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
The Role of Copyright Law in Academic Journal Publishing, Contributions to Books (2010)
This comment responds to Professors Bergstrom and Rubinfeld’s chapter, Alternative Economic Designs for Academic Publishing....
One Size Does Not Fit All: A Framework for Tailoring Intellectual Property Rights, Ohio State Law Journal (2009)
The United States and its trading partners have adopted cultural and innovation policies under which...
Fixing Fair Use, North Carolina Law Review (2007)
The fair use doctrine in copyright law balances expressive freedoms by permitting one to use...
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...
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 digital...