Fire of Genius

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney and Karen discuss patent eligibility issues deriving from precendent and American Axle v. Neapco, and possible methods to address the confusion felt by the patent-practicing community. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam Associates discuss the harsh repercussions against innocent infringers and compare that between copyright and patent infringements.

*Please note this was formerly mis-titled as "Innocent Copies," but it (and the description of the episode) has been changed to better reflect the subject of discussion.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss Adidas's terminating of their relationship with Yeezy and speculate what will be in both parties' future with the "Yeezy" IP. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Maya, and Taylor discuss the history and current developments of dog toy parody products and trademark infringement cases. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Megan Wheeler, Audio Editor, and Associate, Caroline McCord, sit down with Jordi Goodman to discuss her research on disparity among gender and race in the patent field, particularly on patent prosecution filings. Jordi is a assistant clinical professor of the BU/MIT Technology Law Clinic at the Boston University School of Law who visited our campus last semester. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen discuss the many implications associated with AI inventorship in patent conception that may occur in the future according to the decision in Thaler v. USPTO. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Rob, Graham, and Ahsan discuss the implications of the right of repair and anti-trust laws and how they impact patents and patent holders.  

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, and Associate, Vanessa Wang, sit down with Ken Germain and Lou Sitler to discuss their Article which will be republished in IP Theory Volume 12 entitled, "The Constitution Commandeth: Thou Shalt Not Protect the Same Subject Matter Under Design Patent and Trade Dress Laws."  

In this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam discuss tattoo art copyright issues in commercial material such as video games and movie posters. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss the impact of social media terms of service on user generated IP.  They further discuss their thoughts on addressing the conflict caused by granting a nonexclusive license to copyrightable works posted on social media.