Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law

07/20/2018

The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law is hiring. We’re looking for a Deputy Director and for a Program Associate. Please see details below.

Amanda Levendowski ’14: “As a 3L, I was able to publish an article in the Atlantic about copyright law.” NYU Law’s formidable intellectual property faculty now numbers six. David Pashman ’97 shows and tells how to be a lawyer for a tech startup. In addition to learning from the vibrant com...

04/19/2017

Please sign up to attend the NYU Information Law Institute's upcoming conference on Algorithms and Explanations on April 27-28. Sign up at https://nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e9CydS5UsjeKzkh.

: Explanation has long been deemed a crucial aspect of accountability. By requiring that powerful actors explain the bases of their decisions — the logic goes — we reduce the risks of error, abuse, and arbitrariness, thus producing more socially desirable decisions. Decisionmaking processes employ...

04/13/2017

Next week, at the NYU Law Forum: Simon Tam of the Slants and Lee Rowland of the ACLU next Wednesday on the pending Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of barring disparaging trademarks from registration. Discussion to be moderated by NYU Law's Jeanne Fromer. To be followed by a Slants concert that evening around the corner at Cafe Wha?

The Washington Redskins have a name many Native American activists and others consider to be racially offensive. Simon Tam is a social activist and frontman for

08/22/2016

Please see our call for papers for the 7th Annual Tri-State Region IP Workshop at NYU Law on January 13, 2017.

SEVENTH ANNUAL TRI-STATE REGION IP WORKSHOP NYU SCHOOL OF LAW | JANUARY 13, 2017 The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law proudly presents the Seventh Annual Tri-State Region IP Workshop. The Workshop brings together intellectual property scholars (including professor...

08/22/2016

Please join us on Friday, September 30, for a conference with IP luminaries (judges, practitioners, and academics) on patent jury trial trends and issues. More info at www.law.nyu.edu/centers/engelberg/events, and RSVP to [email protected].

Trial by Jury of Patent CasesSeptember 30, 2016 Lipton Hall 108 West 3rd Street8:15 AM – 3:15 PM Join us for a conference bringing together distinguished federal jurists, academics, and practitioners to discuss current issues and trends in how patent jury trials are conducted. The conference, which…

09/03/2015

Please join us on Thursday, September 10, for a panel discussion on testing whether a patented features drives customer demand (with Barton Beebe, Paul Bondor, Nicholas Groombridge, and Jacob Jacoby). CLE credit available. More info at www.nyuengelberg.org/events, and RSVP to [email protected].

02/24/2015

Will fee shifting help or hinder patent enforcement? Please join the Engelberg Center for a panel discussion at NYU Law on March 2 at 6:30 pm to explore an important issue in patent reform. Panelists include Eric Cohen, John Demarais, Rochelle Dreyfuss, Theresa Gillis, David Kappos, and John Pegram. CLE credit available. To register, for more information, and for background materials, visit http://www.nyuengelberg.org/events/2015/2/23/will-fee-shifting-help-or-hinder-patent-enforcement.

Please join us at 6:30 PM (Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall) on March 2 for a roundtable discussion of the pros and cons of the current legislative proposal n H.R. 9 that the patent litigation loser should pay the winner's attorney's fees and costs. Professor Jason M. Schultz (Professor of Clinical…

01/29/2015

Please extend a warm welcome to our new executive director, Annemarie Hassett, seasoned IP litigator and former Goodwin Procter partner!

Annemarie Hassett became the executive director of the NYU Law's Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy on January 12, following a distinguished career in complex civil litigation, in particular intellectual property litigation. Hassett has been a litigator for more than 30 years, most rece…

11/26/2014

As the number of patents issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office grows upwards toward 300,000 annually, Laura Sheridan, patent counsel at Google, declares the system broken. Speaking at the November 20th IPNY, the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy’s lecture series, she said, “In the l…

11/21/2014

Copyright and trademark laws are intended to protect the creative work and symbols that permeate our culture, from Mickey Mouse to McDonalds. But a graphic artist invited to NYU Law in late September asks whether they inadvertently create an economy that hinders original work. In “­Copyright vs. Cre…

11/17/2014

Join us at NYU School of Law this Thursday (November 20) at 6 pm for the first IPNY event of the academic year, featuring Laura Sheridan, Patent Counsel at Google, who will be speaking on improving the quality of U.S. patents. CLE credit available. More info, including about RSVP'ing, at the link below.

Laura Sheridan, Patent Counsel at Google, Improving the Quality of U.S. Patents