Grant Rates: A Textual Analysis of Disparate Outcomes in the Patent System
Abstract
Paper

Jonathan Masur
University of Chicago Law School
Measuring the Value of Trademark Distinctiveness: Evidence from the Market for Bordeaux Wines
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Sari Mazzurco
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Source & Solidarity
Style Marks? (w/ Christopher Buccafusco)

Tim McFarlin
Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Authorship and Time
Abstract

Mark McKenna (& Jessica Silbey)
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
The Law of Everyday Design
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Mike Meurer
Boston University School of Law
How Does (and Should) the Law Impact the Supply of Innovation?
Abstract
PowerPoint

Andrew Michaels
University of Houston Law Center
Mistake of Law Defenses in Patent Law
Abstract

Christopher Morten
New York University School of Law
Information and Inefficiency: Trade Secrets as Anti-Intellectual Property
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Adam Mossoff
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
The Legal and Policy Folly of Price Controls on Drug Patents
Abstract

Jacob Noti-Victor (& Mark A. Lemley)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Anticompetitive Acquiescence
Abstract
Paper

Seán O'Connor
Brooklyn Law School
Dilla Time: Copyright and Distributive Justice for Beatmakers
Abstract
PowerPoint

Lucas Osborn
Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Should we Pluralize the PHOSITA in Patent Law?
Abstract

Lisa Ouellette
Stanford Law School
Beyond the Pharmaceutical Patent Arms Race
Abstract

Sean Pager
Michigan State University College of Law
Who Is Liable for Infringing Generative AI Output?
Abstract

Laura G. Pedraza-Fariña
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Problem Finding And The Structure Of Creativity In Intellectual Property Law
Abstract

Arti Rai
Duke University School of Law
Using Patents to Assess the Novelty of AI-Generated Drugs
Abstract

Cesar Ramirez-Montes
University of Leeds School of Law
A New Normative Account Of Trademark Law In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence?
Abstract

Greg Reilly
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Patent Law's Venue Pretzel
Abstract

Kate Reinmuth
Stanford University; Stanford Law School
Protect or Prevent? Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications of the Effect of Non-Compete Agreements on Innovation
Abstract
PowerPoint

Katelyn Ringrose
McDermott Will & Emery
LGBTQ+ Privacy & Civil Liberties
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Michael Risch
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Pharma Continuation Stories
Abstract
PowerPoint

Alexandra J. Roberts
Northeastern University School of Law
Litigating Personal Brand: Intellectual Property & the Construction of Self
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Zaneta Robinson
Wake Forest University School of Law
Language Preservation with Trademark Registration
Abstract

Emanuel Rodriguez (& Ana Alba)
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Legal Protection of Ethnic Avatars and Their Cultural Markers
Abstract
PowerPoint

Paul Rogerson
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Patent Litigation Waves: 1923–2002
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Zvi Rosen
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
CLOSING PLENARY: 50 Year Review of the 1976 Copyright Act (w/ Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Robert Brauneis, and Brandy Karl)

Betsy Rosenblatt
Case Western Reserve University Law School
Restorative Intellectual Property
Abstract

Thomas H. Rousse
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Open Licensing, Hidden Costs: Survey Experiment Insights on Creative Commons and Copyright Infringement
Abstract
Paper

Rachel Sachs
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Regulating Health Technologies in a Post-FDA World
Abstract
PowerPoint

Matthew Sag
Emory University School of Law
After the Asteroid
Abstract

Karen Sandrik
Marquette University Law School
Cultural Legacies and Innovation Barriers: Comparative Lessons from Post-Soviet Research Institutions for American Innovation Policy
Abstract

Joshua Sarnoff
DePaul University College of Law
Patent and Other Preemption of Pharmaceutical Price Controls (Patent Preemption of (Pharmaceutical) Price Controls
Abstract

David Schwartz
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
CLOSING PLENARY: DOGE Days at the USPTO? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Administrative Reform
Abstract

Victoria Schwartz
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Rethinking Use of Trademarks in Art
Abstract

Amy Semet
University at Buffalo School of Law
Gaming the Patent System: How Venue Choice Shapes Litigation Outcomes
Abstract

