AALS Intellectual Property Section Virtual Workshop

AALS Intellectual Property Section Virtual Workshop

Date: Tuesday, July 8 from 12 – 3:15 pm ET/11 am – 2:15 pm CT/10 am – 1:15 pm MT/9 am – 12:15 pm PT

Section on Intellectual Property

The AALS Section on Intellectual Property is pleased to announce a call for papers for a virtual workshop intended to give early- and mid-career scholars (under 10 years in a full-time academic position) an opportunity to present and receive feedback on an intellectual property work in progress. This workshop will not be at the annual AALS meeting, but rather held virtually via Zoom on July 8, 2025 from 12:00–3:15PM Eastern. Submitted drafts will be at a stage where they can still benefit from substantial feedback. Accordingly, drafts should not exceed thirty pages and should be excerpted if they are longer. We particularly encourage scholars preparing job talks to apply and use the workshop as a sounding board. We will accept up to four papers, and each paper will be allotted forty-five minutes for presentation and discussion. All selected authors will be expected to read the other papers prior to the workshop. We also encourage IP scholars at any career stage to join the roundtable as discussants. To participate as a presenter or discussant, please send a draft (or request to be a discussant) to Eric Priest at [email protected] by June 15.

 

Moderator

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Eric Priest, Professor, University of Oregon School of Law

 

Eric Priest researches in the area of intellectual property law, with a focus on copyright law in the information age and creative industry ecosystems in the U.S. and China. Professor Priest currently serves on the U.S.-China IP Cooperation Dialogue, organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Renmin University in China. The Dialogue is a multi-round interchange between U.S. and Chinese experts on the most challenging intellectual property issues facing China. He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, were he was previously a Public Intellectuals Program Fellow. From 2006–2007, he was a fellow-in-residence at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.Before entering the law field, Professor Priest spent a decade as a music producer and songwriter. Starting in 1999, he also worked sporadically in China’s music industry as a consultant, Web entrepreneur, songwriter, and producer. Professor Priest’s recent scholarship includes “An Entrepreneurship Theory of Copyright” (Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2022); “The Chinese Copyright Dream” (with Sean A. Pager) (Pepperdine Law Review, 2022); “The Future of Music Copyright Collectives in the Digital Streaming Age” (Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, 2021), and “Redeeming Globalization through Unfair Competition Law” (Cardozo Law Review, 2020). Professor Priest holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law (where he served as Editor-In-Chief of the Chicago Kent Law Review), and a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota.