Distinguished Scholar in Intellectual Property Law and University Fellow
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Books
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2021.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 7th ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2019.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 10th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). Newark: LexisNexis, 2016.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 6th ed. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2014.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 9th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). Newark: LexisNexis, 2013.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 8th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). Newark: LexisNexis, 2010. With 2012 Cumulative Supplement.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 5th ed. New Providence, NJ: LexisNexis, 2010.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 7th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). Newark: LexisNexis, 2006.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 4th ed. New York: Matthew Bender, 2005.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 6th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). Newark: LexisNexis, 2003.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 5th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). New York: Matthew Bender, 2000.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 3rd ed. New York: Matthew Bender, 1999.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 4th ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). New York: Matthew Bender, 1998.
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, 1997.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW, 2nd ed. New York: Matthew Bender, 1995.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 3rd ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). New York: Matthew Bender, 1994.
COPYRIGHT LAW, 2nd ed. (with Craig Joyce, et al.). New York: Matthew Bender, 1991.
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs, 1990.
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT LAW. New York: Matthew Bender, 1989.
Articles
Fair use comme utilisation transformatrice: son évolution et son avenir aux Etats-Unis, 73 Propriétés Intellectuelles 17 (2019).
Sheldon Halpern and the Right of Publicity, 78 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 273 (2017). [HeinOnline]
A Twenty-Year Retrospective on United States Trademark Law in Ten Cases, 23 FORDHAM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 655 (2013). [HeinOnline]
The Time Has Arrived to Give Orphan Works a Home, 43 INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMPETITION LAW 623 (2012).
Lettre d'Amérique - L'importance de la session 2010-2011 de la Cour suprême des Etats-Unis, 40 PROPRIETES INTELLECTUELLES 58 (2011).
Epilogue: The Statute of Anne: Today and Tomorrow (with Peter Jaszi, et al.), 47 HOUSTON LAW REVIEW 1013 (2010). [HeinOnline] [SSRN]
Patent Misuse and Innovation, 10 JOURNAL OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY LAW 142 (2010). [HeinOnline]
Database Protection in the United States Is Alive and Well: Comment on Davison, 57 CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW 855 (2007). [HeinOnline]
The Right of Publicity: A Comparative Perspective, 70 ALBANY LAW REVIEW 1357 (2007). [HeinOnline]
Life After Eldred: The Supreme Court and the Future of Copyright, 30 WILLIAM MITCHELL LAW REVIEW 1597 (2004). [HeinOnline]
The Uncertain Future of Fair Use in a Global Information Marketplace, 62 OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 849 (2001). [HeinOnline]
Les Journalists Pigistes a l’Ere Numerique: Reflections Sur l’Affaire Tasini c. New York Times, 12 LES CAHIERS DE PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE 449 (2000).
Domain Names, Globalization, and Internet Governance, 6 INDIANA JOURNAL OF GLOBAL LEGAL STUDIES 139 (1998). [HeinOnline]
The New World of International Trademark Law, 2 MARQUETTE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW REVIEW 1 (1998). [HeinOnline]
Protecting Authors’ Rights in a Digital Age, 27 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 1 (1995). [HeinOnline]
Character Merchandising in the UK: A Nostalgic Look, 11 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS LAW REVIEW 453 (1994). [HeinOnline]
Engineering Competitive Policy and Copyright Misuse, 19 UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON LAW REVIEW 1087 (1994). [HeinOnline]
Protecting United States Intellectual Property Abroad: Toward a New Multilateralism, 76 IOWA LAW REVIEW 273 (1991). [HeinOnline]
International Copyright from an American Perspective, 43 ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW 373 (1990). [HeinOnline]
Of Moral Rights and Resale Royalties: The Kennedy Bill, 7 CARDOZO ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 234 (1989). [HeinOnline]
Copyright and the Art Museum (with R. L. Berkowitz), 8 COLUMBIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE ARTS 249 (1984). [HeinOnline]. Reprinted in ART LAW: RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF CREATORS AND COLLECTORS (Franklin Feldman and Stephen E. Weil, Eds.), Boston: Little, Brown, 1986.
The Betamax Case: Another Compulsory License in Copyright Law, 13 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 651 (1982). [HeinOnline]
Consumer Actions Against Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices: The Private Uses of Federal Trade Commission Jurisprudence (with M. H. Lipson), 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON LAW REVIEW 521 (1980). [HeinOnline]
Automatic Fuel Adjustment Clauses: Time for a Hearing, 30 CASE WESTERN LAW REVIEW 228 (1980). [HeinOnline]
Quelques Remarques sur le Droit Americain des Marques, 98 REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE LA PROPRIETE INDUSTRIELLE ET ARTISTIQUE (December 1974).
Book Chapters
Fair Use, Transformative Use, and the First Amendment, in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 4th ed. Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
Cumulative IP Protection in U.S. Intellectual Property Law, in OVERLAPPING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (Gioacchino Onorati, ed.), 2018.
L’épuisement international du droit d’auteur depuis l’arrêt Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: vers un nouveau modéle économique d’édition aux États-Unis in LE DROIT ET L’ÉDITION: REGARDS FRANÇAIS ET ÉTRANGERS SUR LES MUTATIONS ENGAGÉEES (edited by S. Evrard and J.L. Piotraut). Paris: L’Harmattam, 2016.
Cross Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in U.S. Law, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON CROSS-BORDER ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Paul Torremans, Ed.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
Fair Use, Transformative Use and the First Amendment, in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Paul L. C. Torremans, Ed.). New York: Kluwer Law International, 2015.
Les Œuvres orphelines, un perspectif Américain in MÉLANGES á L’HONNEUR d’ ANDRÉ LUCAS. LexisNexis, 2014.
Protection of Well-Known Marks: A Transnational Perspective, in TRADEMARK PROTECTION AND TERRITORIALITY CHALLENGES IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (Irene Calboli and Edward Lee, Eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
American Copyright Law Since 1945, in A HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN AMERICA vol. 5 (David Paul Nord, Joan Shelly Rubin, and Michael Schudson, Eds.). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
The Ill-Conceived WIPO Project for the Sui Generis Protection of Cultural Expressions and Folklore (also published as Le projet mal-concu par l’OMPI pour la protection sui generis des expressions culturelles de folklore, in CULTURAL DIVERSITY: ITS EFFECT ON AUTHORS AND PERFORMERS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALISATION (Igor Gliha, Ed.). Zabreb: Nakladnici Publishers, 2009.
Internet 2.0: Une Perspective Américaine, in CONTREFAÇON SUR INTERENET: LES ENJEUX DU DROIT S’AUTEUR SUR LE WEB 2.0. Institut de Recherche en Propriété Intellectuelle, 2009.
Sixty Years of the Lanham Act: The Decline and Demise of Monopoly Phobia in U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2006.
Commentary: The Federal Anti-Dilution Act and Developments in Trademark Law, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — v. 5 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris Publishing, 2003. [HeinOnline]
Developments in Trademark Law, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — v. 5 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris Publishing, 2003. [HeinOnline]
Fifty Years of the Lanham Act: The Decline and Demise of Monopoly Phobia, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND POLICY — Volume 7 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris Publishing, 2002. [HeinOnline]
Current Developments in Trademark Law, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — Volume 6 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: [HeinOnline]
The Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Trademark and Copyright Law, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — v. 3 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris Publishing, 1998. [HeinOnline]
Appellations of Origin and Geographic Indications in U.S. Law After NAFTA and GATT , in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — v. 2 (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris Publishing, 1998. [HeinOnline]
Parallel Importation and the Gray Market in the United States, in INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND POLICY — (Hugh C. Hansen, Ed.). Yonkers, NY: Juris, 1996. [HeinOnline]
Private Enforcement of Federal Trade Commission Jurisprudence Under State Little F.T.C. Acts, in FTC CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW INSTITUTE (Christopher Smith and Christian S. White, Eds.). New York: Practising Law Institute, 1980.
Book Reviews
Book Review. Walter, Michel M., European Copyright Law: A Commentary, 58 JOURNAL OF THE COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF THE U.S.A. 737 (2011). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. MacLeod, Christine Inventing the Industrial Revolution: The English Patent System 1660-1800, 34 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY 422 (1990). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Latman A. et al., Copyright Law for the Eighties: Cases and Materials, 2nd ed., 14 RUTGERS COMPUTER & TECHNOLOGY LAW JOURNAL 285 (1988). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Joyce, Craig, Copyright Law: Cases and Materials, 40 VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW 1433 (1987). [HeinOnline]