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Faculty News

Prof. Jorge Contreras Quoted in Law360 About Musk/Dorsey’s ‘Delete All IP Law’ Proposal

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Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras was quoted in Law360 about a recent statement by Elon Musk, head of the President's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey that the…

Prof. Jorge Contreras Files Amicus Brief in Texas Remedies Case

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Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras today filed a Brief of Amicus Curiae with the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals in Samsung v. KPN (No. 06-24-00059-CV). The brief argues that the jury in this state breach of…

Visiting Prof. Jorge Contreras Publishes “True Law” in the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law

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Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras’s newest article, “True Law as Genre: Narrative Nonfiction and the Law,” is now published in the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law. The article, which was written as…

Prof. Jorge Contreras Quoted in Star Tribune About Models Suing for Unapproved Images in Ads

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Professor Jorge Contreras was quoted in the Star Tribune about a Wisconsin strip club owner that used photos of well-known models in its advertisements losing a lawsuit filed by the women and has so…

Visiting Professor Contreras to Speak at George Washington University Event Commemorating 35 Years Since Moore v. UC Regents (Cal. 1990)

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On Friday, February 20, Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras will speak at the symposium “Property and Health Law 35 Years After Moore v. UC Regents” hosted by George Washington University Law School. The event…

Prof. Jorge Contreras’ book Sub-Patent Innovation Rights: Utility Models, Petty Patents and Innovation Patents Around the World released by Cambridge University Press

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Cambridge University Press has just released a new edited volume by Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras, Sub-Patent Innovation Rights: Utility Models, Petty Patents and Innovation Patents Around the World…

Visiting Prof. Jorge Contreras publishes “Mrs. Aronson’s Patent: Gender, Family, and Domestic Innovation in Postwar America” in the Houston Law Review

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Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras’s article “Mrs. Aronson's Patent: Gender, Family and Domestic Innovation in Postwar America” has been published in Houston Law Review (vol. 62(3), pp. 477-541). The…

Prof. Jorge Contreras Cited in UK Court of Appeal Opinion in Tesla v. Interdigital and Avanci

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Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras's expert report in the UK branch of the global litigation between Tesla Motors and InterDigital and Avanci was cited more than a dozen times in the Court of Appeal opinion…

Professor Contreras to testify before Senate Judiciary IP subcommittee on RESTORE Patent Rights Act

On December 18, Visiting Professor Jorge Contreras will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee on intellectual property concerning the proposed RESTORE Patent Rights Act, a bill that would reverse portions of the Supreme Court's 2006 decision in eBay v. MercExchange, establishing the test for issuing…