A. Mitchell Polinsky
Colleges / Universities: Stanford University
Intellectual Property and Open Source
Description: 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.
Intellectual Property and Open Source Scholars
Bronwyn Hall
Colleges / Universities: University of California, Berkeley
Bruce Kobayashi
Colleges / Universities: George Mason University
C. Scott Hemphill
Colleges / Universities: New York University
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Grimmelmann, J. (2022, July 16). NPR.“We ended up with this system because in the 1990s, when the contours of the internet and copyright are still coming into view, this is the compromise that representatives of the copyright industries and the internet industries worked out.”
James Grimmelmann
TAP Scholar
Professor of Law
Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School
Cornell University
Katyal, S. (2022, January 28). Los Angeles Times.“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
TAP Scholar
Roger J. Traynor Distinguished Professor of Law
Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
School of Law
University of California, Berkeley
Grimmelmann, J. (2020, October 8). Ars Technica.“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
TAP Scholar
Professor of Law
Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School
Cornell University
Grimmelmann, J. (2020, June 1). Ars Technica.“It seems like the publishers have a pretty strong case. I think there are arguments for fair use, but they're not terribly strong arguments.”
James Grimmelmann
TAP Scholar
Professor of Law
Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School
Cornell University
Fromer, J. (2019, May 9). The New York Times.“It’s overreaching in terms of copyright law. The law grants certain rights, but it withholds certain others.”
Jeanne Fromer
TAP Scholar
Professor
School of Law
New York University
