Do trade secret injunctions last forever?

An injunction in a trade secret case should generally end when the trade secret does. But new empirical research by Professor Lynda Oswald sheds new light on the actual lifetime of these injunctions. The results are surprising. Oswald finds that in the vast majority (~80%) of cases in her dataset, courts simply grant an open-ended injunction without a fixed … Continue reading Do trade secret injunctions last forever?

Professor Ellen P. Goodman publishes Synthetic Media Policy report

      Along with Tech Policy Press, Professor Goodman and RIIPL convened an expert group to examine synthetic media policy and the surge in state and federal policies to protect the public from deepfakes, voice clones, and other forms of manipulated media. They published this report highlighting challenges and research questions: Synthetic Media Policy: … Continue reading Professor Ellen P. Goodman publishes Synthetic Media Policy report

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