Seaman: The case against federalizing trade secrecy

In his new article, The Case Against Federalizing Trade Secrecy, forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review, Chris Seaman does what the title suggests: he makes the case against federalizing trade secrecy protections and challenges the wisdom of current proposals in this direction. I'll quickly summarize the article and then make a few points. In general, I found the article highly educational and think Seaman makes a compelling case that federalization would be an unnecessary legal innovation.

Merges: An Essay on the Legacy of Chisum on Patents

Robert Merges originally wrote this essay, previously unpublished, on the thirtieth anniversary of Chisum on Patents: A Treatise on the Law of Patentability, Validity and Infringement (1978-present). Merges has generously provided Written Description with a copy. In the essay, Merges discusses the world of patent law scholarship in the 1970s and the significant effect Chisum's treatise had within the patent community.

Amy Kapczynski on the Future of "Beyond IP" Scholarship

I was thrilled to participate this past Sunday in the Innovation Law Beyond IP Conference at Yale Law School hosted by the Information Society Project (ISP). The list of attendees included Mark Lemley, Amy Kapczynski, Yochai Benkler, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, John Golden, Hannah Wiseman, Rebecca Eisenberg, Michael Abramowicz, Sean Pager, Jessica Silbey, Pam Samuelson, Barton Beebe, Ian Ayres, Brett Frischmann, Mark McKenna, Bryan Choi, Frank Pasquale, Tal Zarsky, Julie Cohen, Margot Kaminski, Michael Burstein, Bhaven Sampat, Brian Wright, Jonathan Masur, Dan Burk, Liza Vertinsky, Roger Ford, Sean O’Connor, Jim Bessen, Talha Syed, Arti Rai, Orly Lobel, Mario Biagioli, Rochelle Dreyfuss, Ann Bartow, Kiel Brennan-Marquez, Nicholson Price, David Grewal, and the ISP's own Jack Balkin.