Professor Hrdy received the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity. A ceremony honoring award recipients was held in the Rutgers-Camden University Campus Center on April 13, 2026. The other award recipient from the tenured category was Professor Nir Yakoby, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology at Rutgers University-Camden. The … Continue reading Professor Hrdy Receives the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity…
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Prof. Hrdy attends Annual IP Conference at Fordham Law School
Professor Hrdy attended the 33rd Annual IP Conference on April 8-10, 2026 at Fordham Law School in New York City. This 2.5-day conference brought together IP attorneys from all over the world. Prof. Hrdy served on the patent on trade secrets, along with Prof. Josh Sarnoff (DePaul), Prof.Jonathan D’Silva (Penn State Dickinson Law), Ken … Continue reading Prof. Hrdy attends Annual IP Conference at Fordham Law School…
Professor Hrdy posts a new article, forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Professor Hrdy has posted “Trade Secret Law’s On-Sale Bar,” a new article forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. The paper can be downloaded at this link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6506705 The abstract reads: The on-sale bar is a well-established rule in patent law. Once an invention has been placed “on sale” for over a year, it cannot … Continue reading Professor Hrdy posts a new article, forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal…
The Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Trade Secret Law: Watch or Listen on YouTube
In this short YouTube lecture, Professor Hrdy talks about the implications of artificial intelligence for trade secret law. She flags several recent trade secret cases that shed light on this issue. Watch or listen at the link below.
Joseph Matal, Former Acting Director & Acting Solicitor of the USPTO presents the annual Lastowka Lecture
Joseph Matal, Former Acting Director and Acting Solicitor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, presented “A Guide to Modern Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence” at the annual Greg Lastowka Memorial Lecture on March 5, 2026. A recording of the lecture is available here.