Faculty News

March 7, 2011 —Professor Tom Cotter was cited 38 times in a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report entitled, The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies with Competition. The report is the…

January 28, 2011 —Professor Thomas Cotter's article entitled "Optimal Fines for False Patent Marking," published in the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review (Vol. 17, 2010), has been selected for inclusion…

July 9, 2010 —The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued an opinion in Sony BMG Music Entertainment v. Tenenbaum, holding that a jury award of $675,000 against a defendant who illegally…

July 9, 2010 —The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal quoted Professor Thomas Cotter in a story titled "Supreme Court Sends Mayo Patent Fight Back to Appellate Court." The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's…

March 31, 2010 —Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article concerning an antitrust suit filed by SuperValu alleging price fixing among four leading chocolate candy makers. Cotter noted that…

March 26, 2010 —The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal quoted Professor Thomas Cotter in a story on a lawsuit in which an employer alleges that a former employee violated a nonsolicitation agreement by contacting former…

March 24, 2010 —Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a story in the Minnesota Daily on a pending trademark dispute filed by LEGO Group, the Danish toymaker, against Project Legos, a community outreach organization started by…

March 12, 2010 —Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story, relating to the Department of Justice's recent interest in antitrust issues relating to the agricultural sector. Cotter stated that, because the…

February 25, 2010 —Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a story in the Minnesota Daily about a pending class action antitrust suit filed by a former UCLA basketball star against the NCAA. Cotter states that the NCAA matter…

February 21, 2010 —Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in the Minnesota Daily in an article about the Google Book Search settlement hearing. Cotter discusses some of the underlying copyright and antitrust issues relating to…

October 7, 2009 —A federal district court extensively cited Professor Thomas Cotter's article, "Toward a Functional Definition of Publication in…

August 31, 2009 —Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in the National Law Journal, in a story titled "Federal Circuit Ponders How to Write Patents: Court Will Sit En Banc to Review Its Written Description Rule." The article…