Don’t let ‘FDA-approved’ or ‘patented’ in ads give you a false sense of security

Most people don’t know what these labels really mean − and advertisers take advantage of that fact.

Michael Mattioli, Professor of Law and Louis F. Niezer Faculty Fellow, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 14, 2024 • ~4 min

How a New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI could potentially transform how AI and copyright work

The lawsuit could see other media companies move to protect their copyrighted content.

Dinusha Mendis, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law; Director Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Managament (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, Bournemouth University • conversation
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~8 min

A less biased way to determine trademark infringement? Asking the brain directly

How do you determine whether one brand is similar enough to another to infringe on its trademark? Researchers propose that comparing brain scans could be an option.

Zhihao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia • conversation
Feb. 13, 2023 • ~9 min

How to get COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries – and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers

India and South Africa are pressing the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights to help ramp up vaccine production. There's a better solution.

Dalindyebo Shabalala, Associate Professor, University of Dayton • conversation
April 14, 2021 • ~9 min

Patent system often stifles the innovation it was designed to encourage

Too many patents and too little information about them makes it hard for the system to weed out patents that unfairly block inventors.

Janet Freilich, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University • conversation
March 16, 2021 • ~11 min

The iconic American inventor is still a white male – and that's an obstacle to race and gender inclusion

The story of the invention in America typically features larger-than-life caricatures of white men like Thomas Edison while largely ignoring the contributions of women and people of color.

Anjali Vats, Associate Professor of Communication and African and African Diaspora Studies and Associate Professor of Law (By Courtesy), Boston College • conversation
Dec. 8, 2020 • ~9 min

China makes it hard for foreign businesses to work there -- but businesses keep chasing profits there

China represents one of the biggest consumer markets in the world. Can that potential profit offset the problems of investing for multinational corporations? Apparently, yes.

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
Oct. 19, 2020 • ~9 min

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