Intellectual Property — Topics
Can American Antitrust Law Keep Up With Artificial Intelligence?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 6, 2026
The Precarious Issue of Legally Creating Mashups Under the U.S. Patent System
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 24, 2025
Trump’s Shortsighted Proposal Would Shatter the Patent System
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 17, 2025
Are AI Overviews Creating New Risk of Libel for Search Engines?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 7, 2024
AR/VR/XR: Breaking the Wall of Legal Issues Used to Limit in Either the Real-World or the Virtual-World
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 4, 2024
Brushstroke Battles: Unraveling Copyright Challenges With AI Artistry
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 15, 2023
Brushstroke Battles: Unraveling Copyright Challenges With AI Artistry
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 15, 2023
The Inaccessible Cure: the Struggle With Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Thoughts on the Underlying Law
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 9, 2023
The Inaccessible Cure: the Struggle With Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Thoughts on the Underlying Law
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 9, 2023
A Manhattan Federal Jury Found Trademark Rights to Extend to the Metaverse. Why Should You Care?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 4, 2023
Who Qualifies for the Patent Bar? Proposed Changes May Mean More Applicants With Computer Science Degrees Soon Will
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 26, 2022
Only Humans Are Allowed: Federal Circuit Says No to “AI Inventors”
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 26, 2022
After Hepp: Section 230 and State Intellectual Property Law
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 12, 2022
I Think, Therefore I Am: The Battle for Intellectual Property Rights With Artificial Intelligence
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 17, 2022
Social Media Influencers Ask What “Intellectual Property” Means
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 18, 2022
Inventions Ex Machina, Patents Dantur Hominibus
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 22, 2021
Quantum Computing: Ready to Be Patented!
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 11, 2021
Quantum Computing: Ready to Be Patented!
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 11, 2021
NFTs and the Tweet Worth $2.9 Million: Beliefs Versus the Legal Reality
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 24, 2021
Intellectual Property in Crisis: Does SARS-CoV-2 Warrant Waiving TRIPS?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 21, 2021
The Future of Software Industry Is at Stake—An Interview With Professor Thomas F. Cotter of University of Minnesota Law on the Supreme Court Case Google v. Oracle
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 21, 2020
When Is an Invention Disclosure or Patent Application a Trade Secret?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, May 26, 2020
Impact on IP: What Effect Will the US-China “Phase 1” Trade Deal Have
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 28, 2020
Orange Book, Purple Book, Complex Products, and Process Patents
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, December 23, 2019
Information Sharing: Tesla and the Open Patent Framework
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 23, 2019
TERMINAL DISCLAIMERS: QUICK FIX or SIMPLE RUIN?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 12, 2019
New Year, New Chinese Intellectual Property System
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 31, 2019
The First Amendment and Trademarks: Are Offensive Trademarks Registrable?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 25, 2019
Today in 1923: The Return of the Public Domain
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 10, 2019
Impact of China’s Generics Push on Innovator Drug Companies
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 12, 2018
The Music Modernization Act May Limit Big Name Recording Artists’ Leverage in Negotiations With Music Streaming Companies
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 28, 2018
Counterfeit Products: A Growing Issue for Online Retailers
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 26, 2018
Copyright Suit Against Rita Ora and Estate of the Notorious B.I.G. Dismissed
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 21, 2018
USPTO Denies Beyoncé’s Attempt to Trademark Her Daughter’s Name … Again
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 29, 2018
Fi-ARRR-E & Fury: Why Even Reading the Pirated Copy of Michael Wolff’s New Book Is Probably Copyright Infringement
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 8, 2018
Fi-ARRR-E & Fury: Why Even Reading the Pirated Copy of Michael Wolff’s New Book Is Probably Copyright Infringement
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 8, 2018
Made in China: How IP Theft Became a Norm in China
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 7, 2017
Apple Faces Trademark Lawsuit Regarding Its iPhone X Animoji Feature
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 23, 2017
Tribal Sovereign Immunity May Shield Pharmaceutical Patent Owner From PTAB Inter Partes Review
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 15, 2017
Mechanical Curation: Spotify, Archillect, Algorithms, and AI
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 15, 2017
U of M Asserts Sovereign Immunity Prevents USPTO From Invalidating Its Patents
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, July 11, 2017
The Future of Zero-Calorie Soft Drink Trademarks After the TTAB’s Coke Zero™ Ruling and Dr. Pepper Snapple’s Pending Federal Circuit Appeal
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 22, 2017
The Future of Zero-Calorie Soft Drink Trademarks After the TTAB’s Coke Zero™ Ruling and Dr. Pepper Snapple’s Pending Federal Circuit Appeal
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 22, 2017
Your Honor, That Guy “Subconsciously” Copied My Music!
