Speakers
Johannes M. Bauer, Chairperson of the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, & Media, Michigan State University
Professor Bauer is a Professor in and Chairperson of the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University. He is also the Director of Special Programs of the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria. After time as a visiting student in the United States, he returned to Vienna, where he held a position as a lecturer in economics. His research covers a wide range of issues related to innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) industries, business models of national and global players, as well as the public policy and governance challenges of harnessing the full benefits of ICT for society.
John F. Blevins, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
John Blevins joined the Loyola law faculty in 2010. Professor Blevins earned a joint degree in law and history (M.A.) from the University of Virginia. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University. After receiving his J.D. from the University of Virginia, Professor Blevins served as a law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Following his clerkship, he was an associate with Covington & Burling, LLP in Washington, D.C., where he focused on communications law, emerging technologies, and commercial litigation. Prior to joining the Loyola law faculty, he was an Assistant Professor of Law at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. His research and teaching interests include media and communications law, intellectual property, administrative law, and criminal law.
Bruce Boyden, Assistant Professor, Marquette University Law School
Professor Boyden teaches and writes at Marquette University Law School in the areas of copyright, internet law, privacy, legal history, and civil procedure. Prior to joining the faculty at Marquette, Professor Boyden was in private practice at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he focused on copyright, digital rights management, privacy, and internet law. Professor Boyden is a graduate of Yale Law School, and he received an M.A. in history from Northwestern University and a B.A. from the University of Arkansas.
Daniel Brenner, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
The Honorable Daniel Brenner serves as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2012. Previously, Judge Brenner was a partner in the communications, media, and entertainment group of Hogan Lovells US LLP in its Washington and Los Angeles offices. Judge Brenner also headed regulatory and legal affairs at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association for seventeen years, served fulltime on the UCLA Law School faculty, was senior legal advisor to the Chair of the FCC, and law clerk to Los Angeles Federal District Judge William Matthew Byrne, Jr. He is a J.D. graduate of Stanford Law School with an M.A. and B.A. from Stanford University and also attended Dartmouth College.
Annemarie Bridy, Alan G. Sheppard Professor of Law, University of Idaho College of Law
Professor Bridy specializes in internet and intellectual property law and teaches at the University of Idaho College of Law. She holds a J.D. from the Temple University School of Law, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature. In addition to her work at the University of Idaho College of Law, Professor Bridy is active in the leadership of the Association of American Law Schools Internet and Computer Law section, and she has been interviewed on intellectual property topics by numerous national media outlets, including the Law Street Journal, The Miami Herald, and the National Public Radio’s Marketplace Tech Report.
Adam Candeub, Professor, Director Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program, Michigan State University College of Law
Professor Candeub joined the MSU Law faculty in fall 2004. He is also a fellow with MSU's Institute of Public Utilities. Prior to this position, he was an attorney–advisor for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Media Bureau and previously in the Common Carrier Bureau, Competitive Pricing Division. From 1998 to 2000, Professor Candeub was a litigation associate for the Washington D.C. firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. He also has served as a corporate associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Washington, D.C. Immediately following law school, he clerked for Chief Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Candeub's scholarly interests focus on the intersection of regulation, economics, and communications law and policy. He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.A. from Yale University.
Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Associate Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
Professor Carter-Johnson is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University College of Law, where she teaches courses in property, patent law, and a biotechnology law seminar. Professor Carter-Johnson has received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Virginia, and B.S. in Mathematics and Biology from Union University. Prior to entering academia, Professor Carter-Johnson practiced law in Seattle, Washington, specializing in intellectual property licensing and representation of biotechnology companies.
James M. Chen, Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
An attorney and professor of law with a quarter-century of experience in the law of regulated industries, economics, and regulatory policy, James Ming Chen holds the Justin Smith Morrill Chair in Law at Michigan State University College of Law and is of counsel to the Technology Law Group, a Washington, DC-based firm specializing in telecommunications law. He served as Dean of the University of Louisville School of Law from 2007 to 2012. In November 2012, National Jurist magazine named Chen one of the twenty-five most influential people in legal education. Professor Chen is an elected member of the American Law Institute and has served since 2010 as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Professor Chen has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an M.A. from Emory University, and a B.A. from Emory University.
Jorge Contreras, Associate Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
Professor Contreras recently joined the University of Utah as an Associate Professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics at the School of Medicine teaching in the areas of intellectual property, law and science, and property law. He is an internationally-recognized authority in the area of standards-essential patents and has been a leader in the development of the legal and policy aspects of genomic and biomedical research. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, his B.A. and B.S.E.E. from Rice University, and was the 2014 recipient of the Elizabeth Payne Cubberly Scholarship Award at American University.
