On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya discuss the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's 'frightening' experience with fraudulent filings.  The Associates also discuss what measures are being considered in combatting these practices.    

On this week’s episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss the greatly followed case Warhol v. Goldsmith and whether the Prince Series prints infringe Goldsmith's copyright or whether they are transformative enough to be deemed preliminary social commentary to meet Fair Use Standards.

On this week’s episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen discuss whether patents are property or private rights.

 On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Associates, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam, discuss the ways in which BIPOC creators are harmed or disadvantaged by Intellectual Property law (or lack thereof) and potential remedies to fix this inequity. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Associates, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya summarize and discuss Moderna's lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech, which claim that the pair violated Moderna's mRNA patents.  These lawsuits have been filed after Moderna formerly pledged not to bring suit against them during the pandemic crisis. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, sits down with Josie Little, third year law student at University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law, to discuss her article, McRussia: The Weaponization of Intellectual Property.  Josie shares updates in the aggressive policies and laws pertaining to copyright and trademark that Russia has been taking in response to sanctions against them stemming from their war on Ukraine. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Lilly, Hannah, and Allissa discuss Lilly's Note submission on the legal implications and possible remedies of AR technology in virtual "fitting rooms" and on "make-up counters".  This podcast was recorded last semester and graciously passed on to Volume 12 while. our new Associates work on their own content. 

Editor in Chief, Lilly Huff, and Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler welcome back Fire of Genius listeners and briefly share the work that has already been put into this year's Volume and what they look forward to in the coming year.  Our Associates are already excited to record, and special thanks to Luke Steffe, Business Manager, for his help in getting new recording equipment for the continuation of this podcast. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, leaving Podcast Editor, Chris McMillan, and leaving Editor-in-Chief, Zach Shepard, interview Professor Mark Janis on the accomplishments of IP Theory and Center for Intellectual Property this year.  They also interview the incoming Editor-in-Chief, Lilly Huff, and incoming Podcast editor, Megan Wheeler, on their plans for volume 12 of IP Theory next year. 

On this week's episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor Chris McMillan sits down with 2L associate Megan Wheeler to discuss her note titled Fair Use Failing the First Amendment? How the Parody and Satire Dichotomy May be Stunting Political Discourse. Megan's note was presumed by the journal and will be published next year in volume 12 of IP Theory.