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The Ip Law Book Review, Vol. 8 #2, William T. Gallagher

Intellectual Property Law

THE BRANDING OF THE AMERICAN MIND: HOW UNIVERSITIES CAPTURE, MANAGE, AND MONETIZE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND WHY IT MATTERS, by Jacob Rooksby. Reviewed by Liza Vertinsky, Emory University School of Law

ILLEGAL LITERATURE: TOWARD A DISRUPTIVE CREATIVITY by David S. Roh. Reviewed by Shubha Ghosh, Syracuse University College of Law

ARTISTIC LICENSE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF COPYRIGHT AND APPROPRIATION, by Darren Hudson Hick. Reviewed by Shubha Ghosh, Syracuse University College of Law

THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF TRADEMARK TRANSACTIONS: A GLOBAL AND LOCAL OUTLOOK, edited by Irene Calboli and Jacques de Werra. Reviewed by Jake Linford, Florida State University College of …

The Ip Law Book Review, V.5 #2, William T. Gallagher

Intellectual Property Law

PUTTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ITS PLACE – RIGHTS DISCOURSES, CREATIVE LABOR AND THE EVERYDAY, by Laura Murray, S. Tina Piper and Kirsty Robertson. Reviewed by Luke McDonagh, Cardiff University Law School.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE by Peter Drahos. Reviewed by Ruth L. Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School.

THE STATE OF COPYRIGHT: THE COMPLEX CULTURAL CREATION IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, by Debora J. Halbert. Reviewed by Sara Bannerman, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, McMaster University.

Noted Copyright Lawyer William F. Patry Decries Overprotection Of Copyright, Brochure

Intellectual Property Law

News release: "

In late January, William F. Patry, senior copyright counsel for Google, Inc., delivered the inaugural Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by the Golden Gate University Intellectual Property Law Center. In an impassioned and entertaining talk titled “When is Too Much Enough? The Humpty Dumpty State of Copyright,” Patry argued that the expansion of copyright in recent years unduly rewards copyright owners—“granting them astonishingly broad rights they really don’t deserve”—while suppressing new business models and technologies."