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 28, 2017
Extending the Earth’s Life to Make It Off-World: Will Intellectual Property Law Allow Climate Change to Go Unchecked?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 28, 2017
Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics: More Discretion of District Courts in Granting Enhanced Damages
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 25, 2016
Solar Climate Engineering and Intellectual Property
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 27, 2016
Biosimilar Licensing
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 14, 2016
Compulsory Licensing and Health Law
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 10, 2016
USPTO to Decide Who Will Own the Pioneer Gene Editing Patent for the Next Billion-Dollar Industry
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 28, 2016
Patent Damages
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 20, 2016
Recent Developments in Automated Vehicles Suggest Broad Effects on Urban Life
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, January 20, 2016
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Exemptions Announced
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 17, 2015
Supreme Court to Hear Willful Infringement Cases: Will the Justices Clear the Way for Enhanced Damages for Patentees?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 17, 2015
The Legal Persona of Electronic Entities – Are Electronic Entities Independent Entities?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 13, 2015
Apple Loses Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 20, 2015
Akamai Techs. v. Limelight Networks: An Expansion of the Scope of Patent Direct Infringement
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 13, 2015
Are Trademark’s a Medium for Free Speech?: Federal Circuit Considers Whether Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act Violates the First Amendment
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 6, 2015
The Mystery of the Preliminary Injunction’s Tiny Role in Patent Litigations in China and Some Newest Developments
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 30, 2015
It’s Apple Season: Federal Circuit Court Rules for Apple in Patent Dispute, Requiring Samsung to Change Some of Its Technology Features
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 24, 2015
The BPCIA Patent Dance: A Patent Law Cliffhanger
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 5, 2015
I’m Not a Doctor, But…: E-Health Records Issues for Attorneys
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, March 20, 2015
Open Patenting, Innovation, and the Release of the Tesla Patents
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 11, 2014
How Far is Too Far?: Some Patents Border on the Absurd
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, May 16, 2014
A KISS Principle for the Right of Publicity
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 22, 2014
ABC v. Aereo: Television on the Internet!?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 15, 2014
Alice Corporation: Is Software That Implements an Abstract Idea Patentable?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 10, 2014
Everything That Can Be Digital Will Be
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 22, 2014
Akamai Provides a New Induced Infringement Standard, but How Do We Use It?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 3, 2014
Akamai Provides a New Induced Infringement Standard, but How Do We Use It?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 3, 2014
Akamai Provides a New Induced Infringement Standard, but How Do We Use It?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 3, 2014
Akamai Provides a New Induced Infringement Standard, but How Do We Use It?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, February 3, 2014
My Body, My Tattoo, My Copyright?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, December 5, 2013
Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Fighting Patent Trolls With Fee-Shifting
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, November 1, 2013
Legal Approaches to Synthetic Biology
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 20, 2013
Legal Approaches to Synthetic Biology
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 20, 2013
Open-Source Biotechnology: Failed to Take Root or Waiting in the Wings?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 14, 2013
Myriad Genetics: A Look at Recent Developments in Patent Law and the Human Genome
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 14, 2013
Countdown Sochi '14: Will the USOC Avoid Repeat of Ravelry Stitch?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 4, 2013
Countdown Sochi '14: Will the USOC Avoid Repeat of Ravelry Stitch?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 4, 2013
Will AIA Post-Grant Procedures Reduce Litigation?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, May 8, 2013
Will AIA Post-Grant Procedures Reduce Litigation?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, May 8, 2013
Shapewear Patent War: Case of the Bad Patent?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, May 7, 2013
Supreme Court to the Rescue: The First Sale Doctrine Survives
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 9, 2013
Supreme Court to the Rescue: The First Sale Doctrine Survives
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, April 9, 2013
Six Strikes and You’re Out: Can a New RIAA Policy Solve Old Online File Sharing Problems?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, December 4, 2012
Apple & Samsung Litigation Shows Need for Patent Reform
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, December 3, 2012
Apple & Samsung Litigation Shows Need for Patent Reform
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, December 3, 2012
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For Your Patent . . .
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 26, 2012
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For Your Patent . . .
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 26, 2012
The Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of the First-Sale Doctrine in Kirtsaeng
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 11, 2012
The Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of the First-Sale Doctrine in Kirtsaeng
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 11, 2012
Mashing up Copyright Infringment with the Beastie Boys and Ghostface Killah
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, October 3, 2012
The Written Description Requirement Strikes Back
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 12, 2012
The Written Description Requirement Strikes Back
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, September 12, 2012