Prof. Hrdy Attends National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Professor Camilla Hrdy attended the National Conference, an annual symposium hosted by the University of Houston Law Center’s Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law.  IPIL’s National Conference was held this year on June 7, 2025 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This year’s topic was patent law. Hrdy and the other invited presenters, Jonas Anderson … Continue reading Prof. Hrdy Attends National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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