Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

This year was the first time the 18th Annual Works-in-Progress in Intellectual Property conference was virtual. The WIPIP colloquium provides intellectual property scholars with a forum to present their academic works-in-progress and receive early feedback from their peers.

Last month, PIJIP hosted its Annual Intellectual Property & Technology Career Coaching and Speed Networking event virtually for the first time! The event welcomed AUWCL students interested in intellectual property, alumni working in the field, and the law school’s faculty. We had 17 coaches and close to 30 students attend nationwide! 

Today, PIJIP hosted the launch of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources. This document supports authors, teachers, professors, librarians, and all open educators in evaluating when and how they can incorporate third party copyright materials into Open Educational Resources to meet their pedagogical goals.

Today, February 15th, is the 75th anniversary of ENIAC, the world’s first modern computer.  For years the story of ENIAC was told as a history of pioneering hardware, with a team led by Dr. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.  It is a great story, but one missing a critical element: the role of its six original programmers, all young women who stepped up to help the US Army during WWII.   This is the story that PIJIP and Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic Professor Kathryn Kleiman has researched since her undergraduate years. 

After the Proud Boys role in the Capitol attack, legal experts shine a light on the potential legal implications for the PROUD BOYS trademark. Professor Farley discusses her research on scandalous and immoral trademarks and procedural mishaps that could jeopardize the status of the PROUD BOYS mark. 

Professor Kathryn Kleiman, together with Co-Chairs Philip Corwin of Verisign and Brian Beckham of the World Intellectual Property Organization, steered the largest policy review group at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) to its final report and presentation of 35 changes and improvements for policies to protect trademarks and free speech.