Colloquium on Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property PolicyThe Colloquium on Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property Policy, directed by Professors Graeme Austin and David Adelman, continued throughout the fall semester at the Rogers College of Law. The Colloquium featured appearances by a quartet of visiting scholars. Each presented a “work-in-progress” to students, Law College faculty, and legal practitioners.

Digital Archiving:
Professor Diane Zimmerman, New York University Law School presented a fascinating paper on digital archiving and problems caused by the long duration of U.S. copyright law.  She discussed how the law might be changed to facilitate access to cultural heritage in digital form.

Copyright Safe Harbors:
Professor Molly van Houweling, U.C. Berkeley, discussed “Copyright Safe Harbors,” an on-going project on how exceptions in copyright law that focuses on ensuring that copyright safe harbors are appropriated crafted to ensure consistency with general copyright policies.

Trademark “Values”:
Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent School of Law and University College, London, presented a major research project on how broader social values associated with consumerism should be reflected in U.S. trademark law. 

Obviousness and Patenting:
Professor Greg Mandel, University of Albany, presented a new empirical study on the pervasiveness of hindsight bias in patent law. 

The Scope of the Property Right in Patents:
Drawing on extensive historical research, Professor Adam Mossoff, Michigan State University, presented a fascinating paper on the scope of the property rights in patents.  Professor Mossoff presented a provocative rebuttal to the assumption that patents are a narrow right to “exclude” others from working the patentee’s invention.