Professor Hrdy presents at the University of Illinois

Professor Camilla Hrdy travelled to Champaign, Illinois to present her work on trade secrets and generative AI at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The talk, held on Tuesday, April 29, was sponsored by the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program at the University of Illinois. Professor Hrdy spoke to students and faculty about generative AI … Continue reading Professor Hrdy presents at the University of Illinois

Prof. Carrier publishes 4 articles

1. (With Ed Bank) – Drug patent agreements and caselaw ambiguity from settlement of antitrust challenges to agreements… https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4909201 2. (With Marc Edelman) – Why NCAA settlement doesn’t preclude future antitrust challenges… https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5053658 3. (With David Katz) – How promises to reasonably license patents have been avoided by “patent pools” and how to address this… … Continue reading Prof. Carrier publishes 4 articles

Professor Hrdy Moderates Trademark Law Panel at Penn Law, Asking “Should Strong Marks Get Greater Protection”?

Professor Hrdy moderated a panel on trademark law at Penn Law on Friday. The panel, entitled, “How Far Should Trademark Protection Extend?” was hosted by the Penn Intellectual Property Group (PIPG) for their Annual Symposium, which took place on Friday, March 21, 2025, at University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. The Panelists, pictured above, were: … Continue reading Professor Hrdy Moderates Trademark Law Panel at Penn Law, Asking “Should Strong Marks Get Greater Protection”?

OpenEvidence v. Pathway: The Legal Battle Over AI Reverse Engineering

  Can generative AI models like ChatGPT be “reverse engineered” in order to develop competing models? If so, will this activity be deemed legal reverse engineering or illegal trade secret misappropriation? I have now written a few articles exploring this question, including Trade Secrecy Meets Generative AI and Keeping ChatGPT a Trade Secret While Selling It Too. But when … Continue reading OpenEvidence v. Pathway: The Legal Battle Over AI Reverse Engineering