July 8, 2016

CPIP Conference on Oct. 6-7, 2016: “Intellectual Property and Global Prosperity”

Adam Mossoff

Please Join Us For A Conference On Intellectual Property Law INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & GLOBAL PROSPERITY Keynote Speaker: Dean Kamen October 6-7, 2016 Antonin Scalia Law School George Mason University Arlington,…

Intellectual Property

December 23, 2015

A Win for Free Speech: Federal Circuit Holds (part of) §2(a) of the Lanham Act Unconstitutional

Kristian Stout

It is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment that the government may not penalize private speech merely because it disapproves of the message it conveys. The Federal Circuit handed…

Intellectual Property

November 10, 2015

Immoral Trademarks and a Scandalous Disregard for The First Amendment

Kristian Stout

Last July, the Eastern District of Virginia upheld the cancellation of various trademarks of the Washington Redskins on the grounds that the marks were disparaging to Native Americans. I am neither…

Intellectual Property

August 28, 2014

Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Growth: Mercatus Gets it Wrong

Adam Mossoff

[Cross posted at the CPIP Blog.] By Mark Schultz & Adam Mossoff A handful of increasingly noisy critics of intellectual property (IP) have emerged within free market organizations. Both the…

Intellectual Property