Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

Professor Christine Haight Farley and Professor Michael Carroll will moderate the IP at the Supreme Court Series to discuss O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, Lindke v. Freed, and Vidal v. Elster. American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.

Upcoming book talk “The Genome Defense”–Gene Patents, Civil Rights Litigation and American Government.”  Through nearly 100 interviews Prof. Jorge Contreras brings Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics to life.

Professor Christine Haight Farley quoted in a Bloomberg Law article on Commodores Entertainment Corp. v. Thomas McClary the latest case in a long-running legal dispute between former band members over the name “The Commodores”. This trademark case put the SCOTUS ruling in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International Inc. to the test.

Prof. Christine Haight Farley to speak during the Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR) panel. Prominent lawyers and professors will share their analysis of the Supreme Court’s decisions in IP cases from the past term, including the high-profile cases Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. 

PIJIP is excited to announce the launch of our new Alumni Council, which will participate in the planning and development of initiatives that grow the Program’s place as one of the top places in the world to study and research intellectual property and technology law.

The upcoming PIJIP conference Mapping Copyright’s Application to Generative AI will explain and discuss the specific legal issues presented by generative artificial intelligence under US copyright law and feature a talk byProf. Peter Jaszi and a panel moderated by Prof. Michael Caroll.