Vera Sevastianova
Hanken School of Economics
Trademark-Based Parodies and Other Commentaries in the Age of AI
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Jessica Silbey (& Mark McKenna)
Boston University School of Law
The Law of Everyday Design
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Brenda Simon
California Western School of Law
Innovation Policy in the Shadow of Decreasing Biodiversity
Abstract

Michael Sinha
Saint Louis University School of Law
Inexpensive Gadgets: Solving the Drug-Device Cost Conundrum
Abstract

Matthew Sipe
University of Baltimore School of Law
Trademarks as the Anti-Antitrust
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Marvin J. Slepian MD, JD
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Synergy of Artificial Intelligence and Boolean Search in Patent Prior Art Assessment
Abstract
Paper

Cathay Smith
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology
Looser Forms of Parody
Abstract

David Stein
Vanderbilt Law School
Facially Apparent (but Non-Obvious as a Matter of Law): Empirical Evidence of Low Patent Quality
Abstract
Trademark Law's Theory of the Image: An Empirical Investigation (w/ Barton Beebe & Jeanne Fromer)
Abstract

Christopher Storm
Uber Technologies Inc.
The Patent Industry Versus eBay
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Jennifer Sturiale
Widener University Delaware Law School
Extra-Antitrust: Using the Takings Clause to Correct Anticompetitive Network Markets
Abstract
Paper

Eva Subotnik (& Andrew Gilden)
St. John’s University School of Law
Digital Replica Rights and Postmortem Policy Levers
Abstract

Talha Syed
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
IP as Market Power
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

Xiyin Tang
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Creative Labor and Platform Capitalism
Abstract
Paper
PowerPoint

David Taylor
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Patent Claims and the Canons of Legal Interpretation
Abstract

Rebecca Tushnet
Harvard Law School
CLOSING PLENARY: History and Tradition in First Amendment IP Cases
Abstract
Paper

Saurabh Vishnubhakat
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Patent Treatise Boom
Abstract

Anthony Volini
DePaul University College of Law
The Right to Data Privacy: Revisiting Warren & Brandeis
Abstract
PowerPoint

Melissa Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Strategic Patenting: Evidence from the Biopharmaceutical Industry
Abstract

Sarah Wasserman Rajec
William & Mary Law School
AI-enhanced Patent Claiming
Abstract

Peter Yu
Texas A&M University School of Law
Twists and Turns in the TRIPS Journey
Abstract
PLENARY 1: Past, Present, and Future of IPSC & Honoring Bobbi Kwall

Stav Zeitouni
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
A Theory of Noncommerciality in Fair Use
Abstract

Frederic Blockx
Commercial court, Antwerp/UAntwerp/ULBrussels

M. Scott Boone
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School

Annemarie Bridy
Google/Yale Law School Information Society Project

Stuart Brotman
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Journalism and Media

Aloni Cohen
The University of Chicago Department of Computer Science

John Freeman
Sperling Kenny Nachwalter; Center for Art Law

Michael Frakes
Duke University School of Law

Shubha Ghosh
Syracuse University College of Law

Jordana Goodman
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology

David Jones
High Tech Inventors Alliance

Paul Jurcys
University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Mehtab Khan
Cleveland State University College of Law

Morag Kersel
DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (Anthropology)

Mehtab Khan
Cleveland State University College of Law

Ryan Knox
DePaul University College of Law

Yvette Liebesman
Saint Louis University School of Law

Maria Markovic
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Sarita Matheson
University of St. Thomas School of Law

Prachi Mehta
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Sasha Moss
Google

Kevin Noonan
Patent Docs

Tyler Ochoa
Santa Clara University School of Law

Kal Raustiala
University of California, Los Angeles School of Law

Elizabeth Rowe
University of Virginia School of Law

Tifani Sadek
The University of Michigan Law School

Sean B. Seymore
Vanderbilt Law School

Benjamin Sobel
University of Wisconsin Law School

Chris Sprigman
New York University School of Law

Ali Sternburg
Computer & Communications Industry Association

Felix Wu
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Samantha Zyontz, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Law