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Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) rights help creators limit who uses their work without giving value in return. This protection encourages innovation in thought and expression. Academics featured on this site research topics such as open source licensing, digital rights management, patent reform, IP and technical standards, trademarks, and trade secrets.

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TAP Academics

Colleen Chien
Santa Clara University
Intellectual Property, Patents

Jacques Crémer
Toulouse University
Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Open Source, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing

Peter DiCola
Northwestern University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark

John Duffy
University of Virginia
Intellectual Property, Patents

Richard Epstein
New York University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust

Edward Felten
Princeton University
Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence

Jeanne Fromer
New York University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Patents

Neil Gandal
Tel Aviv University
Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Standards, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing

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Sonia Katyal and Charles Graves Explore the Use of Trade Secrecy to Conceal Algorithmic Decisionmaking

In their article, “From Trade Secrecy to Seclusion,” UC Berkeley law professor Sonia Katyal and UC Hastings adjunct law professor Charles Graves argue that trade secret law is being applied beyond its intended purpose of protecting intellectual property and increasingly being used as a tool for open-ended concealment.

TAP Staff Blogger

April 27, 2022

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Fact Sheets

Patent Reform

A patent is an exclusive legal right to own and market an invention or improvement for a limited period of time, in exchange for public disclosure of the invention.

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Waymo Sues State DMV to Keep Robotaxi Safety Details Secret

“Corporate and government actors have pushed to transform the law of trade secrecy into one of the most — if not the most — powerful tools to ensure concealment of information.” — Sonia Katyal, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley

Sonia Katyal
Los Angeles Times
January 28, 2022

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Global Collaborative Patents

Some firms based in the United States file collaborative patents on inventions made by teams with members inside and outside the United States. This collaborative innovation is growing in importance. Collaborative patents tend to be of high quality.

By: William R. Kerr, Sari Pekkala Kerr

July 2, 2018

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