I am a Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at the American University, Washington College of Law. I also serve on the Board of Directors of Creative Commons, Inc. My research focuses on intellectual property law and Internet-related topics.
Articles
Fixing Fair Use, North Carolina Law Review (2007)
The fair use doctrine in copyright law balances expressive freedoms by permitting one to...
Patent Injunctions and the Problem of Uniformity Cost, Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review (2007)
In eBay v. MercExchange, the Supreme Court correctly rejected a one-size-fits-all approach to patent injunctions....
The Movement for Open Access Law, Lewis & Clark Law Review (2006)
My claim in this contribution to this important symposium is that the law and legal...
One for All: The Problem of Uniformity Cost in Intellectual Property Law, American University Law Review (2006)
Intellectual property law protects the owner of each patented invention or copyrighted work of authorship...
Creative Commons and the New Intermediaries, Michigan State Law Review (2006)
This symposium contribution examines the disintermediating and reintermediating roles played by Creative Commons licenses...
Contributions to Books
Creative Commons as Conversational Copyright, Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Issues and Practices in the Digital Age (2006)
Copyright law's default settings inhibit sharing and adaptation of creative works even though new...