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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

Joshua Wright
George Mason University
Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust

Tim Wu
Columbia University
Intellectual Property, Copyright and Trademark, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Wireless, Net Neutrality

Christopher Yoo
University of Pennsylvania
Intellectual Property, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Broadband, Net Neutrality

Jonathan Zittrain
Harvard University
Intellectual Property, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Networks and Infrastructure, Media and Content, Net Neutrality, Artificial Intelligence

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Northwestern Professor Daniel Spulber Makes a Case for Patents

The Case for Patents, a new book by Northwestern University business and law professor Daniel Spulber, emphasizes the importance of incentives for invention, innovation, and technology adoption.

TAP Staff Blogger

March 12, 2021

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Fact Sheets

Piracy and IP Enforcement

In the context of technology, “piracy” is a colloquial term for the illegal copying of copyrighted works. The related problem of counterfeiting is the illegal reproduction of patented or trademarked products.

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Google’s Supreme Court Faceoff with Oracle Was a Disaster for Google

There's a real chance the Supreme Court could focus on this issue [the copyright status of APIs] in its decision—perhaps sending the case back down to the lower courts for even more litigation. — James Grimmelmann, Professor of Law, Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

James Grimmelmann
Ars Technica
October 8, 2020

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Economic Analysis of Copyright Notice: Tracing and Scope in the Digital Age

Decades ago, the rule that copyrighted works must include a formal copyright notice was eliminated. Today, digital technology enables authors and artists to reuse old works in new ones, but lack of formal copyright notice makes it hard for them to identify copyrighted works.

By: Peter Menell

January 4, 2016

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