Professor Dev Gangjee of the University of Oxford Faculty of Law discusses Geographical Indications – why they exist, where they are changing, and how they can retain their legitimacy.

Professor Yafit Lev-Aretz of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College and Professor Katherine Strandburg of NYU Law discuss the relationship between privacy regulation and innovation.

Professor Amy Adler of NYU Law discusses her work on the role that copyright plays in the world of fine art, and if copyright provides value in that context.

Professor William McGeveran of the University of Minnesota Law School discussed his work on selfmarks – trademarks that people register about themselves.

Professor Joseph Fishman of Vanderbilt Law School and Professor Deepa Varadarajan of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University discuss setting boundaries on trade secrets.

Professor Jane Anderson of New York University discussed how indigenous and traditional knowledge interacts with intellectual property law. We focus on the Traditional Knowledge Labels project, designed to help people better understand the use and provenance of traditional knowledge.

Professor Graeme Dinwoodie of the Chicago-Kent College of Law discusses non-traditional trademarks – trademarks that do not take the form of words or logos.

Professor Mark McKenna of Notre Dame Law School discussed his work, along with Professor Mark Lemley of Stanford Law School, on unfair disruption. This work explores when incumbents should be able to use legal tools to stop disruption from coming to their industry.

Professor Nicholson Price of the University of Michigan Law School discusses grants with NYU Law Engelberg Center Executive Director Michael Weinberg. Although the grant system is tens – if not hundreds – of times larger than the prize system, it tends to be understudied as a way to incentivize production.

We kick off the series by discussing the upcoming season with NYU Law Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer, including highlights and key ideas that will emerge over the course of the season.