4th Annual Junior Scholars in Intellectual Property Workshop

Michigan State University College of Law
Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program (IPCLP)

Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, 2011
Castle Boardroom, Room 343, MSU College of Law (Map)

The Junior Scholars in Intellectual Property (JSIP) Workshop offers an opportunity for junior scholars* writing in the areas of intellectual property, communications, and cyberlaw to receive commentary from established scholars in a focused workshop setting. Articles will be chosen prior to JSIP through a blind-review selection process. Accepted articles will receive detailed feedback from at least two commentators as well as from workshop participants. Participants are expected to attend for the full duration of the workshop.

Commentators

David Adelman, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law
Oren Bracha, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Chris Cotropia, University of Richmond School of Law
Laura Gasaway, University of North Carolina School of Law
Jay Kesan, University of Illinois College of Law
Mary LaFrance, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law
Edward Lee, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
Diane Zimmerman, New York University School of Law

Workshop Participants

The New Federal Circuit Mandamus. (PDF)
Paul Gugliuzza, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Magical Thinking in Trademark Law. (PDF)
Katya Assaf, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (visiting at University of Illinois College of Law)

International Technical Standards and Essential Patents. (PDF)
Branislav Hazucha, Hokkaido University School of Law

Let the Public Speak: Public Domain as Default. (PDF)
Miriam Bitton, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law (visiting at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law)

Fair Use as a Matter of Law. (PDF)
Ned Snow, University of Arkansas School of Law

An Empirical Study of Copyright Publication. (PDF)
Deborah Gerhardt, UNC School of Law

Copyright Law and Disruptive Technologies. (PDF)
Dotan Oliar, University of Virginia School of Law (visiting New York University School of Law)

Instrumentalism at the Federal Circuit. (PDF)
Lucas Osborn, Campbell Law School

Talk Derby to Me: Emergent Intellectual Property Norms Governing Roller Derby Pseudonyms. (PDF)
David Fagundes, Southwestern Law School

Fair Use as Collective Right. (PDF)
Haochen Sun, University of Hong Kong

MSU IPCLP Host Faculty

Adam Candeub, Associate Professor and IPCLP Director
Sean Pager, Assistant Professor and IPCLP Associate Director
Jenny Carter-Johnson, Assistant Professor

* Eligible junior scholars have seven or less years full-time teaching experience.

For more information please contact Sean Pager at 517-432-6972 or spager@law.msu.edu



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