Adam Mossoff
Professor of Law
Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University
Adam Mossoff is a professor of law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics. He is also a co-founder of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property, where he serves as a senior scholar and director of academic programs.
His research examines the theory and history of intellectual property, with a particular focus on patents and other IP rights as property rights in commercial markets. He teaches property, patent law, trade secrets, trademark law, remedies, and internet law.
Mossoff previously taught at Washington & Lee University School of Law, the University of San Diego School of Law, and Michigan State University College of Law. Earlier in his career, he was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and visiting lecturer at Northwestern University School of Law, and he clerked for Judge Jacques L. Wiener Jr. of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
He serves on professional policy and advisory bodies, including the Public Policy Committee of the Licensing Executives Society, the Amicus Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Copyright Alliance. He also served as chair and vice chair of the IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee.
Mossoff earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School. He also holds a master’s in philosophy from Columbia University, specializing in legal and political philosophy, and a bachelor’s with high distinction from the University of Michigan.