Robert Frieden, Professor and Pioneers Chair in Telecommunication and Affiliate Law Faculty, Penn State University
Professor Robert Frieden serves as the Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law at Penn State University. Before accepting an academic appointment, Professor Frieden provided a broad range of business development, strategic planning, policy analysis, and regulatory functions for the IRIDIUM mobile satellite venture. Professor Frieden has held senior policy making positions in international telecommunications at the United States Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Yaniv Heled, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University College of Law
Professor Heled is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, where he specializes in Intellectual property law, biolaw, pharmaceutical law, food and drug law, law and technology, and bioethics. Professor Heled’s scholarship focuses on legal and ethical aspects of biomedical technologies, including the legality of the Bush Administration’s prohibition of stem cell research funding. He has earned a J.S.D. and LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law and a LL.B. and undergraduate diploma in biology from Tel Aviv University. Prior to entering academia, Professor Heled practiced intellectual property law with Goodwin Procter LLP in New York.
Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska College of Law
Porfessor Hurwitz joined the University of Nebraska College of Law faculty in 2013. Prior to that, Professor Hurwitz was the inaugural research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC); a Visiting Assistant Professor at George Mason University Law School; and a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division in the Telecommunications and Media Enforcement Section. His work builds on his background in law, technology, and economics to consider the interface between law and technology and the role of regulation in high-tech industries. Professor Hurwitz received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He also received an M.A. in Economics from George Mason University and a B.A. from Saint John’s.
Thomas D. Jeitschko, Professor, Michigan State University
Thomas Jeitschko is a Professor of Economics and an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Michigan State University. His research interests are in applied economic theory with specializations in industrial organization, law and economics, and micro-economics more broadly. Professor Jeitschko previously worked as a research economist at the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Jeitschko has held faculty positions at Royal Holloway College, University of London, and Texas A&M University, as well as shorter appointments at Duke, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and Humboldt Universities. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia with a specialization in Economic Theory and an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster in Germany with a specialization in Economic History.
Daryl Lim, Assistant Professor, John Marshall Law School
Professor Lim is an Assistant Professor at John Marshall Law School, where he teaches patent and trade secret law, antitrust law, and intellectual property and antitrust law. Professor Lim was an associate at Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore’s largest law firm and a leader in IP practice. He was also a research scholar at the Max Planck institute for IP and Competition Law in Munich, Germany and the Queen Mary IP Research Institute in London, UK. Professor Lim has graduate degrees from Stanford University and the National University of Singapore, received the Franklin Family Fellowship and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Grant from Stanford Law School, and has a degree in economics and management from the University of London.
Jonathan Obar, Assistant Professor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Research Associate, Quello Center, Michigan State University
Jonathan Obar is a Professor at the Ontario Institute of Technology and a research associate at the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law. Professor Obar also serves as a Public Policy Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation, and is a senior advisor with Wikipedia’s Global Education Program. He holds a Media Policy Fellowship with the New America Foundation and a post-doctoral fellowship with the “Politics of Surveillance” team in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the impact that digital technologies have on civil liberties, civic engagement, and the inclusiveness of public culture. He has an M.A. in Media Studies from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Penn State University.
J. Janewa Osei-Tutu, Assistant Professor, Florida International University College of Law
Professor Osei-Tutu has extensive experience in international and comparative intellectual property law, including clerking as an Associate Legal Officer for Trial Chamber II at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania, providing legal advice on intellectual property submissions to the World Intellectual Property Organization and serving as Legal Counsel at the Federal Department of Justice in Canada, where she advised the Patent Office and Intellectual Property Policy Directorate at Industry Canada. Professor Osei-Tutu’s scholarship contemplates the role of intellectual property as a social and cultural tool. She earned her LL.M. from McGill University, J.D. from Queen’s University (Ontario), and B.A. from the University of Toronto.
Sean A. Pager, Associate Professor, Associate Director Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program, Michigan State University College of Law
Professor Pager is a member of the faculty here at Michigan State University College of Law. Prior to joining the Law College faculty, Professor Pager was a visiting professor at a number of institutions, practiced for several years as a litigation associate, and also clerked for the Honorable Judge James Browning on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a J.D. from U.C. Berkley and also an LL.M. in International Law from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
Mark F. Schultz, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Law
Professor Schultz teaches at the Southern Illinois University School of law, where he focuses primarily in the area of intellectual property. Professor Schultz received his J.D. with honors from the George Washington University School of Law and his B.A. from George Washington University. Before entering academia, he clerked and practiced for several years. In addition to teaching, Professor Schultz also maintains leadership roles in both local and national organizations, including his position as an NGO delegate to the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.
Andrew W. Torrance, Professor and Docking Faculty Scholar, University of Kansas School of Law
Andrew W. Torrance received his Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University in 1997, J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2000, and Bachelor of Science from Queen’s University (Canada) in 1991. He joined the University of Kansas School of Law in 2005 as an Associate Professor. Professor Torrance practiced biotechnology patent law at Fish & Richardson PC, the world’s largest intellectual property law firm. In 2008, Torrance served as a policy advisor to presidential candidate Barack H. Obama on his Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Committee. Torrance founded the annual Biolaw Conference and co-founded the leading annual patent conference, PatCon.
