I am a professor at Georgetown Law. My work currently focuses on the relationship between the First Amendment and false advertising law. I have advised and represented several fan fiction websites in disputes with copyright and trademark owners. I am a member of the board of the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting and promoting fanworks. I am also an expert on the law of engagement rings.
Copyright
Payment in Credit: Copyright Law and Subcultural Creativity, Law & Contemporary Problems (2007)
Copyright lawyers talk and write a lot about the uncertainties of fair use and the...
Domain and Forum: Public Space, Public Freedom, COLUMBIA J. L. & ARTS (2007)
How should we think about the relationship between copyright and the First Amendment? Many answers...
My Fair Ladies : Sex, Gender, and Fair Use in Copyright, American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & Law (2007)
Naming Rights: Attribution and Law, Utah Law Review (2007)
This article identifies three basic frameworks that intellectual property theorists have used to support giving...
Marital Law
Trademark
Truth and Advertising: The Lanham Act and Commercial Speech Doctrine, Trademark Law and Theory: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (2008)
The Lanham Act and its state counterparts in trademark and unfair competition law regulate speech...
Trademark Law as Commercial Speech Regulation, South Carolina Law Review (2007)
False advertising law has largely escaped constitutional scrutiny because courts consider false or misleading...